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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 744

November 10, 200218 counties in Indiana; 24 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Nov 10, 2002, 1:40 PM EST for 18 counties in Indiana; 24 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 2002, 1:40 PM EST (18:40 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 7:00 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Grant County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Huron County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 2:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington28 min
Nov 10, 2:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams51 min
Nov 10, 2:46 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXAdams, Jay, Wells44 min
Nov 10, 2:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford, Grant63 min
Nov 10, 3:03 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXVan Wert57 min
Nov 10, 3:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXJay51 min
Nov 10, 3:32 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXDefiance, Paulding, Putnam58 min
Nov 10, 3:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer52 min
Nov 10, 3:56 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXHenry64 min
Nov 10, 3:56 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXHenry64 min
Nov 10, 4:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Logan40 min
Nov 10, 4:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Putnam54 min
Nov 10, 4:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Logan35 min
Nov 10, 4:26 PM ESTTornado WarningILNLogan49 min
Nov 10, 4:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize45 min
Nov 10, 4:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock58 min
Nov 10, 4:38 PM ESTTornado WarningCLELucas, Wood67 min
Nov 10, 4:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion59 min
Nov 10, 5:02 PM ESTTornado WarningCLESeneca28 min
Nov 10, 5:05 PM ESTTornado WarningCLESandusky55 min
Nov 10, 5:08 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEMarion67 min
Nov 10, 5:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin, Logan58 min
Nov 10, 5:23 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEOttawa37 min
Nov 10, 5:30 PM ESTTornado WarningCLECrawford, Morrow45 min
Nov 10, 5:35 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEErie, Huron, Seneca55 min
Nov 10, 6:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain59 min

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2002-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 325 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
335 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
Nov 10, 12:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCCrawford, Dubois, Gibson, Orange, Perry, Pike and 4 more5 hr
Nov 10, 1:35 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCClark5 hr
Nov 10, 12:10 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Brown, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, Delaware and 29 more6 hr
Nov 10, 3:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur and 27 more6 hr
Nov 10, 4:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Ashland, Auglaize, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie and 24 more5 hr
Nov 10, 5:50 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAthens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pike and 2 more5 hr
Nov 10, 6:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBelmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Mahoning and 3 more5 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.