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Tornado Watch 393

May 25, 200617 counties in Illinois; 84 counties in Indiana; 23 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 25, 2006, 1:34 PM CDT for 17 counties in Illinois; 84 counties in Indiana; 23 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2006, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
3 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 124 counties

Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Perry County, IL, Richland County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Grant County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Martin County, IN, Miami County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Noble County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Preble County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 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
40%
Ten or more severe wind reports
80%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
40%
Ten or more severe hail reports
80%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
50%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize38 min
May 25, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford, Lawrence, Richland60 min
May 25, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Sullivan, Vigo44 min
May 25, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Putnam65 min
May 25, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock64 min
May 25, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Knox, Sullivan47 min
May 25, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Rush, Shelby42 min
May 25, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, LaGrange, Saint Joseph56 min
May 25, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood55 min
May 25, 2:27 PM CDTTornado WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan48 min
May 25, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry47 min
May 25, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin46 min
May 25, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas42 min
May 25, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson39 min
May 25, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWayne52 min
May 25, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Noble, Whitley65 min
May 25, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox48 min
May 25, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Johnson, Shelby16 min
May 25, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWabash26 min
May 25, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky, Seneca70 min
May 25, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot69 min
May 25, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph41 min
May 25, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhite18 min
May 25, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush42 min
May 25, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa71 min
May 25, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Knox39 min
May 25, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe38 min
May 25, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen49 min
May 25, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, LaGrange, Steuben64 min
May 25, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Shelby45 min
May 25, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock45 min
May 25, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer26 min
May 25, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWabash23 min
May 25, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette42 min
May 25, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe51 min
May 25, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPutnam34 min
May 25, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby50 min
May 25, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion23 min
May 25, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPike46 min
May 25, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Preble31 min
May 25, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley55 min
May 25, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize43 min
May 25, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Lawrence, Martin34 min
May 25, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Tipton46 min
May 25, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan30 min
May 25, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin43 min
May 25, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGibson40 min
May 25, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Rush21 min
May 25, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Putnam27 min
May 25, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNUnion22 min
May 25, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPike11 min
May 25, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Shelby39 min
May 25, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood54 min
May 25, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKDubois37 min
May 25, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami51 min
May 25, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin, Logan65 min
May 25, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSteuben62 min
May 25, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock62 min
May 25, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningILNHardin, Logan46 min
May 25, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPike59 min
May 25, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Madison, Marion, Putnam and 1 more55 min
May 25, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWarrick52 min
May 25, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin50 min
May 25, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGibson16 min
May 25, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange29 min
May 25, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningILNFranklin25 min
May 25, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings38 min
May 25, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette43 min
May 25, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGibson, Vanderburgh46 min
May 25, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois44 min
May 25, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington42 min
May 25, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford41 min
May 25, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca56 min
May 25, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood70 min
May 25, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Allen, Wells52 min
May 25, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHenry36 min
May 25, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHWarrick36 min
May 25, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHSpencer41 min
May 25, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark52 min
May 25, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Jay33 min
May 25, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWarrick25 min
May 25, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDefiance, Paulding, Van Wert58 min
May 25, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry41 min
May 25, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph37 min
May 25, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison50 min
May 25, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer61 min
May 25, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry17 min
May 25, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam17 min
May 25, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby65 min
May 25, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen34 min
May 25, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer32 min
May 25, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Defiance, Henry, Putnam54 min
May 25, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa38 min
May 25, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke26 min
May 25, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize29 min
May 25, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry46 min
May 25, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPike, Warrick41 min
May 25, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Logan54 min
May 25, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan35 min
May 25, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHVanderburgh26 min
May 25, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHSpencer13 min
May 25, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen26 min
May 25, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer42 min
May 25, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois22 min
May 25, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wood67 min
May 25, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Perry62 min
May 25, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPosey31 min
May 25, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHVanderburgh45 min
May 25, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer, Warrick47 min
May 25, 7:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHSpencer4 hr
May 25, 7:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKPerry3 hr
May 25, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison45 min
May 25, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry52 min
May 25, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFloyd26 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 8:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEdwards, Wabash91 min
May 25, 12:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 10 more2 hr
May 25, 2:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Edgar, Edwards, Hamilton, Jasper and 5 more85 min
May 25, 3:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Johnson, Massac, Pulaski, Union54 min
May 25, 4:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 9 more91 min
May 25, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more8 hr
May 25, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDearborn, Ohio, Switzerland8 hr
May 25, 2:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBath, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carter, Elliott and 8 more54 min
May 25, 6:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Geauga and 11 more86 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.