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Tornado Watch 44
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 12, 2022, 7:37 AM EST for 31 counties in North Carolina; 6 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2022, 7:37 AM EST (12:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2022, 11:47 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 65 kt
All 37 counties
Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Camden County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Pender County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:40 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 10%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
11 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 33 min |
| Mar 12, 9:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow and 2 more | 44 min |
| Mar 12, 9:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 39 min |
| Mar 12, 9:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 2 more | 49 min |
| Mar 12, 9:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 9:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, Washington | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 9:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 54 min |
| Mar 12, 9:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Hyde and 5 more | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 9:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 42 min |
| Mar 12, 10:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 20 min |
| Mar 12, 10:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico | 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2:33 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashe, Cherokee, Graham, Haywood, Macon, Madison and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:47 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Chatham, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin and 15 more | 118 min |
| Mar 12, 7:12 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 27 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 12, 9:39 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Craven, Currituck and 11 more | 66 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.