Tornado Watch for tonight! Could we see a snow-tornado or a "snownado"?

Nope! This is highly unlikely but I would like to point out that the first one was thought to have happened in Indiana back in March of 2012.


Read the full details about the original Indiana Snownado here:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/weathermatrix/the-elusive-snow-tornado/44996

There have been other reports of snownadoes that you can read about here:
https://www.quora.com/Has-a-tornado-ever-formed-in-a-snow-storm

I only bring that up because the weather app on my device advertised a snow storm for next Tuesday.



And now of course there is a Tornado Watch out tonight for Monroe and surrounding counties.


Here are the details from the National Weather Service office out of Indianapolis:


Tornado Watch

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 91
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
725 PM EDT WED APR 8 2020

TORNADO WATCH 91 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR THE
 FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

INC005-011-013-015-019-021-023-025-027-029-031-035-037-041-043-
045-047-055-057-059-061-063-065-067-071-077-079-081-083-093-095-
097-101-105-107-109-115-117-119-121-123-133-135-137-139-143-145-
153-155-157-159-161-165-167-171-175-177-090600-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0091.200408T2325Z-200409T0600Z/

IN
.    INDIANA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BARTHOLOMEW          BOONE               BROWN
CARROLL              CLARK               CLAY
CLINTON              CRAWFORD            DAVIESS
DEARBORN             DECATUR             DELAWARE
DUBOIS               FAYETTE             FLOYD
FOUNTAIN             FRANKLIN            GREENE
HAMILTON             HANCOCK             HARRISON
HENDRICKS            HENRY               HOWARD
JACKSON              JEFFERSON           JENNINGS
JOHNSON              KNOX                LAWRENCE
MADISON              MARION              MARTIN
MONROE               MONTGOMERY          MORGAN
OHIO                 ORANGE              OWEN
PARKE                PERRY               PUTNAM
RANDOLPH             RIPLEY              RUSH
SCOTT                SHELBY              SULLIVAN
SWITZERLAND          TIPPECANOE          TIPTON
UNION                VERMILLION          VIGO
WARREN               WASHINGTON          WAYNE
$$




Hazardous Weather Outlook

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
118 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-091730-
Carroll-Warren-Tippecanoe-Clinton-Howard-Fountain-Montgomery-Boone-
Tipton-Hamilton-Madison-Delaware-Randolph-Vermillion-Parke-Putnam-
Hendricks-Marion-Hancock-Henry-Vigo-Clay-Owen-Morgan-Johnson-Shelby-
Rush-Sullivan-Greene-Monroe-Brown-Bartholomew-Decatur-Knox-Daviess-
Martin-Lawrence-Jackson-Jennings-
Including the cities of Delphi, Flora, Williamsport, West Lebanon,
Lafayette, West Lafayette, Frankfort, Kokomo, Attica, Covington,
Veedersburg, Crawfordsville, Lebanon, Zionsville, Tipton, Fishers,
Carmel, Noblesville, Anderson, Muncie, Winchester, Clinton, Newport,
Rockville, Greencastle, Plainfield, Brownsburg, Danville,
Indianapolis, Greenfield, Cumberland, New Castle, Terre Haute,
Brazil, Clay City, Spencer, Martinsville, Mooresville, Greenwood,
Franklin, Shelbyville, Rushville, Sullivan, Linton, Bloomfield,
Bloomington, Nashville, Columbus, Greensburg, Vincennes, Washington,
Loogootee, Shoals, Bedford, Mitchell, Seymour, Brownstown,
and North Vernon
118 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020

This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Outlook: Thunderstorms are expected tonight. Some storms may be
severe.

Hazards: Damaging winds, large hail, isolated tornadoes, lightning,
heavy rain.

Timing: Highest severe threat will be from 800 PM to 1200 AM EDT.

Discussion: A cold front will move through the area tonight bringing
showers and thunderstorms. Severe storms are possible, with areas
southwest of a Terre Haute to Seymour line seeing the highest chances
for severe weather. Remain weather aware today.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Outlook: Breezy conditions are expected Thursday with gusts over 35
mph possible. Thunderstorms are possible over all or parts of the
area Sunday afternoon through Monday.

Discussion: Much colder air will flow into the area on Thursday.
Gusty winds will accompany the colder air. Frost and freeze concerns
will be around Thursday and Friday nights, as well as early next
week. A low pressure system could bring a few thunderstorms Sunday
and Monday.


.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed tonight.

.STORM MOTION STATEMENT...

The expected storm motion tonight is from the northwest at around 50
MPH.

&&

More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate
information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind

Please take this seriously! As of 8:20PM the radar has a lot of red and wind and convective energy to our immediate west. Please take this seriously. Get off of the B-Line trail and go home.








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