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Tornado Watch 88
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 31, 2022, 2:25 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maryland; 35 counties in North Carolina; 49 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2022, 2:25 PM EDT (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2022, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 0.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 88 counties
Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Alamance County, NC, Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Craven County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Granville County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Orange County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Person County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Accomack County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, 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, Gloucester 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, Lancaster County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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
- 50%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- 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
- 60%
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 31, 2:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William, Richmond, Westmoreland | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Harnett, Lee, Orange, Wake | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 3:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Wake | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 4:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Nash | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax, Nash | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Pamlico, Pitt | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Pamlico | 23 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 31, 12:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Garrett, Washington | 83 min |
| Mar 31, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Frederick, Washington | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent | 8 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 10 more | 92 min |
| Mar 31, 2:29 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:43 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Chatham, Davidson, Gaston and 11 more | 92 min |
| Mar 31, 12:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Franklin, Halifax and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Chowan, Duplin, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates and 15 more | 116 min |
| Mar 31, 7:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico | 2 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.