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Tornado Watch 78
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 30, 2025, 8:32 PM CDT for 20 counties in Kentucky; 48 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2025, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2025, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 68 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hart County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 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
- 60%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 40%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- 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
52 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 65 min |
| Mar 30, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 64 min |
| Mar 30, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson and 1 more | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson, Green, Hart | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Taylor and 1 more | 23 min |
| Mar 30, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Henry | 53 min |
| Mar 30, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 61 min |
| Mar 30, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys | 55 min |
| Mar 30, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Humphreys | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Haywood, Henderson, Madison | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer and 1 more | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart and 3 more | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 54 min |
| Mar 30, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Henderson, Madison | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 10:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 21 min |
| Mar 30, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe, Taylor | 37 min |
| Mar 30, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Maury and 2 more | 64 min |
| Mar 30, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Madison | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale and 1 more | 60 min |
| Mar 30, 10:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Monroe, Simpson, Warren | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 10:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Hickman, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 54 min |
| Mar 30, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy | 60 min |
| Mar 30, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Smith and 1 more | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury | 55 min |
| Mar 30, 11:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 58 min |
| Mar 31, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 64 min |
| Mar 31, 12:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 12:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Warren | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, White | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 2:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 38 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, 8:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 25 more | 118 min |
| Mar 30, 8:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bracken, Campbell, Greenup, Lewis, Mason | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Breathitt and 46 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson and 10 more | 88 min |
| Mar 30, 10:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Davidson, Decatur and 18 more | 57 min |
| Mar 30, 11:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 6 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 34 more | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 12:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 16 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Coffee, Cumberland, Franklin and 19 more | 114 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.