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Tornado Watch 69
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 23, 2022, 8:33 PM EDT for 14 counties in North Carolina; 6 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2022, 8:33 PM EDT (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2022, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Alexander County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Carroll County, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Henry County, VA, Patrick County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 30%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 10%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 20%
- 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
- 30%
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 23, 9:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 20 min |
| Mar 23, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Patrick | 66 min |
| Mar 23, 10:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 10:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 50 min |
| Mar 23, 10:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Rutherford | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 10:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell | 39 min |
| Mar 23, 10:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 47 min |
| Mar 23, 11:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 28 min |
| Mar 23, 11:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 11:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry | 20 min |
| Mar 23, 11:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 23 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The text
As transmitted.
454 WWUS20 KWNS 240027 SEL9 SPC WW 240027 NCZ000-VAZ000-240400- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 69 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 830 PM EDT Wed Mar 23 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Western North Carolina Southern Virginia * Effective this Wednesday night from 830 PM until Midnight EDT. * Primary threats include... A couple tornadoes possible Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...A band of thunderstorms with a few embedded supercells will continue to gradually move northeastward this evening. A couple of tornadoes and damaging wind gusts are possible. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles south southwest of Hickory NC to 115 miles northeast of Hickory NC. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 67... AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 24030. ...Mosier/Thompson
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 8:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 15 more | 85 min |
| Mar 23, 11:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Iredell and 7 more | 59 min |
| Mar 24, 7:42 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Edgecombe, Gates and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck and 23 more | 2 hr |
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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.