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Mesoscale Discussion 1598

August 3, 201516 counties in Indiana; 9 counties in Kentucky; 52 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 3, 2015, 3:18 PM EDT for 16 counties in Indiana; 9 counties in Kentucky; 52 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2015, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2015, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 117 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 77 counties

Blackford County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jay County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Richland County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Washington County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 467Aug 3, 3:55 PM EDT

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allen, Benton, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Jasper and 13 more	5 hr
Aug 3, 12:19 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Allen, Benton, Carroll, Cass, Fulton and 14 more	86 min
Aug 3, 3:06 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette and 17 more	2 hr
Aug 3, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union, Wayne	6 hr
Aug 3, 6:43 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland	92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2015 Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.