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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 167
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 11, 2015, 5:47 PM EDT for 18 counties in Ohio; 13 counties in Pennsylvania; 24 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2015, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2015, 9:37 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 55 counties
Ashtabula County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Lake County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Medina County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA, Forest County, PA, Greene County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wetzel County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam | 25 min |
| May 11, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 34 min |
| May 11, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina, Summit | 42 min |
| May 11, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage | 58 min |
| May 11, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas | 40 min |
| May 11, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood | 33 min |
| May 11, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Stark | 60 min |
| May 11, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 41 min |
| May 11, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 46 min |
| May 11, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 26 min |
| May 11, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 43 min |
| May 11, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 29 min |
| May 11, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 39 min |
| May 11, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson | 36 min |
| May 11, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 59 min |
| May 11, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Lawrence, Mercer | 43 min |
| May 11, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango | 43 min |
| May 11, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Washington | 35 min |
| May 11, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 41 min |
| May 11, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Forest, Mercer, Venango | 45 min |
| May 11, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 12:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont and 36 more | 2 hr |
| May 11, 1:14 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Ashland, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 43 more | 7 hr |
| May 11, 1:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Athens, Brown, Gallia, Guernsey, Hocking and 12 more | 3 hr |
| May 11, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Athens, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Coshocton and 22 more | 8 hr |
| May 11, 2:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Crawford and 24 more | 62 min |
| May 11, 4:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Athens, Gallia, Guernsey, Hocking, Jackson and 10 more | 92 min |
| May 11, 4:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbiana, Geauga, Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit and 1 more | 2 hr |
| May 11, 4:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Crawford and 35 more | 66 min |
| May 11, 6:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Greene and 5 more | 97 min |
| May 11, 7:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Belmont, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Mahoning, Monroe and 1 more | 64 min |
| May 11, 1:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradford, Potter, Susquehanna, Tioga | 2 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Pennsylvania, 2015Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.