Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 316
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 9, 2003, 1:45 AM EST for 40 counties in Indiana; 37 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2003, 1:45 AM EST (06:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2003, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 77 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Starke County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Preble County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Ross County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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.
Warnings issued inside it
6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 3:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington | 34 min |
| May 9, 3:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 29 min |
| May 9, 4:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry | 38 min |
| May 9, 4:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin | 59 min |
| May 9, 5:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami | 28 min |
| May 9, 5:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign | 27 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:06 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison, Perry and 5 more | 54 min |
| May 9, 12:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Fountain, Jasper, Newton, Porter, Vermillion and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 1:21 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 51 more | 84 min |
| May 9, 5:04 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 34 more | 86 min |
| May 9, 2:02 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd and 20 more | 2 hr |
| May 9, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn and 22 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 2:48 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Posey | 117 min |
| May 9, 5:44 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clay and 38 more | 31 min |
| May 9, 6:05 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 30 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 4:36 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Athens, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Licking and 9 more | 114 min |
| May 9, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Athens, Fairfield, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence and 6 more | 5 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.