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Tornado Watch 7

January 9, 202458 counties in North Carolina; 42 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 9, 2024, 1:46 PM EST for 58 counties in North Carolina; 42 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 9, 2024, 1:46 PM EST (18:46 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2024, 11:00 PM EST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 1 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 100 counties

Alamance County, NC, Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick 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, Duplin County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe 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, 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, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Amelia County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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: 60%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 40%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 70%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 10%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 10%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 10%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 80%

Warnings issued inside it

113 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 9, 1:53 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Rockingham, Stokes	5 hr
Jan 9, 1:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	50 min
Jan 9, 1:57 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RNK	Rockingham, Stokes	33 min
Jan 9, 1:58 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford	62 min
Jan 9, 2:03 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	57 min
Jan 9, 2:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes	66 min
Jan 9, 2:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Guilford, Randolph	46 min
Jan 9, 2:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania	36 min
Jan 9, 2:28 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	5 hr
Jan 9, 2:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford	44 min
Jan 9, 2:37 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	6 hr
Jan 9, 2:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph	30 min
Jan 9, 2:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	41 min
Jan 9, 2:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax and 1 more	64 min
Jan 9, 2:58 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	47 min
Jan 9, 3:07 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly	4 hr
Jan 9, 3:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell	52 min
Jan 9, 3:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford, Orange, Person	66 min
Jan 9, 3:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond and 1 more	68 min
Jan 9, 3:22 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	6 hr
Jan 9, 3:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore	45 min
Jan 9, 3:32 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore	28 min
Jan 9, 3:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender	56 min
Jan 9, 3:34 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Stanly	26 min
Jan 9, 3:41 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	49 min
Jan 9, 3:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	63 min
Jan 9, 3:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford, Randolph	40 min
Jan 9, 3:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Moore, Richmond, Scotland	48 min
Jan 9, 3:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	63 min
Jan 9, 3:59 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	16 min
Jan 9, 4:06 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson	39 min
Jan 9, 4:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	52 min
Jan 9, 4:10 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Person	5 hr
Jan 9, 4:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	30 min
Jan 9, 4:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Powhatan	44 min
Jan 9, 4:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Lee, Montgomery, Moore and 2 more	41 min
Jan 9, 4:21 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	24 min
Jan 9, 4:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Durham, Guilford, Orange, Person, Randolph	67 min
Jan 9, 4:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	16 min
Jan 9, 4:34 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	6 hr
Jan 9, 4:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	53 min
Jan 9, 4:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland	67 min
Jan 9, 4:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania	51 min
Jan 9, 4:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	40 min
Jan 9, 4:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Caroline, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico and 6 more	65 min
Jan 9, 4:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Granville, Lee, Moore and 2 more	39 min
Jan 9, 4:51 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	24 min
Jan 9, 4:53 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	21 min
Jan 9, 4:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Moore	50 min
Jan 9, 4:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	61 min
Jan 9, 5:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Onslow	44 min
Jan 9, 5:06 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILM	Pender	12 min
Jan 9, 5:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance	54 min
Jan 9, 5:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Goochland and 5 more	67 min
Jan 9, 5:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	51 min
Jan 9, 5:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MHX	Onslow	36 min
Jan 9, 5:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Durham, Granville, Person	24 min
Jan 9, 5:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Granville, Lee, Orange, Wake	57 min
Jan 9, 5:22 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico and 2 more	5 hr
Jan 9, 5:24 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	AKQ	Amelia, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	3 hr
Jan 9, 5:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore and 2 more	61 min
Jan 9, 5:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	13 min
Jan 9, 5:32 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond	5 hr
Jan 9, 5:34 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	15 min
Jan 9, 5:40 PM EST	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	35 min
Jan 9, 5:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson	60 min
Jan 9, 5:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake, Warren	67 min
Jan 9, 5:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow	48 min
Jan 9, 5:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	31 min
Jan 9, 6:04 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake, Warren	4 hr
Jan 9, 6:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wake	54 min
Jan 9, 6:12 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILM	Pender	18 min
Jan 9, 6:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Goochland and 13 more	47 min
Jan 9, 6:23 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Northampton	4 hr
Jan 9, 6:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender	22 min
Jan 9, 6:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Hyde, Jones, Martin, Pamlico and 1 more	32 min
Jan 9, 6:34 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Johnston	26 min
Jan 9, 6:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Johnston, Nash, Sampson, Wake, Wayne, Wilson	65 min
Jan 9, 6:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	77 min
Jan 9, 6:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren	54 min
Jan 9, 6:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Jones, Onslow	52 min
Jan 9, 6:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Duplin, Greene, Lenoir	66 min
Jan 9, 6:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	46 min
Jan 9, 7:05 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, City of Colonial Heights and 1 more	3 hr
Jan 9, 7:17 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Pitt	28 min
Jan 9, 7:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson	48 min
Jan 9, 7:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Jones, Pamlico	49 min
Jan 9, 7:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William and 6 more	47 min
Jan 9, 7:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Beaufort, Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt	41 min
Jan 9, 7:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Hertford, Northampton	39 min
Jan 9, 7:38 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George, City of Hopewell and 1 more	6 hr
Jan 9, 7:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	47 min
Jan 9, 7:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow	54 min
Jan 9, 7:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Gates, Hertford, Northampton	46 min
Jan 9, 8:03 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MHX	Craven, Jones	12 min
Jan 9, 8:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow	47 min
Jan 9, 8:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Hyde, Martin, Pitt, Washington	61 min
Jan 9, 8:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gates, Hertford, Northampton	45 min
Jan 9, 8:20 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Charles City, New Kent, Prince George, Surry, Sussex	5 hr
Jan 9, 8:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, Mathews, New Kent and 5 more	40 min
Jan 9, 8:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Jones, Pamlico	50 min
Jan 9, 8:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 2 more	59 min
Jan 9, 8:58 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Hyde, Pamlico	38 min
Jan 9, 8:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	61 min
Jan 9, 9:04 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Charles City, James City, New Kent, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News and 2 more	5 hr
Jan 9, 9:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington	39 min
Jan 9, 9:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MHX	Carteret	12 min
Jan 9, 9:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach	43 min
Jan 9, 9:23 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	5 hr
Jan 9, 9:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Dare, Hyde	37 min
Jan 9, 9:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Dare, Hyde	30 min
Jan 9, 10:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Dare	41 min
Jan 9, 10:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Dare	32 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 855 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 9, 11:41 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anson, Cabarrus, Davidson, Forsyth, Gaston, Mecklenburg and 6 more	6 hr
Jan 9, 12:56 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anson, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland and 2 more	94 min
Jan 9, 1:32 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Bladen, Brunswick, Caswell, Chatham, Columbus and 41 more	58 min
Jan 9, 3:26 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	94 min
Jan 9, 4:02 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick and 52 more	88 min
Jan 9, 10:45 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 20 more	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.