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Tornado Watch 753

August 26, 200648 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Aug 26, 2006, 9:21 PM EDT for 48 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2006, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2006, 1:57 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 48 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Grant County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Miami 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, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wayne County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 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
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
Ten or more severe hail reports
30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
10%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

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
Aug 26, 9:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone and 63 more24 min
Aug 27, 12:47 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Clay and 42 more88 min
Aug 27, 1:43 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Brown, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette and 21 more92 min
Aug 27, 1:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGibson, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick2 hr
Aug 27, 3:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Dearborn, Decatur, Franklin, Jefferson, Jennings and 5 more2 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.