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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 477
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 6, 2008, 7:36 PM EDT for 31 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2008, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 11:14 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 31 counties
Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Huron County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 40%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Paulding | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 8:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 8:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Mercer | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 8:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Williams | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 19 min |
| Jun 6, 8:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry, Putnam | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 8:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Putnam | 16 min |
| Jun 6, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Lucas, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood, Wyandot | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 9:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock, Seneca, Wood | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 10:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Richland, Wyandot | 19 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 6, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Williams | 10 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Williams | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 7:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin and 14 more | 60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.