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Tornado Watch 99

April 2, 202529 counties in Illinois; 57 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 2, 2025, 3:17 PM CDT for 29 counties in Illinois; 57 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2025, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 1.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 70 kt

All 86 counties

Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Will County, IL, Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Benton County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Jay County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Lake County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Marion County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Martin County, IN, Miami County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Newton County, IN, Noble County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Porter County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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: 80%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 50%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 90%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 50%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 50%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 20%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Tazewell	34 min
Apr 2, 3:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean	28 min
Apr 2, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean	35 min
Apr 2, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon	45 min
Apr 2, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	34 min
Apr 2, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean	30 min
Apr 2, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Livingston	58 min
Apr 2, 4:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	26 min
Apr 2, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	26 min
Apr 2, 4:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign	23 min
Apr 2, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon	51 min
Apr 2, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon	23 min
Apr 2, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt, Vermilion	40 min
Apr 2, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	48 min
Apr 2, 4:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt	3 hr
Apr 2, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Champaign, Piatt, Vermilion	46 min
Apr 2, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	28 min
Apr 2, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Iroquois	32 min
Apr 2, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Benton, Jasper, Newton	43 min
Apr 2, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	30 min
Apr 2, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	41 min
Apr 2, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Effingham, Shelby	51 min
Apr 2, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke and 1 more	81 min
Apr 2, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clay, Effingham	48 min
Apr 2, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Jasper, Newton	33 min
Apr 2, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Jasper	27 min
Apr 2, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham	36 min
Apr 2, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Benton, Jasper, Newton	35 min
Apr 2, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Pulaski, Starke	21 min
Apr 2, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Effingham	32 min
Apr 2, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Jasper	31 min
Apr 2, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clark, Clay, Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 1 more	48 min
Apr 2, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke	31 min
Apr 2, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILX	Jasper, Richland	43 min
Apr 2, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IWX	Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski and 2 more	51 min
Apr 2, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Edgar	35 min
Apr 2, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar and 3 more	41 min
Apr 2, 6:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Kosciusko, Marshall	21 min
Apr 2, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Owen, Parke and 4 more	45 min
Apr 2, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clay, Jasper	24 min
Apr 2, 7:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay	22 min
Apr 2, 7:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	21 min
Apr 2, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko, Noble	12 min
Apr 2, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	33 min
Apr 2, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IWX	DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben and 1 more	61 min
Apr 2, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Edgar, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	37 min
Apr 2, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	34 min
Apr 2, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Parke, Putnam, Vermillion	31 min
Apr 2, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Boone, Clay, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery and 3 more	41 min
Apr 2, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Miami, Pulaski, White	35 min
Apr 2, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Boone, Clay, Daviess, Greene, Hendricks, Knox and 8 more	47 min
Apr 2, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan	19 min
Apr 2, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Lawrence	47 min
Apr 2, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	IND	Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam	27 min
Apr 2, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Marion	21 min
Apr 2, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Sullivan	50 min
Apr 2, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall	35 min
Apr 2, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Madison, Tipton	47 min
Apr 2, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	IND	Boone, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry and 4 more	42 min
Apr 2, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, Morgan and 2 more	39 min
Apr 2, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Marion	23 min
Apr 2, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen	33 min
Apr 2, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble	16 min
Apr 2, 8:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	18 min
Apr 2, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Randolph, Tipton	32 min
Apr 2, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	15 min
Apr 2, 8:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison, Tipton	26 min
Apr 2, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Shelby	34 min
Apr 2, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IWX	Blackford, Grant, Jay	50 min
Apr 2, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox, Martin	30 min
Apr 2, 9:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Martin	29 min
Apr 2, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Rush and 1 more	43 min
Apr 2, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IWX	Adams, Wells	56 min
Apr 2, 9:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and 2 more	3 hr
Apr 2, 9:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Martin	36 min
Apr 2, 9:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby	13 min
Apr 2, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Johnson, Rush, Shelby	32 min
Apr 2, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin and 1 more	29 min
Apr 2, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IWX	Adams, Allen	61 min
Apr 2, 9:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	26 min
Apr 2, 9:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Brown, Greene, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Owen and 2 more	3 hr
Apr 2, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	33 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 56 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: 864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 948 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1028 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 8:47 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 9 more	9 hr
Apr 2, 9:48 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton and 20 more	117 min
Apr 2, 12:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski	114 min
Apr 2, 2:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 34 more	2 hr
Apr 2, 2:52 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more	9 hr
Apr 2, 4:19 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Marion and 5 more	3 hr
Apr 2, 5:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson and 7 more	115 min
Apr 2, 5:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Champaign, Iroquois, Vermilion	95 min
Apr 2, 8:31 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Jay, Wells	119 min
Apr 2, 6:22 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more	6 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.