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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 442
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 26, 2014, 3:29 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana; 25 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2014, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2014, 6:36 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 31 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay, Wells | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign | 34 min |
| Jul 26, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer, Shelby | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Madison, Union | 32 min |
| Jul 26, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin, Madison, Pickaway | 37 min |
| Jul 26, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Miami, Shelby | 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Huntington, Jay and 6 more | 64 min |
| Jul 26, 4:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Daviess, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Owen and 4 more | 115 min |
| Jul 26, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 47 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Athens, Champaign, Clark, Coshocton, Crawford, Delaware and 21 more | 57 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.