Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 489
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 8, 2003, 4:15 PM EDT for 41 counties in Ohio; 11 counties in Pennsylvania; 15 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2003, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2003, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties
Adams County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Licking County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Medina County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Portage County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Forest County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA, Washington County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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
10 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ross | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 24 min |
| Jun 8, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler | 60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 10:53 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont and 26 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Ashland, Auglaize, Brown, Butler and 60 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont and 36 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Belmont, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Mahoning, Monroe and 1 more | 91 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Pennsylvania, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.