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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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize	38 min
May 25, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence, Richland	60 min
May 25, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	44 min
May 25, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Putnam	65 min
May 25, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	64 min
May 25, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Knox, Sullivan	47 min
May 25, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Rush, Shelby	42 min
May 25, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, LaGrange, Saint Joseph	56 min
May 25, 2:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wood	55 min
May 25, 2:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan	48 min
May 25, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry	47 min
May 25, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin	46 min
May 25, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas	42 min
May 25, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson	39 min
May 25, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Wayne	52 min
May 25, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Noble, Whitley	65 min
May 25, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	48 min
May 25, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby	16 min
May 25, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wabash	26 min
May 25, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Seneca	70 min
May 25, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wyandot	69 min
May 25, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	41 min
May 25, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	White	18 min
May 25, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	42 min
May 25, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa	71 min
May 25, 3:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	39 min
May 25, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	38 min
May 25, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen	49 min
May 25, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, LaGrange, Steuben	64 min
May 25, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby	45 min
May 25, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	45 min
May 25, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mercer	26 min
May 25, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wabash	23 min
May 25, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette	42 min
May 25, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	51 min
May 25, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Putnam	34 min
May 25, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Shelby	50 min
May 25, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion	23 min
May 25, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pike	46 min
May 25, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Preble	31 min
May 25, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Whitley	55 min
May 25, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize	43 min
May 25, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Lawrence, Martin	34 min
May 25, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Tipton	46 min
May 25, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan	30 min
May 25, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin	43 min
May 25, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gibson	40 min
May 25, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush	21 min
May 25, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	27 min
May 25, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Union	22 min
May 25, 4:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Pike	11 min
May 25, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Shelby	39 min
May 25, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	54 min
May 25, 4:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Dubois	37 min
May 25, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Miami	51 min
May 25, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin, Logan	65 min
May 25, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Steuben	62 min
May 25, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	62 min
May 25, 4:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Hardin, Logan	46 min
May 25, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pike	59 min
May 25, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Madison, Marion, Putnam and 1 more	55 min
May 25, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Warrick	52 min
May 25, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin	50 min
May 25, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gibson	16 min
May 25, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	29 min
May 25, 4:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Franklin	25 min
May 25, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings	38 min
May 25, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette	43 min
May 25, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gibson, Vanderburgh	46 min
May 25, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	44 min
May 25, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	42 min
May 25, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford	41 min
May 25, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Seneca	56 min
May 25, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wood	70 min
May 25, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, Wells	52 min
May 25, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Henry	36 min
May 25, 4:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Warrick	36 min
May 25, 5:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Spencer	41 min
May 25, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	52 min
May 25, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Jay	33 min
May 25, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Warrick	25 min
May 25, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance, Paulding, Van Wert	58 min
May 25, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	41 min
May 25, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	37 min
May 25, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	50 min
May 25, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mercer	61 min
May 25, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry	17 min
May 25, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Putnam	17 min
May 25, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Shelby	65 min
May 25, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen	34 min
May 25, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Spencer	32 min
May 25, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Defiance, Henry, Putnam	54 min
May 25, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa	38 min
May 25, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke	26 min
May 25, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize	29 min
May 25, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	46 min
May 25, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pike, Warrick	41 min
May 25, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Logan	54 min
May 25, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan	35 min
May 25, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Vanderburgh	26 min
May 25, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Spencer	13 min
May 25, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen	26 min
May 25, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Spencer	42 min
May 25, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	22 min
May 25, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Wood	67 min
May 25, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Perry	62 min
May 25, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Posey	31 min
May 25, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Vanderburgh	45 min
May 25, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Spencer, Warrick	47 min
May 25, 7:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Spencer	4 hr
May 25, 7:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Perry	3 hr
May 25, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Harrison	45 min
May 25, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	52 min
May 25, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Floyd	26 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-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: 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 8:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Edwards, Wabash	91 min
May 25, 12:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 10 more	2 hr
May 25, 2:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Crawford, Edgar, Edwards, Hamilton, Jasper and 5 more	85 min
May 25, 3:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pulaski, Union	54 min
May 25, 4:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 9 more	91 min
May 25, 5:16 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more	8 hr
May 25, 2:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland	8 hr
May 25, 2:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bath, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carter, Elliott and 8 more	54 min
May 25, 6:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Geauga and 11 more	86 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.