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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 228
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 27, 2015, 1:08 PM EDT for 13 counties in Indiana; 9 counties in Michigan; 31 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2015, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 53 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Hillsdale County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 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
20 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Henry | 30 min |
| May 27, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 55 min |
| May 27, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley | 33 min |
| May 27, 1:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Wayne | 20 min |
| May 27, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 46 min |
| May 27, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 38 min |
| May 27, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 44 min |
| May 27, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Livingston, Washtenaw | 56 min |
| May 27, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland | 65 min |
| May 27, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 33 min |
| May 27, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam | 62 min |
| May 27, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb | 54 min |
| May 27, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 44 min |
| May 27, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 53 min |
| May 27, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 31 min |
| May 27, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky | 43 min |
| May 27, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 45 min |
| May 27, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 26 min |
| May 27, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 33 min |
| May 27, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Union | 30 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 27, 8:57 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Brown, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Daviess and 28 more | 2 hr |
| May 27, 12:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 38 more | 96 min |
| May 27, 1:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Clark, Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette, Floyd and 16 more | 83 min |
| May 27, 3:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Grant, Huntington and 3 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Michigan, 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.