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Tornado Watch 566
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 17, 2013, 4:25 PM EST for 4 counties in Kentucky; 69 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2013, 4:25 PM EST (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2013, 9:53 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 0.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 73 counties
Greenup County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Adams County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Brown County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Greene County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Ross County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- 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
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
56 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 5:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Lucas, Wood | 59 min |
| Nov 17, 5:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami and 1 more | 63 min |
| Nov 17, 5:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wood | 41 min |
| Nov 17, 5:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lucas | 25 min |
| Nov 17, 5:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 49 min |
| Nov 17, 5:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Miami and 2 more | 54 min |
| Nov 17, 5:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 53 min |
| Nov 17, 5:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami and 3 more | 36 min |
| Nov 17, 5:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 64 min |
| Nov 17, 6:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Hardin | 30 min |
| Nov 17, 6:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Wyandot | 71 min |
| Nov 17, 6:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Greene, Montgomery, Warren | 24 min |
| Nov 17, 6:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CLE | Marion, Wyandot | 35 min |
| Nov 17, 6:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Sandusky | 47 min |
| Nov 17, 6:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 6 more | 62 min |
| Nov 17, 6:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 41 min |
| Nov 17, 6:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 66 min |
| Nov 17, 6:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Delaware, Franklin, Hardin, Licking, Logan and 2 more | 65 min |
| Nov 17, 6:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland and 2 more | 64 min |
| Nov 17, 6:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Brown, Highland | 27 min |
| Nov 17, 6:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Mason and 3 more | 52 min |
| Nov 17, 7:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow, Richland | 59 min |
| Nov 17, 7:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 57 min |
| Nov 17, 7:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 23 min |
| Nov 17, 7:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hocking, Licking and 3 more | 63 min |
| Nov 17, 7:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Highland, Pike, Ross | 58 min |
| Nov 17, 7:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Mason, Robertson | 25 min |
| Nov 17, 7:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 38 min |
| Nov 17, 7:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland | 33 min |
| Nov 17, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 60 min |
| Nov 17, 7:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Licking | 58 min |
| Nov 17, 7:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina | 56 min |
| Nov 17, 7:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Lewis, Mason, Robertson | 55 min |
| Nov 17, 7:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin, Pickaway | 25 min |
| Nov 17, 7:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware, Licking | 9 min |
| Nov 17, 7:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Morgan, Perry, Vinton | 53 min |
| Nov 17, 7:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CLE | Knox | 44 min |
| Nov 17, 7:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 58 min |
| Nov 17, 7:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas | 68 min |
| Nov 17, 7:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 52 min |
| Nov 17, 7:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 36 min |
| Nov 17, 7:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 64 min |
| Nov 17, 8:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Greenup | 58 min |
| Nov 17, 8:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 39 min |
| Nov 17, 8:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 61 min |
| Nov 17, 8:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Morgan, Washington | 59 min |
| Nov 17, 8:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 58 min |
| Nov 17, 8:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 41 min |
| Nov 17, 8:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 67 min |
| Nov 17, 8:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble | 62 min |
| Nov 17, 8:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson and 1 more | 54 min |
| Nov 17, 8:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 52 min |
| Nov 17, 8:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 62 min |
| Nov 17, 8:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Lawrence, Meigs | 47 min |
| Nov 17, 9:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble | 59 min |
| Nov 17, 9:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson | 54 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 3:06 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Daviess and 12 more | 84 min |
| Nov 17, 11:17 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 17 more | 118 min |
| Nov 17, 11:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 17, 11:43 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 17, 12:57 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 7 more | 93 min |
| Nov 17, 2:05 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle | 55 min |
| Nov 17, 2:34 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 46 more | 56 min |
| Nov 17, 2:58 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:43 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 14 more | 62 min |
| Nov 17, 4:46 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 37 more | 89 min |
| Nov 17, 6:06 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Mason | 54 min |
| Nov 17, 6:16 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Bath, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Casey and 40 more | 59 min |
| Nov 17, 11:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Darke, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Mercer and 4 more | 119 min |
| Nov 17, 3:05 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Carroll, Champaign and 55 more | 85 min |
| Nov 17, 3:51 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Darke, Defiance, Fulton, Henry and 8 more | 84 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.