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Tornado Watch 137

April 2, 200626 counties in Illinois; 55 counties in Indiana; 40 counties in Kentucky

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 2, 2006, 5:44 PM CDT for 26 counties in Illinois; 55 counties in Indiana; 40 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2006, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2006, 12:54 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 121 counties

Champaign County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Massac County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pope County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saline County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard 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, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Allen County, KY, Ballard County, KY, Barren County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Larue County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Webster County, KY

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Shelby	33 min
Apr 2, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hamilton, Wayne	53 min
Apr 2, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham	25 min
Apr 2, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hardin, Johnson, Pope	51 min
Apr 2, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, White	54 min
Apr 2, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Saline	67 min
Apr 2, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Jasper	27 min
Apr 2, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Moultrie	20 min
Apr 2, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin	59 min
Apr 2, 6:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle	57 min
Apr 2, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pike, Vanderburgh, Warrick	68 min
Apr 2, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Piatt	41 min
Apr 2, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence, Richland	34 min
Apr 2, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford	33 min
Apr 2, 7:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hardin, Pope	57 min
Apr 2, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Johnson, Massac	31 min
Apr 2, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Marshall and 1 more	45 min
Apr 2, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	44 min
Apr 2, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Spencer	73 min
Apr 2, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	26 min
Apr 2, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Sullivan	38 min
Apr 2, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Sullivan	38 min
Apr 2, 7:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	52 min
Apr 2, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	15 min
Apr 2, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Vigo	44 min
Apr 2, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Webster	44 min
Apr 2, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	36 min
Apr 2, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Webster	30 min
Apr 2, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hardin, Pope	48 min
Apr 2, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Orange, Perry	28 min
Apr 2, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg	55 min
Apr 2, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vigo	39 min
Apr 2, 7:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vigo	25 min
Apr 2, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Todd	35 min
Apr 2, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	30 min
Apr 2, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Lyon, Marshall	48 min
Apr 2, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Ohio	47 min
Apr 2, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	28 min
Apr 2, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski	32 min
Apr 2, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Clay, Hendricks, Jackson, Johnson and 7 more	53 min
Apr 2, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hendricks, Parke, Putnam	51 min
Apr 2, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington	51 min
Apr 2, 8:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	49 min
Apr 2, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	48 min
Apr 2, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam and 1 more	44 min
Apr 2, 8:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Trigg	37 min
Apr 2, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Grayson	46 min
Apr 2, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston	44 min
Apr 2, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Morgan	43 min
Apr 2, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Scott	43 min
Apr 2, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd	56 min
Apr 2, 8:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion	51 min
Apr 2, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings	34 min
Apr 2, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Ohio	17 min
Apr 2, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby	45 min
Apr 2, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	45 min
Apr 2, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush, Shelby	39 min
Apr 2, 8:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings	38 min
Apr 2, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Rush and 1 more	51 min
Apr 2, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell	35 min
Apr 2, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Meade	33 min
Apr 2, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	14 min
Apr 2, 9:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	42 min
Apr 2, 9:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Logan	41 min
Apr 2, 9:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Rush	39 min
Apr 2, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hopkins	44 min
Apr 2, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Shelby	35 min
Apr 2, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler	33 min
Apr 2, 9:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph	44 min
Apr 2, 9:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Todd	19 min
Apr 2, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian	31 min
Apr 2, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Spencer	35 min
Apr 2, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg, Todd	24 min
Apr 2, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Logan	16 min
Apr 2, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler	37 min
Apr 2, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Taylor	34 min
Apr 2, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	21 min
Apr 2, 9:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Logan	31 min
Apr 2, 10:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Warren	24 min
Apr 2, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway	48 min
Apr 3, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	13 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 297 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
Apr 2, 10:42 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander	93 min
Apr 2, 12:28 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adams, Brown, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Pike and 1 more	8 hr
Apr 2, 3:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass and 37 more	89 min
Apr 2, 3:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alexander, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass and 35 more	5 hr
Apr 2, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Boone, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford and 16 more	4 hr
Apr 2, 6:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 21 more	54 min
Apr 2, 1:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Allen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary and 5 more	91 min
Apr 2, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey and 37 more	5 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.