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Tornado Watch 333

June 8, 202249 counties in Indiana; 21 counties in Kentucky; 38 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 8, 2022, 2:29 PM EDT for 49 counties in Indiana; 21 counties in Kentucky; 38 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2022, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2022, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 1.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 108 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Washington County, OH

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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: 50%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 20%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 50%
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: 20%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 70%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Morgan	31 min
Jun 8, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Ripley	39 min
Jun 8, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown	28 min
Jun 8, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Lewis	43 min
Jun 8, 4:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Rush	32 min
Jun 8, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings	30 min
Jun 8, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Kenton	44 min
Jun 8, 4:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Campbell, Kenton	28 min
Jun 8, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jennings	36 min
Jun 8, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Union	43 min
Jun 8, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Shelby	41 min
Jun 8, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Lawrence	44 min
Jun 8, 5:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Montgomery	28 min
Jun 8, 5:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clinton, Greene, Montgomery, Warren	32 min
Jun 8, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland	42 min
Jun 8, 6:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Miami	36 min
Jun 8, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Gallia, Lawrence	42 min
Jun 8, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Delaware	30 min
Jun 8, 6:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clark	44 min
Jun 8, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley	21 min
Jun 8, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross	41 min
Jun 8, 6:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware	10 min
Jun 8, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Pendleton	38 min
Jun 8, 6:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Randolph	32 min
Jun 8, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	19 min
Jun 8, 6:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Champaign, Logan, Madison, Union	30 min
Jun 8, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	29 min
Jun 8, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	28 min
Jun 8, 6:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Highland	24 min
Jun 8, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Clermont, Highland	51 min
Jun 8, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Washington	48 min
Jun 8, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield	14 min
Jun 8, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	45 min
Jun 8, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Shelby	43 min
Jun 8, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Randolph	11 min
Jun 8, 7:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Washington	24 min
Jun 8, 7:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Delaware, Union	23 min
Jun 8, 7:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Highland	37 min
Jun 8, 7:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Hocking, Pickaway, Ross	48 min
Jun 8, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Pendleton	31 min
Jun 8, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Athens, Vinton	25 min
Jun 8, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware	38 min
Jun 8, 7:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Athens, Vinton	35 min
Jun 8, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Highland, Pike, Scioto	47 min
Jun 8, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hocking, Ross	39 min
Jun 8, 7:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Delaware	19 min
Jun 8, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Licking	38 min
Jun 8, 7:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Athens, Vinton	23 min
Jun 8, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Meigs, Vinton	52 min
Jun 8, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton	42 min
Jun 8, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Mason, Robertson	33 min

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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1081 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 1:38 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 34 more	2 hr
Jun 8, 4:23 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Clinton, Daviess and 37 more	2 hr
Jun 8, 7:25 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Greenup	5 hr
Jun 8, 6:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Champaign, Clark and 32 more	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.