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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 239

May 25, 201915 counties in Indiana; 42 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 25, 2019, 2:21 PM EDT for 15 counties in Indiana; 42 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2019, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2019, 7:26 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 1.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 57 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Portage County, OH, Preble County, OH, Richland County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Union County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 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: 60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 20%
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: 80%

Warnings issued inside it

7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush, Shelby	35 min
May 25, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Wayne	45 min
May 25, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Stark	65 min
May 25, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Portage, Trumbull	43 min
May 25, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	23 min
May 25, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	35 min
May 25, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull	31 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 25, 1:07 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Clinton and 32 more	83 min
May 25, 12:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Belmont, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Mahoning, Monroe and 2 more	2 hr
May 25, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison and 7 more	5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2019 Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 2019 Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2019

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.