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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 446

July 1, 201234 counties in Ohio; 24 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 1, 2012, 4:32 PM EDT for 34 counties in Ohio; 24 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2012, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 10:11 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 58 counties

Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Madison County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Washington County, OH, Boone County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
40%
Ten or more severe hail reports
50%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
30%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
90%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Greene, Madison46 min
Jul 1, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Pickaway, Ross52 min
Jul 1, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway46 min
Jul 1, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Fayette, Greene, Madison, Montgomery, Warren45 min
Jul 1, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway, Ross46 min
Jul 1, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking, Pickaway, Ross54 min
Jul 1, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Pickaway49 min
Jul 1, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Vinton58 min
Jul 1, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren30 min
Jul 1, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Hocking, Licking46 min
Jul 1, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Clinton, Highland, Warren42 min
Jul 1, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington39 min
Jul 1, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking, Pickaway, Pike, Ross25 min
Jul 1, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown, Clermont, Highland44 min
Jul 1, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGuernsey, Muskingum, Noble64 min
Jul 1, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton63 min
Jul 1, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Highland, Pike, Scioto40 min
Jul 1, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Tuscarawas65 min
Jul 1, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington78 min
Jul 1, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer and 8 more62 min
Jul 1, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence65 min
Jul 1, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown, Pike, Scioto57 min
Jul 1, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas60 min
Jul 1, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington56 min
Jul 1, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne48 min
Jul 1, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Tuscarawas29 min
Jul 1, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 8 more65 min
Jul 1, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont, Harrison, Jefferson39 min
Jul 1, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence60 min
Jul 1, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 2 more41 min

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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2142 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 1:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Defiance and 11 more6 hr
Jul 1, 3:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Athens, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Clinton and 36 more94 min
Jul 1, 5:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Crawford, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry and 16 more56 min
Jul 1, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Hancock and 19 more4 hr
Jul 1, 5:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAthens, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke, Delaware and 20 more60 min
Jul 1, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Scioto5 hr
Jul 1, 6:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Coshocton, Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Holmes and 14 more58 min
Jul 1, 7:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Columbiana, Geauga, Harrison, Jefferson, Mahoning and 4 more83 min
Jul 1, 9:27 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Wyoming63 min
Jul 1, 9:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMcDowell, Mercer5 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.