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Tornado Watch 70

March 30, 20254 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 30, 2025, 12:02 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 30, 2025, 12:02 PM CDT (17:02 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 2 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 86 counties

Bond 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, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marion County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Perry County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saline County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson 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, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush 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, Daviess County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Union County, KY, Perry County, MO

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 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: 30%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 80%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 10%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 60%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 50%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 12:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Montgomery, Washington	43 min
Mar 30, 12:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Coles, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt and 1 more	42 min
Mar 30, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie and 2 more	49 min
Mar 30, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	30 min
Mar 30, 1:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas	21 min
Mar 30, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper	35 min
Mar 30, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	31 min
Mar 30, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, Jasper	24 min
Mar 30, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	50 min
Mar 30, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair	62 min
Mar 30, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	23 min
Mar 30, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	35 min
Mar 30, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar	43 min
Mar 30, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	IND	Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren	39 min
Mar 30, 2:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	22 min
Mar 30, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph	48 min
Mar 30, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington	43 min
Mar 30, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Clay, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe and 1 more	41 min
Mar 30, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	31 min
Mar 30, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe	43 min
Mar 30, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson, Wayne	41 min
Mar 30, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	23 min
Mar 30, 2:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Washington	19 min
Mar 30, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam, Tippecanoe	47 min
Mar 30, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	31 min
Mar 30, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper	24 min
Mar 30, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Marion, Washington	49 min
Mar 30, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	32 min
Mar 30, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Randolph	44 min
Mar 30, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tipton	42 min
Mar 30, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	56 min
Mar 30, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Jasper	62 min
Mar 30, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	44 min
Mar 30, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton	44 min
Mar 30, 3:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	27 min
Mar 30, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	51 min
Mar 30, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	20 min
Mar 30, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	59 min
Mar 30, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry	43 min
Mar 30, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Sullivan, Vigo	51 min
Mar 30, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Wayne	52 min
Mar 30, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry	51 min
Mar 30, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Jasper	10 min
Mar 30, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Edwards, Hamilton, Wayne, White	48 min
Mar 30, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam	45 min
Mar 30, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Sullivan	44 min
Mar 30, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	52 min
Mar 30, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence, Richland	35 min
Mar 30, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Putnam and 2 more	44 min
Mar 30, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Williamson	48 min
Mar 30, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Sullivan	46 min
Mar 30, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry	46 min
Mar 30, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	44 min
Mar 30, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Williamson	49 min
Mar 30, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Daviess, Greene, Johnson, Lawrence, Marion and 5 more	45 min
Mar 30, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gibson, Pike	41 min
Mar 30, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	36 min
Mar 30, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton	37 min
Mar 30, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Brown, Monroe	30 min
Mar 30, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gibson, Pike, Vanderburgh, Warrick	48 min
Mar 30, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White	42 min
Mar 30, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Lawrence and 3 more	27 min
Mar 30, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Shelby	22 min
Mar 30, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Jackson, Johnson, Pulaski, Union, Williamson	50 min
Mar 30, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Marion, Shelby	26 min
Mar 30, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Rush and 1 more	38 min
Mar 30, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur	31 min
Mar 30, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Rush, Shelby	44 min
Mar 30, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Randolph	25 min
Mar 30, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pike, Spencer, Warrick	45 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
Mar 30, 11:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bond, Calhoun, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland and 27 more	116 min
Mar 30, 12:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 6 more	2 hr
Mar 30, 1:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cook, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 4 more	5 hr
Mar 30, 1:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander	2 hr
Mar 30, 2:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Champaign, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Ford and 3 more	115 min
Mar 30, 2:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton and 13 more	93 min
Mar 30, 2:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alexander, Bond, Clinton, Edwards, Fayette, Franklin and 20 more	8 hr
Mar 30, 5:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 9 more	115 min
Mar 30, 2:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	DeKalb, LaGrange, Steuben	116 min
Mar 30, 5:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette and 20 more	115 min
Mar 30, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Dubois, Fayette, Floyd and 12 more	6 hr
Mar 29, 7:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton and 15 more	2 hr
Mar 29, 11:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Cedar, Dade and 13 more	119 min
Mar 30, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 23 more	5 hr
Mar 30, 3:43 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barry, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Cole and 22 more	92 min
Mar 30, 12:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Christian, Crawford, Dallas, Dent, Douglas, Franklin and 15 more	118 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.