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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 690

July 26, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 26, 2005, 5:40 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2005, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2005, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 83 counties

Champaign County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Ford County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, McLean County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Benton County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Jay County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Newton County, IN, Noble County, IN, Parke County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Monroe County, MI, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTFord, Iroquois, Livingston47 min
Jul 26, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTFord, Iroquois, Livingston50 min
Jul 26, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon, Piatt50 min
Jul 26, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign45 min
Jul 26, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign40 min
Jul 26, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb40 min
Jul 26, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMiami, Wabash38 min
Jul 26, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion46 min
Jul 26, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTIroquois39 min
Jul 26, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign22 min
Jul 26, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WarningINDClinton14 min
Jul 26, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Warren50 min
Jul 26, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion20 min
Jul 26, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion46 min
Jul 26, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhite45 min
Jul 26, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe44 min
Jul 26, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie, Shelby39 min
Jul 26, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow, Richland43 min
Jul 26, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, White56 min
Jul 26, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningINDTippecanoe19 min
Jul 26, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Henry54 min
Jul 26, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Howard38 min
Jul 26, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward50 min
Jul 26, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXCass, Miami48 min
Jul 26, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Montgomery, Tippecanoe47 min
Jul 26, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTipton49 min
Jul 26, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningINDHoward31 min
Jul 26, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXWabash32 min
Jul 26, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar50 min
Jul 26, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXHuntington37 min
Jul 26, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland45 min
Jul 26, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison42 min
Jul 26, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEffingham, Jasper56 min
Jul 26, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo55 min
Jul 26, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford, Grant35 min
Jul 26, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Wells59 min
Jul 26, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark43 min
Jul 26, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Putnam, Van Wert79 min
Jul 26, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXJay40 min
Jul 26, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer40 min
Jul 26, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo61 min
Jul 26, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock51 min
Jul 26, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Mercer63 min
Jul 26, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen, Putnam41 min
Jul 26, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca41 min
Jul 26, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion52 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2005-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1648 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2005-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
1648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
1.9

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 8:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCook, DuPage, Kane, Lake65 min
Jul 25, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Lake, McHenry5 hr
Jul 26, 10:31 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton, Iroquois and 14 more89 min
Jul 26, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChampaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 5 more7 hr
Jul 26, 2:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Crawford, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 13 more66 min
Jul 26, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Crawford, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 16 more7 hr
Jul 26, 4:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar and 12 more61 min
Jul 26, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Dearborn, Jay, Ohio, Randolph, Union and 1 more8 hr
Jul 26, 1:31 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArenac, Bay, Genesee, Lapeer, Livingston, Oakland and 3 more89 min
Jul 26, 3:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArenac, Bay, Genesee, Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland and 2 more87 min
Jul 26, 1:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes and 9 more90 min
Jul 26, 1:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Carroll, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Harrison and 13 more62 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.