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Tornado Watch 265

May 16, 20254 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 16, 2025, 2:59 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2025, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2025, 11:03 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 2.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 70 kt

All 136 counties

Alexander County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Massac County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saline County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Union County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Fountain 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, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren 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, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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: 60%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 80%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 70%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 80%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 80%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	45 min
May 16, 3:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard, Wayne	54 min
May 16, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon	24 min
May 16, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon, Shelby	43 min
May 16, 3:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper	25 min
May 16, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	23 min
May 16, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	48 min
May 16, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby	20 min
May 16, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	39 min
May 16, 4:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Union	17 min
May 16, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	26 min
May 16, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Perry	17 min
May 16, 4:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Jasper, Richland	19 min
May 16, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PAH	Alexander, Massac, Pulaski	48 min
May 16, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Piatt, Vermilion	50 min
May 16, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	53 min
May 16, 4:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	34 min
May 16, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	60 min
May 16, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Edgar, Vermilion	46 min
May 16, 5:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Massac, Pope	43 min
May 16, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clay, Montgomery, Owen, Parke, Putnam and 3 more	58 min
May 16, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Monroe and 4 more	55 min
May 16, 5:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Sullivan	37 min
May 16, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Montgomery and 3 more	62 min
May 16, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Effingham	31 min
May 16, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Edgar	43 min
May 16, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon and 1 more	43 min
May 16, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan	40 min
May 16, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Stoddard, Wayne	45 min
May 16, 5:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Greene, Owen	39 min
May 16, 5:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby	28 min
May 16, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar	37 min
May 16, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Stoddard, Wayne	25 min
May 16, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen	47 min
May 16, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe	43 min
May 16, 6:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	26 min
May 16, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg	54 min
May 16, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Williamson	38 min
May 16, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	38 min
May 16, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison, Marion and 2 more	38 min
May 16, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper	37 min
May 16, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jackson, Williamson	42 min
May 16, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Todd, Trigg	52 min
May 16, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar	47 min
May 16, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	IND	Brown, Greene, Monroe, Owen	47 min
May 16, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings	46 min
May 16, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Alexander	45 min
May 16, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hamilton, White	43 min
May 16, 6:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe, Owen	27 min
May 16, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Henry, Howard and 3 more	52 min
May 16, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threat	PAH	Saline, Williamson	35 min
May 16, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	16 min
May 16, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Jennings	44 min
May 16, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White	43 min
May 16, 6:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Jennings	41 min
May 16, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings	40 min
May 16, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, New Madrid, Stoddard	40 min
May 16, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford	23 min
May 16, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Shelby	39 min
May 16, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo	52 min
May 16, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Williamson	33 min
May 16, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg, Todd	36 min
May 16, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PAH	Butler, New Madrid, Stoddard	50 min
May 16, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph, Rush, Shelby	48 min
May 16, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Monroe	33 min
May 16, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	46 min
May 16, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	45 min
May 16, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Todd	30 min
May 16, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	43 min
May 16, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	28 min
May 16, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Johnson, Rush, Shelby	42 min
May 16, 6:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Logan	42 min
May 16, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	39 min
May 16, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Jennings, Rush	21 min
May 16, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	51 min
May 16, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	PAH	Gallatin, Saline	34 min
May 16, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Gallatin	43 min
May 16, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Saline, Williamson	42 min
May 16, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jennings, Shelby	25 min
May 16, 7:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Massac, Pope, Pulaski	26 min
May 16, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam	50 min
May 16, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	PAH	Gallatin	49 min
May 16, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bullitt, Franklin, Nelson, Scott, Shelby and 2 more	33 min
May 16, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo	31 min
May 16, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby	44 min
May 16, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	44 min
May 16, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	40 min
May 16, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Gallatin, Saline	38 min
May 16, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Warren	38 min
May 16, 7:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	52 min
May 16, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion	50 min
May 16, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Massac, Pope	41 min
May 16, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Spencer, Vanderburgh	67 min
May 16, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Monroe, Morgan, Owen	34 min
May 16, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Gallatin	24 min
May 16, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby	43 min
May 16, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, Lyon and 3 more	42 min
May 16, 7:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster	39 min
May 16, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick	37 min
May 16, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Monroe	21 min
May 16, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pike, Spencer, Warrick	36 min
May 16, 7:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Barren, Warren	38 min
May 16, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman	50 min
May 16, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Metcalfe, Warren	46 min
May 16, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	27 min
May 16, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	37 min
May 16, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon and 3 more	50 min
May 16, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Morgan, Shelby	21 min
May 16, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby	43 min
May 16, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	47 min
May 16, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Daviess	16 min
May 16, 8:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Trigg	11 min
May 16, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Harrison, Perry	21 min
May 16, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Logan, Ohio and 1 more	49 min
May 16, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Meade, Ohio	47 min
May 16, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall, Trigg	46 min
May 16, 8:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin	24 min
May 16, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd	38 min
May 16, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Harrison	35 min
May 16, 8:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Calloway, Marshall, Trigg	34 min
May 16, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Lyon, Todd, Trigg	56 min
May 16, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Meade and 1 more	51 min
May 16, 9:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue	33 min
May 16, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Clark	41 min
May 16, 9:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	25 min
May 16, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Larue and 2 more	38 min
May 16, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway	20 min
May 16, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PAH	Christian, Todd	24 min
May 16, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Adair, Barren, Boyle, Casey, Edmonson, Green and 10 more	50 min
May 16, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren	45 min
May 16, 9:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd	3 hr
May 16, 9:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren	36 min
May 16, 10:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Monroe, Simpson, Warren	24 min
May 16, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Edmonson, Green and 6 more	49 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 209 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -15 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 7:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Douglas, DuPage, Ford and 14 more	54 min
May 16, 1:46 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more	119 min
May 16, 2:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more	9 hr
May 16, 5:32 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski	58 min
May 16, 6:35 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Hardin, Massac, Pope, Pulaski	115 min
May 16, 7:40 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Massac	2 hr
May 16, 11:41 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Randolph and 1 more	3 hr
May 16, 11:58 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jackson and 10 more	8 hr
May 16, 2:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Franklin, Gallatin and 21 more	2 hr
May 16, 5:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Clay, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 14 more	114 min
May 16, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	3 hr
May 16, 6:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Franklin and 17 more	2 hr
May 15, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Carroll, Cass, Elkhart, Fountain, Fulton, Grant and 18 more	3 hr
May 16, 5:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur and 24 more	114 min
May 16, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more	7 hr
May 16, 9:26 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 24 more	2 hr
May 16, 10:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 29 more	6 hr
May 16, 11:06 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Allen, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Laurel and 10 more	2 hr
May 16, 11:59 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bell, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Knox and 8 more	2 hr
May 16, 9:11 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barry, Christian, Douglas, Greene, Howell, Lawrence and 9 more	3 hr
May 16, 6:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dunklin, New Madrid, Pemiscot	2 hr
May 16, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Dunklin, Pemiscot	9 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.