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Tornado Watch 435
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 18, 2025, 2:07 PM CDT for 6 counties in Illinois; 16 counties in Indiana; 34 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2025, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2025, 7:56 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 65 kt
All 56 counties
Alexander County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski 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, 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, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
17 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Posey, Vanderburgh | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Posey | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Warrick | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange | 23 min |
| Jun 18, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott, Washington | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 20 min |
| Jun 18, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 22 min |
| Jun 18, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Hart, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 46 min |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 29 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:46 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass and 62 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 25 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 12:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, Will | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 12:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 24 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Saline | 91 min |
| Jun 18, 2:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, DeKalb and 21 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Daviess and 40 more | 97 min |
| Jun 18, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland, Union | 96 min |
| Jun 18, 5:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 50 more | 92 min |
| Jun 18, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 56 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boyd, Greenup | 57 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.