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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 236
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 28, 2013, 9:36 PM EDT for 24 counties in Indiana; 5 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2013, 9:36 PM EDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2013, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 29 counties
Allen County, IN, Benton County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Lake County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Newton County, IN, Noble County, IN, Porter County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Berrien County, MI, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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
- 10%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 42 min |
| May 28, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 45 min |
| May 28, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall | 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 9:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Benton, Carroll, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 20 more | 115 min |
| May 28, 11:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Huntington and 14 more | 89 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.