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Tornado Watch 37

March 14, 202544 counties in Illinois; 16 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 14, 2025, 8:02 PM CDT for 44 counties in Illinois; 16 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 14, 2025, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2025, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 2.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 70 kt

All 60 counties

Bond County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marion County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Washington County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Benton County, IN, Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Martin County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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: 60%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 60%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Schuyler	52 min
Mar 14, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Cass, Mason, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott	39 min
Mar 14, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Fulton, Knox	63 min
Mar 14, 9:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Schuyler	36 min
Mar 14, 9:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason	31 min
Mar 14, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Schuyler and 1 more	63 min
Mar 14, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Fulton, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell and 1 more	59 min
Mar 14, 9:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Mason	25 min
Mar 14, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Bond, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery	48 min
Mar 14, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Christian, Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard, Sangamon and 1 more	56 min
Mar 14, 10:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair	52 min
Mar 14, 10:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Tazewell	34 min
Mar 14, 10:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair, Washington	49 min
Mar 14, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	54 min
Mar 14, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	LaSalle, Livingston	79 min
Mar 14, 10:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Montgomery	28 min
Mar 14, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt	37 min
Mar 14, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Bond, Fayette, Montgomery	52 min
Mar 14, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	28 min
Mar 14, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon, Shelby	64 min
Mar 14, 10:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion	35 min
Mar 14, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair, Washington	31 min
Mar 14, 11:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Shelby	49 min
Mar 14, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, Livingston and 1 more	77 min
Mar 14, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Madison, Washington	23 min
Mar 14, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clay, Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Moultrie and 1 more	60 min
Mar 14, 11:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Effingham, Shelby	40 min
Mar 14, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Fayette, Marion	32 min
Mar 14, 11:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon, Piatt	29 min
Mar 14, 11:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Fayette	23 min
Mar 14, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, McLean, Macon, Moultrie and 1 more	66 min
Mar 14, 11:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby	35 min
Mar 14, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee, Will	76 min
Mar 15, 12:07 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas	38 min
Mar 15, 12:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham and 1 more	63 min
Mar 15, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Vermilion	60 min
Mar 15, 12:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Piatt	28 min
Mar 15, 12:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILX	Coles, Cumberland	27 min
Mar 15, 12:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	41 min
Mar 15, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Livingston	24 min
Mar 15, 12:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	43 min
Mar 15, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clark, Edgar	26 min
Mar 15, 12:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign	12 min
Mar 15, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Fountain, Vermillion, Warren	41 min
Mar 15, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clark, Edgar, Vermilion	48 min
Mar 15, 1:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	20 min
Mar 15, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe	42 min
Mar 15, 1:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Jasper	27 min
Mar 15, 1:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford	33 min
Mar 15, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence, Richland	42 min
Mar 15, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Montgomery and 2 more	48 min
Mar 15, 2:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	29 min
Mar 15, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Knox, Sullivan	48 min
Mar 15, 2:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Owen, Sullivan	52 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 36 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: 99 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -343 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 360 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 7:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more	10 hr
Mar 14, 7:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 46 more	2 hr
Mar 14, 8:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox and 5 more	114 min
Mar 14, 8:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair	88 min
Mar 14, 9:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy and 21 more	84 min
Mar 14, 10:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander	115 min
Mar 14, 10:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 30 more	63 min
Mar 14, 11:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Jo Daviess, Kane and 10 more	2 hr
Mar 14, 11:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 10 more	115 min
Mar 14, 11:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Allen, Carroll, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 20 more	63 min
Mar 15, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 18 more	5 hr
Mar 15, 1:09 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Clark, Crawford and 35 more	96 min
Mar 15, 1:36 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clinton and 36 more	6 hr
Mar 15, 2:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 33 more	87 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.