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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 387

June 5, 200227 counties in Indiana; 6 counties in Kentucky; 44 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 5, 2002, 1:00 PM EST for 27 counties in Indiana; 6 counties in Kentucky; 44 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2002, 1:00 PM EST (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2002, 6:00 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 77 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Portage County, OH, Preble County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Summit County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 1:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke62 min
Jun 5, 1:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark44 min
Jun 5, 1:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami, Montgomery38 min
Jun 5, 1:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble46 min
Jun 5, 1:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison, Union56 min
Jun 5, 2:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange27 min
Jun 5, 2:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery44 min
Jun 5, 2:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow50 min
Jun 5, 2:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark66 min
Jun 5, 2:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox43 min
Jun 5, 3:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga46 min
Jun 5, 3:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne27 min
Jun 5, 3:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes25 min
Jun 5, 3:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage33 min
Jun 5, 3:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland28 min
Jun 5, 3:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble26 min

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 82 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
82 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-181 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1219 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 9:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 29 more5 hr
Jun 5, 12:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 6 more6 hr
Jun 5, 4:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 35 more5 hr
Jun 5, 5:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBracken, Greenup, Harrison, Lewis, Mason, Pendleton and 1 more4 hr
Jun 5, 2:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBelmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 7 more6 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.