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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 360

June 24, 201324 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 24, 2013, 10:21 PM EDT for 24 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2013, 10:21 PM EDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2013, 11:47 PM EDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
0.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 24 counties

Ashland County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
5%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
2%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
5%
Ten or more severe hail reports
5%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
5%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
50%

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
Jun 24, 9:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 35 more64 min
Jun 25, 3:38 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLake, LaPorte, Porter, Saint Joseph97 min
Jun 25, 8:52 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCElkhart, Kosciusko, Lake, LaPorte, Marshall, Porter and 2 more53 min
Jun 25, 1:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Newton, Warren3 hr
Jun 25, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFayette, Union, Wayne8 hr
Jun 25, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 49 more7 hr
Jun 25, 6:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 43 more56 min
Jun 25, 12:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColumbiana, Geauga, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Summit and 1 more2 hr
Jun 25, 3:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Champaign and 49 more116 min
Jun 25, 5:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBelmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson and 7 more93 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.