Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 40
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 9, 2015, 2:26 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2015, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2015, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 103 counties
Dearborn County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Clark County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton 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, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Madison County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Union County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Washington County, OH, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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
- 50%
- 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
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
43 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken | 24 min |
| Apr 9, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Ross | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant, Owen, Pendleton | 26 min |
| Apr 9, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Meigs | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Pickaway, Ross | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Perry | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Pike, Ross, Scioto | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum | 56 min |
| Apr 9, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Ritchie, Wirt | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 63 min |
| Apr 9, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 20 min |
| Apr 9, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble, Tuscarawas | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie | 66 min |
| Apr 9, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Wetzel | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Meigs | 64 min |
| Apr 9, 4:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Muskingum | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson and 3 more | 42 min |
| Apr 9, 4:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Washington | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Athens, Washington | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 28 min |
| Apr 9, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Jefferson | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Monroe | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 5:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 20 min |
| Apr 9, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie | 61 min |
| Apr 9, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 15 min |
| Apr 9, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 2 more | 64 min |
| Apr 9, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Montgomery, Preble, Warren | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery | 22 min |
| Apr 9, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur | 66 min |
| Apr 9, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Meigs | 23 min |
| Apr 9, 8:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 3 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1204 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 1:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dearborn | 54 min |
| Apr 9, 2:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 9 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 59 min |
| Apr 9, 4:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lake, Newton | 93 min |
| Apr 9, 4:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Dearborn, Floyd, Franklin, Jefferson, Jennings and 5 more | 56 min |
| Apr 9, 7:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard | 60 min |
| Apr 9, 7:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fulton | 64 min |
| Apr 9, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Holmes, Huron and 14 more | 114 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.