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Tornado Watch 76
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 30, 2025, 6:45 PM EDT for 18 counties in Indiana; 41 counties in Kentucky; 26 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2025, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2025, 12:48 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 85 counties
Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Madison County, KY, Mason County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Licking County, OH, Madison County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 80%
- 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
- 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 30, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois, Orange | 37 min |
| Mar 30, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Wayne | 62 min |
| Mar 30, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ripley, Switzerland | 57 min |
| Mar 30, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange | 23 min |
| Mar 30, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Washington | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 7:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Wayne | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Union, Wayne | 65 min |
| Mar 30, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Floyd, Harrison | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland | 65 min |
| Mar 30, 8:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 8:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami and 2 more | 53 min |
| Mar 30, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois, Perry | 18 min |
| Mar 30, 8:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Warren | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 65 min |
| Mar 30, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Perry | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 8:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Clinton, Warren | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 9:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Greene and 4 more | 53 min |
| Mar 30, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 9:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Warren | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 9:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 9:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Highland | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 9:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 37 min |
| Mar 30, 9:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 9:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway | 37 min |
| Mar 30, 9:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Pickaway, Ross | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 9:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 9:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Ross | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Highland, Licking and 4 more | 59 min |
| Mar 30, 9:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 9:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson, Spencer | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 10:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 10:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Perry and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Nelson, Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson, Green, Hart | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Taylor and 1 more | 23 min |
| Mar 30, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Licking | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Henry, Scott, Shelby, Woodford | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Grant, Owen, Pendleton, Robertson | 62 min |
| Mar 30, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer, Shelby, Spencer, Woodford | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 10:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine and 5 more | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 11:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer and 1 more | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart and 3 more | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason, Robertson | 62 min |
| Mar 30, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison and 4 more | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 54 min |
| Mar 30, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Garrard, Madison | 16 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 1:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 39 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Elkhart, Fulton, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Delaware and 30 more | 115 min |
| Mar 30, 3:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gibson, Knox | 93 min |
| Mar 30, 3:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 8 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | DeKalb, LaGrange, Steuben | 116 min |
| Mar 30, 6:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison, Perry and 5 more | 115 min |
| Mar 30, 6:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette and 20 more | 115 min |
| Mar 30, 2:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Darke, Defiance, Erie, Fulton and 16 more | 5 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.