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Tornado Watch 103

April 2, 202519 counties in Indiana; 12 counties in Kentucky; 60 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 2, 2025, 9:13 PM EDT for 19 counties in Indiana; 12 counties in Kentucky; 60 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2025, 9:13 PM EDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2025, 3:45 AM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 1.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 65 kt

All 91 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Madison County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Adams County, OH, Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Ross County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Warren County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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: 70%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 50%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 10%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Madison, Tipton	47 min
Apr 2, 9:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	IND	Boone, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry and 4 more	42 min
Apr 2, 9:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, Morgan and 2 more	39 min
Apr 2, 9:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Marion	23 min
Apr 2, 9:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	18 min
Apr 2, 9:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Randolph, Tipton	32 min
Apr 2, 9:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	15 min
Apr 2, 9:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison, Tipton	26 min
Apr 2, 9:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	IND	Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph, Rush and 1 more	38 min
Apr 2, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ILN	Fayette, Union, Wayne	64 min
Apr 2, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Shelby	34 min
Apr 2, 10:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware	18 min
Apr 2, 10:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Rush and 1 more	43 min
Apr 2, 10:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Preble, Shelby	57 min
Apr 2, 10:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IWX	Van Wert	56 min
Apr 2, 10:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and 2 more	3 hr
Apr 2, 10:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Martin	36 min
Apr 2, 10:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby	13 min
Apr 2, 10:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Johnson, Rush, Shelby	32 min
Apr 2, 10:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin and 1 more	29 min
Apr 2, 10:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Rush	18 min
Apr 2, 10:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IWX	Allen, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert	61 min
Apr 2, 10:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	26 min
Apr 2, 10:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby	40 min
Apr 2, 10:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Brown, Greene, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Owen and 2 more	3 hr
Apr 2, 10:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	33 min
Apr 2, 10:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Union, Wayne	46 min
Apr 2, 10:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Randolph	46 min
Apr 2, 11:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Henry	12 min
Apr 2, 11:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	24 min
Apr 2, 11:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Shelby	39 min
Apr 2, 11:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas	30 min
Apr 2, 11:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam	29 min
Apr 2, 11:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings	57 min
Apr 2, 11:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance, Henry, Paulding	41 min
Apr 2, 11:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble	47 min
Apr 2, 11:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Franklin, Union	45 min
Apr 2, 11:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin	27 min
Apr 2, 11:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland	55 min
Apr 2, 11:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood and 1 more	47 min
Apr 2, 11:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Fayette, Union, Wayne	16 min
Apr 2, 11:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Jackson, Johnson and 5 more	3 hr
Apr 2, 11:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Fayette, Union, Wayne	27 min
Apr 2, 11:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Hancock, Marion, Morrow, Seneca, Wyandot	41 min
Apr 2, 11:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble	24 min
Apr 2, 11:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Greene, Montgomery, Preble	33 min
Apr 3, 12:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Logan, Miami, Shelby	45 min
Apr 3, 12:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland	59 min
Apr 3, 12:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and 1 more	38 min
Apr 3, 12:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Union	48 min
Apr 3, 12:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland	44 min
Apr 3, 12:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina and 4 more	56 min
Apr 3, 12:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Union	28 min
Apr 3, 12:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen and 1 more	43 min
Apr 3, 12:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot	42 min
Apr 3, 1:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Greene, Madison, Miami, Montgomery	45 min
Apr 3, 1:01 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Greene, Montgomery, Warren	14 min
Apr 3, 1:07 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clinton, Warren	12 min
Apr 3, 1:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Highland and 3 more	46 min
Apr 3, 1:16 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Grant, Pendleton	29 min
Apr 3, 1:21 AM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILN	Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Highland	24 min
Apr 3, 1:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason and 2 more	47 min
Apr 3, 1:32 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Pickaway	28 min
Apr 3, 1:36 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Bracken, Pendleton	24 min
Apr 3, 1:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Highland, Licking and 3 more	50 min
Apr 3, 1:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Morrow, Richland	42 min
Apr 3, 1:51 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Mason	24 min
Apr 3, 1:51 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Pickaway, Ross	10 min
Apr 3, 2:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking, Licking	58 min
Apr 3, 2:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Lewis	66 min
Apr 3, 2:12 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	18 min
Apr 3, 2:16 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	18 min
Apr 3, 2:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit and 1 more	48 min
Apr 3, 2:53 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	22 min
Apr 3, 3:20 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Scioto	25 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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: 539 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 397 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 8.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 8:45 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bartholomew, Blackford, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware and 16 more	2 hr
Apr 2, 9:20 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Daviess, Delaware, Greene and 15 more	85 min
Apr 2, 10:46 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bartholomew, Brown, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware and 12 more	89 min
Apr 2, 10:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Jennings and 6 more	2 hr
Apr 2, 8:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves and 5 more	117 min
Apr 3, 12:05 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 46 more	115 min
Apr 3, 12:35 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 68 more	8 hr
Apr 3, 12:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence	6 hr
Apr 3, 4:54 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boyd	96 min
Apr 3, 10:41 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bell, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Harlan, Knox and 7 more	94 min
Apr 3, 1:52 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Breathitt, Casey and 23 more	9 hr
Apr 3, 3:11 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Breathitt, Casey, Clay, Cumberland, Estill and 15 more	2 hr

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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.