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Tornado Watch 530
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 21, 2006, 4:06 PM EDT for 24 counties in Indiana; 13 counties in Michigan; 11 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2006, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2006, 11:01 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 48 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Berrien County, MI, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Cass County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Van Buren County, MI, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
42 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Jackson | 52 min |
| Jun 21, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 12 min |
| Jun 21, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Jackson | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Hillsdale | 63 min |
| Jun 21, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Hillsdale | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 16 min |
| Jun 21, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Marshall, Saint Joseph | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 5:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Jackson | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Jackson | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Williams | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange | 67 min |
| Jun 21, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Henry | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Marshall | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Noble | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Whitley | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 9:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Williams | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Paulding | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Henry | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Jackson | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Putnam | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Henry | 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2:38 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 38 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:27 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Carroll, Cass and 29 more | 92 min |
| Jun 21, 6:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Lake, Newton, Warren | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 111 min |
| Jun 21, 2:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alger, Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron and 4 more | 84 min |
| Jun 21, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Benzie and 21 more | 86 min |
| Jun 21, 5:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, Washtenaw, Wayne | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 5:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcona, Alger, Alpena, Antrim, Baraga, Benzie and 21 more | 97 min |
| Jun 21, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Saint Clair and 2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.