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Tornado Watch 25
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 7, 2026, 1:23 PM EST for 30 counties in Ohio; 25 counties in Pennsylvania; 16 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2026, 1:23 PM EST (18:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2026, 6:13 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 71 counties
Adams County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Licking County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Stark 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, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Elk County, PA, Erie County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Greene County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Potter County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Preston County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
33 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 1:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Licking | 24 min |
| Mar 7, 1:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Perry | 15 min |
| Mar 7, 1:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 18 min |
| Mar 7, 1:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Muskingum | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 1:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Jefferson | 43 min |
| Mar 7, 1:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 24 min |
| Mar 7, 2:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 23 min |
| Mar 7, 2:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Tuscarawas | 31 min |
| Mar 7, 2:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Muskingum, Tuscarawas | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 2:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Noble | 43 min |
| Mar 7, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 42 min |
| Mar 7, 2:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 26 min |
| Mar 7, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble | 35 min |
| Mar 7, 2:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas | 36 min |
| Mar 7, 2:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Forest, Mercer, Venango | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 3:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion | 43 min |
| Mar 7, 3:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 43 min |
| Mar 7, 3:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana, Jefferson | 51 min |
| Mar 7, 3:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Elk, McKean, Warren | 54 min |
| Mar 7, 3:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Forest | 17 min |
| Mar 7, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Jefferson | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 3:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland | 52 min |
| Mar 7, 3:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 21 min |
| Mar 7, 4:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence | 27 min |
| Mar 7, 4:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Washington, Westmoreland | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Elk | 49 min |
| Mar 7, 4:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland | 27 min |
| Mar 7, 4:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Forest, Jefferson | 28 min |
| Mar 7, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Indiana, Washington, Westmoreland | 45 min |
| Mar 7, 5:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 28 min |
| Mar 7, 5:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Jefferson | 27 min |
| Mar 7, 5:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 22 min |
| Mar 7, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria, Clearfield | 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 6, 7:37 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Williams | 113 min |
| Mar 7, 8:52 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont and 16 more | 83 min |
| Mar 7, 12:57 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Fairfield and 28 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Fayette, Forest and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:57 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:44 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lincoln, Wayne | 2 hr |
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.