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Tornado Watch 47
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 27, 2023, 1:28 PM EST for 15 counties in Indiana; 37 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2023, 1:28 PM EST (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2023, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 55 kt
All 52 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Adams County, OH, Allen 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, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Warren County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 5%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 50%
Warnings issued inside it
23 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 1:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Union, Wayne | 49 min |
| Feb 27, 1:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley | 28 min |
| Feb 27, 1:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley | 23 min |
| Feb 27, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Preble | 35 min |
| Feb 27, 2:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Franklin | 33 min |
| Feb 27, 2:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton, Warren | 29 min |
| Feb 27, 2:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Greene, Montgomery, Warren | 39 min |
| Feb 27, 2:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Montgomery, Warren | 32 min |
| Feb 27, 2:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Greene, Warren | 36 min |
| Feb 27, 3:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 39 min |
| Feb 27, 3:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 35 min |
| Feb 27, 3:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Miami | 18 min |
| Feb 27, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Greene, Madison | 37 min |
| Feb 27, 3:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 34 min |
| Feb 27, 3:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clark, Fayette, Greene, Madison | 32 min |
| Feb 27, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Pickaway | 29 min |
| Feb 27, 3:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams, Pike, Scioto | 11 min |
| Feb 27, 3:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Henry, Putnam | 25 min |
| Feb 27, 3:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin, Madison, Union | 24 min |
| Feb 27, 3:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fayette, Highland, Ross | 24 min |
| Feb 27, 3:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Franklin, Madison, Pickaway | 33 min |
| Feb 27, 4:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Franklin, Pickaway | 26 min |
| Feb 27, 4:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking | 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 9:46 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 89 min |
| Feb 27, 10:44 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Delaware and 24 more | 61 min |
| Feb 27, 11:06 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll and 39 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 27, 12:37 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry and 8 more | 113 min |
| Feb 27, 12:59 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Jay, Ohio, Randolph and 2 more | 91 min |
| Feb 27, 2:13 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Franklin, Union | 62 min |
| Feb 27, 3:27 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Coshocton, Delaware and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 27, 4:07 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Athens, Belmont, Coshocton, Gallia, Guernsey, Jackson and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 27, 6:34 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Monroe, Noble, Washington | 116 min |
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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.