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Tornado Watch 607
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Aug 6, 2024, 4:38 PM EDT for 7 counties in North Carolina; 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2024, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2024, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 0.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Columbus County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pender County, NC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 5%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 5%
- 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
- 20%
Warnings issued inside it
3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 19 min |
| Aug 6, 10:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 80 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 177 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1058 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
153 WWUS20 KWNS 062033 SEL7 SPC WW 062033 NCZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-070500- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 607 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 435 PM EDT Tue Aug 6 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southeast North Carolina Northeast South Carolina Coastal Waters * Effective this Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning from 435 PM until 100 AM EDT. * Primary threats include... A couple tornadoes possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to track inland and affect the watch area this evening. Favorable wind shear will maintain a risk of isolated tornadoes at the activity moves ashore. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 30 statute miles either side of a line from 50 miles west southwest of Myrtle Beach SC to 20 miles southeast of New Bern NC. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). 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 603...WW 605...WW 606... AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 14035. ...Hart
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:57 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 10 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:57 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender | 93 min |
| Aug 6, 1:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 3:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender | 62 min |
| Aug 5, 8:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Jasper | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 11:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Charleston, Jasper | 85 min |
| Aug 6, 12:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:41 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown | 94 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.