Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 164
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 21, 2014, 1:52 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2014, 1:52 PM EDT (17:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2014, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 127 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wayne County, IN, 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, Athens County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Washington County, OH, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 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
- 80%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 80%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 50%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
74 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton | 25 min |
| May 21, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 24 min |
| May 21, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 37 min |
| May 21, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 45 min |
| May 21, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 35 min |
| May 21, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 34 min |
| May 21, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Marion | 31 min |
| May 21, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Shelby | 43 min |
| May 21, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion | 42 min |
| May 21, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 51 min |
| May 21, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 50 min |
| May 21, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan | 45 min |
| May 21, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Marion | 43 min |
| May 21, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 33 min |
| May 21, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion, Shelby | 25 min |
| May 21, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan, Union | 40 min |
| May 21, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion | 49 min |
| May 21, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark | 47 min |
| May 21, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Washington | 31 min |
| May 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 22 min |
| May 21, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 28 min |
| May 21, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 21 min |
| May 21, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 20 min |
| May 21, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 31 min |
| May 21, 4:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 3 hr |
| May 21, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke | 29 min |
| May 21, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Miami | 40 min |
| May 21, 4:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clark | 20 min |
| May 21, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 19 min |
| May 21, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 47 min |
| May 21, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 32 min |
| May 21, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark | 46 min |
| May 21, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 29 min |
| May 21, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 32 min |
| May 21, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke | 30 min |
| May 21, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Montgomery | 43 min |
| May 21, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery | 52 min |
| May 21, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, Rush, Shelby | 30 min |
| May 21, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Morgan | 43 min |
| May 21, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Fayette, Madison | 43 min |
| May 21, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 35 min |
| May 21, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 33 min |
| May 21, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke | 32 min |
| May 21, 5:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 4 hr |
| May 21, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley | 41 min |
| May 21, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 16 min |
| May 21, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 31 min |
| May 21, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Greene | 37 min |
| May 21, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 33 min |
| May 21, 6:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion | 4 hr |
| May 21, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby | 28 min |
| May 21, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Montgomery | 41 min |
| May 21, 6:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Miami, Montgomery | 6 hr |
| May 21, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 46 min |
| May 21, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings | 30 min |
| May 21, 6:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 6 hr |
| May 21, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 33 min |
| May 21, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Greene | 35 min |
| May 21, 6:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Miami | 3 hr |
| May 21, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 52 min |
| May 21, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 30 min |
| May 21, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 30 min |
| May 21, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Highland, Pike | 33 min |
| May 21, 8:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, Shelby | 4 hr |
| May 21, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton | 28 min |
| May 21, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 34 min |
| May 21, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 24 min |
| May 21, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 34 min |
| May 21, 9:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 38 min |
| May 21, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 51 min |
| May 21, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings | 43 min |
| May 21, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 38 min |
| May 21, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo | 45 min |
| May 21, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 49 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 20, 9:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Jasper, Kosciusko, Lake and 10 more | 84 min |
| May 20, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 18 more | 7 hr |
| May 21, 12:23 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Huntington and 13 more | 97 min |
| May 21, 2:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Huntington and 12 more | 94 min |
| May 21, 4:26 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall and 4 more | 34 min |
| May 21, 12:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll and 48 more | 3 hr |
| May 21, 2:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Vermillion | 2 hr |
| May 21, 4:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll and 61 more | 2 hr |
| May 21, 6:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 10 more | 87 min |
| May 21, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 10 more | 13 hr |
| May 21, 7:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Dearborn, Decatur and 29 more | 85 min |
| May 21, 2:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grant, Hardy, Jefferson, Pendleton | 3 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.