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Tornado Watch 58
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 19, 2020, 4:06 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2020, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2020, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 80 counties
Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Ballard 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, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson 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, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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
- 50%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- 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
6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne | 39 min |
| Mar 19, 4:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, Wayne | 14 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Hamilton, Wayne, White | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 5:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | White | 91 min |
| Mar 19, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Dubois | 2 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Carter, Wayne | 8 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 11:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Massac, Pulaski, Union | 115 min |
| Mar 19, 3:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 65 min |
| Mar 19, 5:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin and 3 more | 89 min |
| Mar 19, 2:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 22 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Mercer and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison and 5 more | 2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.