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Tornado Watch 44

March 14, 202458 counties in Indiana; 54 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 14, 2024, 5:13 PM EDT for 58 counties in Indiana; 54 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 14, 2024, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2024, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 2.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 112 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Grant County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Miami County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Portage County, OH, Preble County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Ross County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Warren County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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: 60%
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: 40%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 40%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 80%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Miami	29 min
Mar 14, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Grant, Huntington, Wabash, Wells	24 min
Mar 14, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Grant, Miami, Wabash	29 min
Mar 14, 5:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Grant, Wabash	25 min
Mar 14, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, Wells	35 min
Mar 14, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Grant, Miami, Wabash	29 min
Mar 14, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Huntington, Wells	26 min
Mar 14, 5:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Grant, Huntington, Wells	26 min
Mar 14, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	51 min
Mar 14, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Grant, Huntington, Wells	33 min
Mar 14, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard, Tipton	39 min
Mar 14, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Grant, Huntington, Wabash	23 min
Mar 14, 6:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Wells	19 min
Mar 14, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	IND	Clinton, Howard, Tipton	39 min
Mar 14, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Blackford, Grant, Wells	37 min
Mar 14, 6:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Adams, Wells	23 min
Mar 14, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington, Miami, Wabash	21 min
Mar 14, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Wells	15 min
Mar 14, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mercer	44 min
Mar 14, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	36 min
Mar 14, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Jay, Wells	20 min
Mar 14, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Putnam, Van Wert	35 min
Mar 14, 6:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Hancock	30 min
Mar 14, 6:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Mercer	28 min
Mar 14, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Montgomery	26 min
Mar 14, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IWX	Grant	26 min
Mar 14, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Montgomery	37 min
Mar 14, 7:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Auglaize	28 min
Mar 14, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton	27 min
Mar 14, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	42 min
Mar 14, 7:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	CLE	Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot	39 min
Mar 14, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Putnam	18 min
Mar 14, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Mercer, Shelby	32 min
Mar 14, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton	31 min
Mar 14, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	41 min
Mar 14, 7:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware	24 min
Mar 14, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Lorain, Medina	36 min
Mar 14, 7:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Shelby	33 min
Mar 14, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	32 min
Mar 14, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Blackford, Jay	16 min
Mar 14, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Montgomery	26 min
Mar 14, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Shelby	37 min
Mar 14, 7:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	51 min
Mar 14, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Madison	35 min
Mar 14, 7:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Crawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca	34 min
Mar 14, 7:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Hancock, Marion, Wyandot	24 min
Mar 14, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo	42 min
Mar 14, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Montgomery	39 min
Mar 14, 7:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Logan, Union	39 min
Mar 14, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion, Vigo	36 min
Mar 14, 8:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILN	Darke	30 min
Mar 14, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	43 min
Mar 14, 8:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	IND	Randolph	22 min
Mar 14, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Madison	37 min
Mar 14, 8:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Richland	48 min
Mar 14, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Montgomery, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vigo	28 min
Mar 14, 8:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion	24 min
Mar 14, 8:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Delaware, Logan, Union	37 min
Mar 14, 8:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILN	Darke, Miami, Shelby	34 min
Mar 14, 8:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot	47 min
Mar 14, 8:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Henry	31 min
Mar 14, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Wayne	42 min
Mar 14, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Morgan	38 min
Mar 14, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Vigo	34 min
Mar 14, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	37 min
Mar 14, 8:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Wayne	33 min
Mar 14, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion, Morgan	27 min
Mar 14, 8:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashland, Medina, Wayne	47 min
Mar 14, 8:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILN	Miami, Shelby	25 min
Mar 14, 8:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Delaware	38 min
Mar 14, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Sullivan	38 min
Mar 14, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Putnam	41 min
Mar 14, 8:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Richland	3 hr
Mar 14, 8:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Monroe, Owen	19 min
Mar 14, 9:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Logan, Miami, Shelby	37 min
Mar 14, 9:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Wayne	45 min
Mar 14, 9:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan	31 min
Mar 14, 9:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Licking	59 min
Mar 14, 9:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Owen, Sullivan	56 min
Mar 14, 9:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Champaign, Miami	37 min
Mar 14, 9:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Johnson, Shelby	28 min
Mar 14, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	60 min
Mar 14, 9:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina	39 min
Mar 14, 9:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Knox	35 min
Mar 14, 9:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Champaign	19 min
Mar 14, 9:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble	30 min
Mar 14, 9:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush, Shelby	12 min
Mar 14, 9:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Highland	22 min
Mar 14, 9:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Stark, Summit	38 min
Mar 14, 9:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union	31 min
Mar 14, 10:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	38 min
Mar 14, 10:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	46 min
Mar 14, 10:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin, Madison	43 min
Mar 14, 10:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Warren	25 min
Mar 14, 10:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Martin	34 min
Mar 14, 10:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Dubois	33 min
Mar 14, 10:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Dubois, Orange	32 min
Mar 14, 10:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Martin	27 min
Mar 14, 10:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Pickaway	49 min
Mar 14, 10:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Washington	29 min
Mar 14, 10:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Dubois, Orange	24 min
Mar 14, 10:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike, Ross	39 min
Mar 14, 10:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hocking	22 min
Mar 14, 10:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry, Washington	35 min
Mar 14, 11:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Warren	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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1277 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 8:39 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 22 more	2 hr
Mar 14, 10:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 64 more	5 hr
Mar 14, 12:55 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bartholomew, Blackford, Brown, Clark, Crawford and 28 more	65 min
Mar 14, 2:34 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Switzerland	56 min
Mar 14, 4:36 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone and 62 more	114 min
Mar 14, 6:27 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick	7 hr
Mar 14, 6:28 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clinton and 23 more	92 min
Mar 14, 7:56 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Hancock, Henry, Randolph and 3 more	64 min
Mar 14, 7:25 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Carroll, Clermont and 22 more	95 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.