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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 45
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 8, 2019, 2:32 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2019, 2:32 PM EDT (18:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2019, 9:28 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 121 counties
Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Durham County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Union County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Henry County, VA, King William County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 10%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
31 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig | 52 min |
| Apr 8, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe, City of Radford | 44 min |
| Apr 8, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, York | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, Pulaski and 4 more | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, Roanoke and 2 more | 3 min |
| Apr 8, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 44 min |
| Apr 8, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke, Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 77 min |
| Apr 8, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista | 41 min |
| Apr 8, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg, Union | 43 min |
| Apr 8, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, York | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Franklin and 2 more | 65 min |
| Apr 8, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 43 min |
| Apr 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Nottoway | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Warren | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King William, New Kent and 2 more | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 43 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 1:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow and 71 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbia, Lincoln, Richmond | 83 min |
| Apr 8, 12:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson and 7 more | 119 min |
| Apr 8, 1:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Burke, Cabarrus and 28 more | 86 min |
| Apr 8, 4:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Davie and 16 more | 83 min |
| Apr 8, 5:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Durham, Edgecombe and 23 more | 97 min |
| Apr 8, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Edgecombe and 15 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.