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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 20
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jan 11, 2020, 11:25 PM EST for 19 counties in North Carolina; 37 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2020, 11:25 PM EST (04:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2020, 3:26 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 0.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 56 counties
Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Gates County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:25 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
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 5%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
17 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 11:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 11:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee, Moore and 2 more | 68 min |
| Jan 11, 11:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Goochland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and 2 more | 51 min |
| Jan 12, 12:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Warren | 75 min |
| Jan 12, 12:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico and 3 more | 41 min |
| Jan 12, 12:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 36 min |
| Jan 12, 12:52 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 26 min |
| Jan 12, 12:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Sampson and 2 more | 78 min |
| Jan 12, 12:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir | 61 min |
| Jan 12, 1:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 30 min |
| Jan 12, 1:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, New Kent, Nottoway and 3 more | 27 min |
| Jan 12, 1:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Greene, Martin, Pitt | 39 min |
| Jan 12, 2:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 44 min |
| Jan 12, 2:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 28 min |
| Jan 12, 2:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan | 52 min |
| Jan 12, 2:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin, Washington | 38 min |
| Jan 12, 2:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 7:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 11, 8:40 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 14 more | 95 min |
| Jan 11, 9:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson and 19 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:59 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson and 22 more | 91 min |
| Jan 12, 1:49 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven, Duplin and 10 more | 86 min |
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.