Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 737
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 20, 2005, 12:15 PM EST for 49 counties in Indiana; 23 counties in Kentucky; 58 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2005, 12:15 PM EST (17:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2005, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 130 counties
Adams County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark 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, Franklin County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Henry 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, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Meade County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Highland County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Portage County, OH, Preble County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Ross County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Summit County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Warren County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 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
34 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 12:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 36 min |
| Aug 20, 1:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke | 43 min |
| Aug 20, 1:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit, Wayne | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 1:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 1:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin | 51 min |
| Aug 20, 2:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Miami, Shelby | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 2:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Huron | 61 min |
| Aug 20, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan, Union | 50 min |
| Aug 20, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 2:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 56 min |
| Aug 20, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark | 50 min |
| Aug 20, 2:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 64 min |
| Aug 20, 2:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer, Warrick | 42 min |
| Aug 20, 2:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 40 min |
| Aug 20, 2:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 2:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 67 min |
| Aug 20, 2:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 3:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox, Richland | 59 min |
| Aug 20, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 52 min |
| Aug 20, 3:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 70 min |
| Aug 20, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 3:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CLE | Medina | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Kenton, Pendleton | 50 min |
| Aug 20, 3:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 51 min |
| Aug 20, 3:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 116 min |
| Aug 20, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell | 37 min |
| Aug 20, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Pickaway | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 3:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 4:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 4:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 2 hr |
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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2933 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 9.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 11:31 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Daviess and 39 more | 89 min |
| Aug 20, 2:11 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur and 24 more | 94 min |
| Aug 20, 1:35 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston and 2 more | 115 min |
| Aug 20, 3:06 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Boyd, Carter, Clark, Elliott, Greenup and 5 more | 84 min |
| Aug 20, 3:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Carter, Clark, Elliott and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:10 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Fleming, Greenup and 4 more | 95 min |
| Aug 20, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 9 more | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.