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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 251
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 11, 2005, 3:40 PM EST for 39 counties in Indiana; 23 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2005, 3:40 PM EST (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2005, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 62 counties
Adams County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette 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, Jay County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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
35 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 39 min |
| May 11, 3:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Tipton | 35 min |
| May 11, 3:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 63 min |
| May 11, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 45 min |
| May 11, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 37 min |
| May 11, 4:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 43 min |
| May 11, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 31 min |
| May 11, 4:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 52 min |
| May 11, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 48 min |
| May 11, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Putnam | 45 min |
| May 11, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 45 min |
| May 11, 5:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 40 min |
| May 11, 5:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Madison | 55 min |
| May 11, 5:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 38 min |
| May 11, 5:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami | 40 min |
| May 11, 5:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 40 min |
| May 11, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 49 min |
| May 11, 5:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke | 58 min |
| May 11, 5:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 2 hr |
| May 11, 5:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 62 min |
| May 11, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 33 min |
| May 11, 5:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Wayne | 39 min |
| May 11, 5:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 36 min |
| May 11, 5:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford | 47 min |
| May 11, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 67 min |
| May 11, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 37 min |
| May 11, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 22 min |
| May 11, 6:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 27 min |
| May 11, 6:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 44 min |
| May 11, 7:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 17 min |
| May 11, 7:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 16 min |
| May 11, 7:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 19 min |
| May 11, 7:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 49 min |
| May 11, 7:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 55 min |
| May 11, 8:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Shelby | 42 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 11, 11:54 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 28 more | 2 hr |
| May 11, 12:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Blackford, Delaware, Fayette, Hancock, Henry and 9 more | 7 hr |
| May 11, 3:21 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Clay and 32 more | 114 min |
| May 11, 6:28 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Clay and 34 more | 2 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.