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Tornado Watch 197
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 7, 2024, 6:00 PM EDT for 14 counties in Indiana; 12 counties in Kentucky; 32 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2024, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2024, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 58 counties
Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush 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, 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, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 70%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 60%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 70%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 60%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
50 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 44 min |
| May 7, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 24 min |
| May 7, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Mercer | 29 min |
| May 7, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin, Union, Wayne | 28 min |
| May 7, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Rush | 19 min |
| May 7, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin, Union | 33 min |
| May 7, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 47 min |
| May 7, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 29 min |
| May 7, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 26 min |
| May 7, 8:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke | 40 min |
| May 7, 8:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 32 min |
| May 7, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 52 min |
| May 7, 8:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fayette, Union, Wayne | 36 min |
| May 7, 8:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Logan, Mercer, Shelby | 36 min |
| May 7, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Lewis | 50 min |
| May 7, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin, Union | 34 min |
| May 7, 8:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin, Union | 3 hr |
| May 7, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 63 min |
| May 7, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Shelby | 41 min |
| May 7, 8:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Union | 23 min |
| May 7, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 39 min |
| May 7, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Franklin, Union | 36 min |
| May 7, 8:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Logan | 14 min |
| May 7, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley | 40 min |
| May 7, 9:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 49 min |
| May 7, 9:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler | 28 min |
| May 7, 9:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur | 18 min |
| May 7, 9:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley | 36 min |
| May 7, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 51 min |
| May 7, 9:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan | 32 min |
| May 7, 9:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley | 3 hr |
| May 7, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Warren | 31 min |
| May 7, 9:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Madison, Union | 31 min |
| May 7, 9:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Dearborn | 24 min |
| May 7, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Clinton, Warren | 61 min |
| May 7, 10:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union | 33 min |
| May 7, 10:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Warren | 33 min |
| May 7, 10:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Warren | 20 min |
| May 7, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 37 min |
| May 7, 10:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton | 24 min |
| May 7, 10:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton | 21 min |
| May 7, 10:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Licking | 36 min |
| May 7, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Ross | 33 min |
| May 7, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland, Warren | 29 min |
| May 7, 10:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 7, 11:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Licking | 30 min |
| May 7, 11:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Licking | 3 hr |
| May 7, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Highland, Pike, Ross, Scioto | 41 min |
| May 8, 12:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 35 min |
| May 8, 12:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 34 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
- Mesoscale Discussion 680 Severe potential...tornado watch likely
- Mesoscale Discussion 683 Tornado watch 196
- Mesoscale Discussion 684 Severe potential...watch possible
- Mesoscale Discussion 685 Tornado watch 195...197
- Mesoscale Discussion 687 Tornado watch 196...197...198...199
- Mesoscale Discussion 689 Tornado watch 197...198...199
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 1:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Elkhart and 24 more | 2 hr |
| May 7, 2:28 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Benton, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Cass and 49 more | 12 hr |
| May 7, 3:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton and 37 more | 67 min |
| May 7, 4:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Dearborn, Decatur, DeKalb and 17 more | 87 min |
| May 7, 4:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Jay, Steuben and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 6:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Steuben | 89 min |
| May 7, 7:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 10 more | 54 min |
| May 7, 7:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin and 11 more | 94 min |
| May 7, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 10 more | 7 hr |
| May 7, 5:42 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 5 more | 2 hr |
| May 7, 1:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 25 more | 87 min |
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.