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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 682

July 8, 200360 counties in Indiana; 23 counties in Kentucky; 30 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 8, 2003, 1:25 PM EST for 60 counties in Indiana; 23 counties in Kentucky; 30 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2003, 1:25 PM EST (18:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2003, 7:00 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 113 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Benton County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Grant County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Pike County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Adams County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Highland County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 1:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark41 min
Jul 8, 1:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCarter36 min
Jul 8, 2:00 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKTrimble2 hr
Jul 8, 2:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew44 min
Jul 8, 2:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison52 min
Jul 8, 2:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson26 min
Jul 8, 2:51 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNRipley54 min
Jul 8, 3:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRipley44 min
Jul 8, 3:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby31 min
Jul 8, 3:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene55 min
Jul 8, 3:24 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNClark, Greene2 hr
Jul 8, 4:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize54 min
Jul 8, 4:11 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNAuglaize, Mercer2 hr
Jul 8, 4:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke52 min
Jul 8, 4:49 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNDarke, Shelby116 min
Jul 8, 4:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby52 min
Jul 8, 4:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin46 min
Jul 8, 5:06 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNLogan114 min
Jul 8, 5:14 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXJay3 hr
Jul 8, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Putnam33 min
Jul 8, 5:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDCarroll, Howard, Tipton5 hr
Jul 8, 5:51 PM ESTTornado WarningINDPutnam24 min
Jul 8, 6:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain39 min
Jul 8, 6:06 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNMercer3 hr
Jul 8, 6:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton38 min
Jul 8, 6:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison46 min
Jul 8, 6:30 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNAuglaize, Darke, Logan, Shelby6 hr
Jul 8, 6:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery37 min
Jul 8, 6:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam26 min
Jul 8, 6:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks51 min
Jul 8, 7:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone45 min

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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2003-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 537 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 2003-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
537 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-255 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 7:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJasper, Lake, Newton, Porter3 hr
Jul 7, 9:13 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 30 more62 min
Jul 7, 10:18 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter, White57 min
Jul 7, 11:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 39 more5 hr
Jul 7, 11:50 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 36 more85 min
Jul 8, 10:05 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 43 more25 min
Jul 8, 10:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton and 19 more6 hr
Jul 8, 12:04 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton and 19 more56 min
Jul 8, 12:25 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 42 more95 min
Jul 8, 2:30 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton and 17 more30 min
Jul 8, 3:02 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll and 54 more88 min
Jul 8, 3:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Huntington and 17 more4 hr
Jul 8, 5:38 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone and 67 more37 min
Jul 8, 6:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll and 50 more5 hr
Jul 7, 8:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoyd, Carter, Elliott, Greenup, Lewis3 hr
Jul 7, 11:57 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Carter, Greenup63 min
Jul 8, 2:02 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd28 min
Jul 8, 2:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoyd5 hr
Jul 8, 4:05 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd115 min
Jul 7, 8:30 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Ashland, Athens, Carroll, Coshocton, Crawford and 36 more60 min
Jul 8, 1:57 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Champaign, Clark and 44 more63 min
Jul 8, 2:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Champaign, Clark and 51 more6 hr
Jul 8, 5:06 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAthens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga and 21 more114 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 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.