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NWS Issues Tornado Watch for Parts of North Carolina and Virginia
The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch in effect until 8:00 PM EDT on October 11 for multiple counties across North Carolina and Virginia.
The National Weather Service in Wakefield, Virginia, issued Tornado Watch 681 on October 11 at 1:56 PM EDT. The watch remains in effect until 8:00 PM EDT this evening.
The alert covers nine counties in northeast North Carolina, including Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Northampton, Pasquotank, and Perquimans.
In Virginia, the watch includes numerous counties and independent cities across central, south central, southeast, and east central regions of the state.
Why it is dangerous and what to do
⚠️ Safety
• Monitor local weather reports for updates and potential warnings.
• Identify a safe shelter location within your home or building, such as a basement or interior room on the lowest floor.
• Have emergency supplies ready, including a battery-powered radio and flashlight.
📊 The numbers, from wweather1 data
Virginia Beach: now +25°, Overcast.
That is 6° above the October climate norm.
The record for this date is +28° (2018).
Three-day forecast: 11 October: +26°/+21° · 12 October: +22°/+18° · 13 October: +24°/+15°
The figures are computed automatically from the Open-Meteo/ERA5 archive — no eyeball estimates. 🌍 Weather in nearby cities
New York
now
🌦️
+16°
Brooklyn
now
🌦️
+17°
Queens
now
🌦️
+17°
Philadelphia
now
🌦️
+18°
Manhattan
now
🌦️
+16°
The Bronx
now
🌧️
+16°
📰 Data source: NWS. Forecast and analysis — wweather1, based on Open-Meteo / met.no data.