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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 167

April 20, 200532 counties in Indiana; 28 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 20, 2005, 12:50 PM EST for 32 counties in Indiana; 28 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2005, 12:50 PM EST (17:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2005, 7:00 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 60 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Benton County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Jay County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, Madison County, IN, Miami County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Newton County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Marion County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 1:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky51 min
Apr 20, 2:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington, Wells53 min
Apr 20, 3:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin31 min
Apr 20, 3:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot65 min
Apr 20, 4:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron49 min
Apr 20, 4:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford55 min
Apr 20, 4:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow67 min
Apr 20, 4:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPaulding, Van Wert37 min
Apr 20, 4:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca65 min
Apr 20, 4:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock57 min
Apr 20, 4:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland66 min
Apr 20, 5:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland62 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 12:21 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 24 more114 min
Apr 20, 3:19 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, Grant, Howard and 7 more86 min
Apr 20, 5:37 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 20 more83 min
Apr 20, 2:05 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga, Geauga and 11 more85 min
Apr 20, 2:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Geauga, Harrison, Holmes and 9 more4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2005Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2005

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.