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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 137
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 31, 2018, 2:30 PM EDT for 8 counties in Indiana; 12 counties in Kentucky; 24 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2018, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2018, 5:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 44 counties
Dearborn County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Adams County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Highland County, OH, Logan County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Warren County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 33 min |
| May 31, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 45 min |
| May 31, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 47 min |
| May 31, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton | 48 min |
| May 31, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell | 48 min |
| May 31, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Wayne | 41 min |
| May 31, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton, Robertson | 23 min |
| May 31, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland, Warren | 39 min |
| May 31, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Lewis, Mason, Robertson | 36 min |
| May 31, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Preble | 32 min |
| May 31, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 46 min |
| May 31, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pike, Ross and 1 more | 44 min |
| May 31, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 24 min |
| May 31, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Montgomery | 33 min |
| May 31, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 47 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 31, 11:16 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson and 19 more | 119 min |
| May 31, 11:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 29 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 2:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn and 29 more | 85 min |
| May 31, 3:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 24 more | 90 min |
| May 31, 12:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle, Breathitt and 39 more | 64 min |
| May 31, 2:57 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Fulton and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 3:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson and 9 more | 91 min |
| May 31, 3:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt and 37 more | 64 min |
| May 31, 4:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Clinton, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 3 more | 93 min |
| May 31, 4:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bracken, Lewis, Mason | 91 min |
| May 31, 5:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary, Russell, Wayne and 1 more | 59 min |
| May 31, 5:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 11 more | 2 hr |
| May 31, 6:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fulton | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.