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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 378

May 15, 200318 counties in Indiana; 59 counties in Kentucky; 18 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 15, 2003, 11:15 AM EDT for 18 counties in Indiana; 59 counties in Kentucky; 18 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 2003, 11:15 AM EDT (15:15 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2003, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 95 counties

Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Madison County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 11:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer30 min
May 15, 11:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHVanderburgh38 min
May 15, 11:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison49 min
May 15, 12:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock45 min
May 15, 12:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWarrick38 min
May 15, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison45 min
May 15, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge27 min
May 15, 1:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson44 min
May 15, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer47 min
May 15, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess47 min
May 15, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson33 min
May 15, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette48 min
May 15, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson31 min
May 15, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRowan25 min
May 15, 4:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLFleming4 hr

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 2003-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1264 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 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
May 14, 8:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 28 more2 hr
May 14, 9:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPosey, Vanderburgh60 min
May 14, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCPosey4 hr
May 14, 10:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn and 25 more96 min
May 15, 3:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Floyd, Harrison, Ohio, Switzerland85 min
May 14, 11:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves and 5 more2 hr
May 15, 7:52 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt and 68 more2 hr
May 15, 1:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey and 37 more53 min
May 15, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey and 41 more5 hr
May 15, 5:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Graves, Logan and 9 more63 min
May 15, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Christian, Logan, Monroe, Simpson, Todd and 1 more6 hr
May 15, 1:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Auglaize, Carroll, Champaign, Columbiana, Coshocton and 24 more86 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2003Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2003

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.