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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 422

July 14, 20146 counties in Indiana; 16 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 14, 2014, 6:28 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana; 16 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2014, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2014, 9:19 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 22 counties

Dearborn County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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
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
5%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
5%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
50%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Miami35 min
Jul 14, 8:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNDelaware119 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
Jul 14, 11:56 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLake, Newton94 min
Jul 14, 12:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBartholomew, Benton, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Cass and 54 more6 hr
Jul 14, 3:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll and 50 more54 min
Jul 14, 5:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn and 31 more67 min
Jul 14, 7:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Clinton, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 5 more63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 2014Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2014

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.