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Tornado Watch 53

March 16, 202527 counties in Ohio; 17 counties in Pennsylvania; 40 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 16, 2025, 10:31 AM EDT for 27 counties in Ohio; 17 counties in Pennsylvania; 40 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 16, 2025, 10:31 AM EDT (14:31 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2025, 3:28 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 1 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 84 counties

Ashtabula County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Lake County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Greene County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Preston County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:34 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: 10%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 70%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 20%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 10%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 5%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 90%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 16, 10:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Stark	43 min
Mar 16, 10:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Putnam and 1 more	43 min
Mar 16, 11:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt	45 min
Mar 16, 11:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane	29 min
Mar 16, 11:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Monroe	43 min
Mar 16, 11:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Tyler	24 min
Mar 16, 11:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Muskingum	38 min
Mar 16, 11:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Washington	37 min
Mar 16, 11:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie and 2 more	41 min
Mar 16, 11:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Perry, Washington	36 min
Mar 16, 11:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Webster	27 min
Mar 16, 11:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble, Tuscarawas	40 min
Mar 16, 11:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor, Tyler	24 min
Mar 16, 11:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson	51 min
Mar 16, 11:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Stark, Wayne	65 min
Mar 16, 11:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas	35 min
Mar 16, 11:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene	49 min
Mar 16, 12:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Medina, Portage, Summit and 1 more	59 min
Mar 16, 12:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Taylor	31 min
Mar 16, 12:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur and 1 more	45 min
Mar 16, 12:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Greene, Washington and 1 more	44 min
Mar 16, 12:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PBZ	Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson and 3 more	58 min
Mar 16, 12:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Randolph, Webster	43 min
Mar 16, 12:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland	49 min
Mar 16, 12:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	32 min
Mar 16, 12:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh	37 min
Mar 16, 12:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Ashtabula, Mahoning, Trumbull	66 min
Mar 16, 12:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PBZ	Preston, Tucker	60 min
Mar 16, 12:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PBZ	Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson and 1 more	57 min
Mar 16, 12:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson	39 min
Mar 16, 12:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PBZ	Allegheny, Fayette, Indiana, Westmoreland	64 min
Mar 16, 12:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster	62 min
Mar 16, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie	91 min
Mar 16, 1:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Indiana	25 min
Mar 16, 1:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Fayette, Westmoreland	22 min
Mar 16, 1:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PBZ	Columbiana, Jefferson	47 min
Mar 16, 1:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Indiana, Westmoreland	26 min
Mar 16, 1:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PBZ	Armstrong, Clarion, Forest, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango	54 min
Mar 16, 1:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PBZ	Preston, Tucker	39 min
Mar 16, 1:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Indiana	20 min
Mar 16, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Forest, Mercer, Venango	25 min
Mar 16, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas	29 min
Mar 16, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas	27 min
Mar 16, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas	19 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 43 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: 941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 590 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 790 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
Mar 16, 10:04 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashtabula, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Geauga and 16 more	86 min
Mar 16, 12:08 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Geauga, Guernsey, Harrison and 9 more	97 min
Mar 16, 12:50 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 17 more	7 hr
Mar 16, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming	5 hr
Mar 16, 2:07 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Bradford, Cambria, Cameron and 28 more	53 min
Mar 16, 4:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Berks, Carbon, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin and 15 more	94 min
Mar 16, 6:20 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more	115 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.