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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 111

April 16, 20134 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 16, 2013, 3:42 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2013, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1.5 in
Strongest gust expected
50 kt
All 119 counties

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, Lawrence County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Adams County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Miami County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Portage County, OH, Preble County, OH, Richland County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Washington County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Greene County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Braxton County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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
10%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
2%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
10%
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
60%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene, Montgomery44 min
Apr 16, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Madison40 min
Apr 16, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton, Warren46 min
Apr 16, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton44 min
Apr 16, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Franklin, Licking47 min
Apr 16, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Warren51 min
Apr 16, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPerry26 min
Apr 16, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonroe, Noble24 min
Apr 16, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Highland31 min
Apr 16, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGuernsey, Muskingum, Noble41 min
Apr 16, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZColumbiana, Jefferson29 min
Apr 16, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMorgan, Perry36 min
Apr 16, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross50 min
Apr 16, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant, Owen, Pendleton42 min
Apr 16, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Washington, Westmoreland49 min
Apr 16, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoyd, Greenup42 min
Apr 16, 8:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Beaver, Washington, Westmoreland3 hr
Apr 16, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Kanawha, Lincoln33 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 1:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Carter and 15 more94 min
Apr 16, 3:54 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge and 51 more96 min
Apr 16, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 40 more6 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.