Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Watches in 2024
Tornado Watch 688
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Sep 27, 2024, 8:02 AM EDT for 71 counties in North Carolina; 9 counties in South Carolina; 38 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 27, 2024, 8:02 AM EDT (12:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Strongest gust expected
- 50 kt
All 118 counties
Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Camden County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Dare County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Granville County, NC, Greene County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Orange County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Pender County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Person County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Union County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Chesterfield County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, York County, VA
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:03 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
- 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
73 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 8:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Horry, Marion | 26 min |
| Sep 27, 8:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 17 min |
| Sep 27, 8:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 25 min |
| Sep 27, 8:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 34 min |
| Sep 27, 9:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 7 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 32 min |
| Sep 27, 9:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 30 min |
| Sep 27, 9:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 28 min |
| Sep 27, 9:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 23 min |
| Sep 27, 9:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 34 min |
| Sep 27, 9:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Moore, Randolph | 31 min |
| Sep 27, 10:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Robeson | 57 min |
| Sep 27, 10:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 26 min |
| Sep 27, 10:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 10:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Orange | 26 min |
| Sep 27, 10:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 24 min |
| Sep 27, 10:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 14 min |
| Sep 27, 11:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 27 min |
| Sep 27, 11:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 26 min |
| Sep 27, 11:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 23 min |
| Sep 27, 11:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 19 min |
| Sep 27, 11:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 11:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 20 min |
| Sep 27, 11:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 47 min |
| Sep 27, 11:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 31 min |
| Sep 27, 11:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 30 min |
| Sep 27, 11:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 38 min |
| Sep 27, 12:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 33 min |
| Sep 27, 12:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 12:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren | 12 min |
| Sep 27, 12:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 34 min |
| Sep 27, 1:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 2 hr |
| Sep 27, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wayne, Wilson | 68 min |
| Sep 27, 1:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 29 min |
| Sep 27, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 55 min |
| Sep 27, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 46 min |
| Sep 27, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Martin and 1 more | 63 min |
| Sep 27, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 32 min |
| Sep 27, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford, Northampton | 39 min |
| Sep 27, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 15 min |
| Sep 27, 2:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 36 min |
| Sep 27, 2:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania | 36 min |
| Sep 27, 2:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 33 min |
| Sep 27, 3:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 32 min |
| Sep 27, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex, City of Franklin | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania | 33 min |
| Sep 27, 4:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Gates, Hertford | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 38 min |
| Sep 27, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 36 min |
| Sep 27, 4:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Isle of Wight, James City, Prince George, Southampton, Surry and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Gates, Hertford | 37 min |
| Sep 27, 4:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 33 min |
| Sep 27, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 30 min |
| Sep 27, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 28 min |
| Sep 27, 4:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 34 min |
| Sep 27, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 46 min |
| Sep 27, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates | 30 min |
| Sep 27, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 37 min |
| Sep 27, 5:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Surry, York and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt | 25 min |
| Sep 27, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 31 min |
| Sep 27, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 28 min |
| Sep 27, 5:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, James City, Surry, York, City of Newport News | 23 min |
| Sep 27, 5:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax | 27 min |
| Sep 27, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax | 30 min |
| Sep 27, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 21 min |
| Sep 27, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax | 14 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 433 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 8:56 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Columbus, Cumberland and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Sep 27, 12:46 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbus, Robeson | 119 min |
| Sep 27, 5:17 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Columbus, Hoke, Richmond, Robeson and 2 more | 118 min |
| Sep 27, 9:48 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Caswell and 34 more | 117 min |
| Sep 27, 12:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 26 more | 117 min |
| Sep 27, 3:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chowan, Currituck, Gates and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 91 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.