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Tornado Watch 24

March 14, 20194 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 14, 2019, 9:47 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2019, 9:47 AM CDT (14:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 111 counties

Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin 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, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Boone County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Kenton 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, Trimble County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Webster County, KY, Auglaize County, OH, Butler County, OH, Darke County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH, Shelby County, OH

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:47 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
80%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
50%
Ten or more severe wind reports
60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
Ten or more severe hail reports
30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
20%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
80%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 9:56 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac, Pope19 min
Mar 14, 10:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGallatin, Hardin30 min
Mar 14, 10:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGibson, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick29 min
Mar 14, 10:07 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHGallatin, Hardin38 min
Mar 14, 10:23 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHHardin, Massac, Pope21 min
Mar 14, 10:25 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson, Union35 min
Mar 14, 10:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGibson, Posey, Vanderburgh30 min
Mar 14, 10:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman27 min
Mar 14, 10:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac, Pope26 min
Mar 14, 10:39 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPAHPosey, Vanderburgh24 min
Mar 14, 10:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox33 min
Mar 14, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHardin, Pope30 min
Mar 14, 10:57 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHHardin33 min
Mar 14, 11:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGibson, Pike, Warrick29 min
Mar 14, 11:07 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHHardin26 min
Mar 14, 11:10 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHPosey, Vanderburgh35 min
Mar 14, 11:13 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHGraves, Hickman32 min
Mar 14, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin46 min
Mar 14, 11:19 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHGibson, Pike, Vanderburgh, Warrick26 min
Mar 14, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois16 min
Mar 14, 11:32 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson, Union28 min
Mar 14, 11:47 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHPike, Vanderburgh, Warrick28 min
Mar 14, 11:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden, Union, Webster28 min
Mar 14, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence, Martin36 min
Mar 14, 11:55 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHCrittenden, Union, Webster20 min
Mar 14, 11:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois34 min
Mar 14, 12:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin23 min
Mar 14, 12:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKDubois22 min
Mar 14, 12:09 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson, McLean, Union, Webster36 min
Mar 14, 12:15 PM CDTTornado WarningINDBrown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe30 min
Mar 14, 12:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Webster29 min
Mar 14, 12:17 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPike, Spencer, Warrick43 min
Mar 14, 12:18 PM CDTTornado WarningINDLawrence, Martin27 min
Mar 14, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois27 min
Mar 14, 12:24 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson21 min
Mar 14, 12:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKOrange25 min
Mar 14, 12:34 PM CDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson26 min
Mar 14, 12:38 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster37 min
Mar 14, 12:39 PM CDTTornado WarningINDJackson, Lawrence36 min
Mar 14, 12:39 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHSpencer, Warrick38 min
Mar 14, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange32 min
Mar 14, 12:54 PM CDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Shelby24 min
Mar 14, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer26 min
Mar 14, 1:06 PM CDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings24 min
Mar 14, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington24 min
Mar 14, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHopkins, McLean, Webster25 min
Mar 14, 1:09 PM CDTTornado WarningINDJackson, Lawrence36 min
Mar 14, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry34 min
Mar 14, 1:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKWashington16 min
Mar 14, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer39 min
Mar 14, 1:25 PM CDTTornado WarningINDJackson, Jennings20 min
Mar 14, 1:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Orange25 min
Mar 14, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings34 min
Mar 14, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer28 min
Mar 14, 1:40 PM CDTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Jennings20 min
Mar 14, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Perry35 min
Mar 14, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry23 min
Mar 14, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WarningILNFranklin, Ripley35 min
Mar 14, 1:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKWashington17 min
Mar 14, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Jennings19 min
Mar 14, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Perry32 min
Mar 14, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott, Washington20 min
Mar 14, 2:27 PM CDTTornado WarningILNFayette, Franklin, Union15 min
Mar 14, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison24 min
Mar 14, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark37 min
Mar 14, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Scott20 min
Mar 14, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNSwitzerland24 min
Mar 14, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson12 min
Mar 14, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WarningILNMontgomery, Preble14 min
Mar 14, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNOhio, Switzerland25 min
Mar 14, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningILNOhio, Switzerland18 min
Mar 14, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKClark, Jefferson, Scott16 min
Mar 14, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILNBoone, Campbell, Kenton31 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 236 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2019-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2019-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 554 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
554 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
695 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 9:31 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEdwards, Gallatin, Hardin, Massac, Pope, Saline and 2 more119 min
Mar 14, 10:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDeWitt, DuPage, Ford, Fulton, Grundy, Iroquois and 17 more96 min
Mar 14, 12:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Champaign, Cook, DeKalb, DeWitt, DuPage and 14 more2 hr
Mar 14, 2:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDubois, Gibson, Knox, Pike, Posey, Spencer and 2 more83 min
Mar 14, 12:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Perry, Spencer67 min
Mar 14, 1:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCElkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke54 min
Mar 14, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Dearborn, Floyd, Franklin, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more5 hr
Mar 14, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Whitley4 hr
Mar 14, 7:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFulton, Hickman2 hr
Mar 14, 6:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bracken, Bullitt, Campbell, Franklin, Gallatin and 18 more88 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.