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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 635

July 11, 20114 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 11, 2011, 9:22 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2011, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2011, 12:51 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 71 counties

Dearborn County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Madison County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Miami County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Washington County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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
5%
Ten or more severe wind reports
40%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
30%
Ten or more severe hail reports
30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
20%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 9:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNUnion, Wayne62 min
Jul 11, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene, Montgomery, Warren44 min
Jul 11, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Pickaway, Ross44 min
Jul 11, 9:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Highland, Pike, Ross51 min
Jul 11, 9:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Perry36 min
Jul 11, 10:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Union53 min
Jul 11, 10:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Highland42 min
Jul 11, 11:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Washington3 hr
Jul 11, 11:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLewis, Mason40 min
Jul 12, 12:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence2 hr
Jul 12, 12:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLewis, Mason4 hr

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
Jul 12, 2:00 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGibson, Knox, Posey2 hr
Jul 12, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick7 hr
Jul 12, 4:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGibson, Posey87 min
Jul 12, 7:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick62 min
Jul 11, 11:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBath, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming and 20 more83 min
Jul 12, 1:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 35 more87 min
Jul 11, 8:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAthens, Belmont, Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin and 21 more54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 2011Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2011

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.