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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 23, 2016Carroll County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2016, 12:04 AM EDT for Carroll County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2016, 12:04 AM EDT (04:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2016, 12:49 AM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 80.0 mph

Counties Carroll County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:04 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 was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 23, 12:12 AM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	2 W Battle Ground, IN	AT COUNTY ROAD 600 N 375 W
Jun 23, 12:19 AM EDT	TSTM WND GST 100	4 Nw Battle Ground, IN
Jun 23, 12:28 AM EDT	TSTM WND GST 87	5 Se Lafayette, IN	TIME OF OCCURRENCE IS APPROXIMATE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 22, 10:33 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 2491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.1
Supercell composite: 41.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

802 
WUUS53 KIND 230404
SVRIND
INC015-157-230500-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0076.160623T0404Z-160623T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1204 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 1204 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  WOLCOTT...OR 11 MILES EAST OF LOCHIEL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. 

  HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT 
           CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAFAYETTE...WEST LAFAYETTE...DELPHI...FLORA...SHADELAND...DAYTON...
  BATTLE GROUND...CAMDEN...YEOMAN AND PURDUE UNIVERSITY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 165 AND 184.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL... WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4073 8661 4052 8643 4043 8663 4043 8669
      4036 8670 4021 8694 4022 8694 4038 8709
      4056 8709 4056 8677 4066 8677 4068 8674
      4068 8676 4069 8675 4070 8676 4073 8675
      4074 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 305DEG 31KT 4068 8705 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...80MPH
 
$$
JH

4 follow-up statements

512 
WWUS53 KIND 230416
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1216 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

INC015-157-230500-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160623T0500Z/
CARROLL IN-TIPPECANOE IN-
1216 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR CARROLL AND TIPPECANOE COUNTIES...

AT 1215 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BROOKSTON...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55
MPH.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.

HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT 
         CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE...WEST LAFAYETTE...DELPHI...FLORA...SHADELAND...DAYTON...
BATTLE GROUND...CAMDEN...YEOMAN AND PURDUE UNIVERSITY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 165 AND 184.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL... WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4073 8661 4052 8643 4043 8663 4043 8669
      4036 8670 4021 8694 4022 8694 4038 8709
      4056 8709 4056 8677 4066 8677 4068 8674
      4068 8676 4069 8675 4070 8676 4073 8675
      4074 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 310DEG 49KT 4054 8683 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...80MPH
 
$$
JH

844 
WWUS53 KIND 230424
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1224 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

INC015-157-230500-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160623T0500Z/
CARROLL IN-TIPPECANOE IN-
1224 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR CARROLL AND TIPPECANOE COUNTIES...

AT 1223 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF
LAFAYETTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.

HAZARD...100 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES AND 
         BUSINESSES. EXPECT EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE...WEST LAFAYETTE...DELPHI...FLORA...SHADELAND...DAYTON...
BATTLE GROUND...CAMDEN...YEOMAN AND PURDUE UNIVERSITY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 165 AND 184.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND
SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE
OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL... WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4073 8661 4052 8643 4043 8663 4043 8669
      4036 8670 4021 8694 4022 8694 4038 8709
      4056 8709 4056 8677 4066 8677 4068 8674
      4068 8676 4069 8675 4070 8676 4073 8675
      4074 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 316DEG 50KT 4045 8673 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...100MPH
 
$$

NIELD

141 
WWUS53 KIND 230431
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1231 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

INC015-157-230500-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160623T0500Z/
CARROLL IN-TIPPECANOE IN-
1231 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR CARROLL AND TIPPECANOE COUNTIES...

AT 1230 AM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAFAYETTE TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DELPHI...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS.

HAZARD...100 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES AND 
         BUSINESSES. EXPECT EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE...WEST LAFAYETTE...DELPHI...FLORA...SHADELAND...DAYTON...
BATTLE GROUND...CAMDEN...YEOMAN AND PURDUE UNIVERSITY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 165 AND 184.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND
SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE
OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL... WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4073 8661 4052 8643 4043 8663 4043 8669
      4036 8670 4021 8694 4022 8694 4038 8709
      4056 8709 4056 8677 4066 8677 4068 8674
      4068 8676 4069 8675 4070 8676 4073 8675
      4074 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 315DEG 51KT 4036 8678 4050 8655 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...100MPH
 
$$

NIELD

082 
WWUS53 KIND 230449
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1249 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

INC015-157-230459-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160623T0500Z/
CARROLL IN-TIPPECANOE IN-
1249 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CARROLL AND TIPPECANOE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL... WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4073 8661 4052 8643 4043 8663 4043 8669
      4036 8670 4021 8694 4022 8694 4038 8709
      4056 8709 4056 8677 4066 8677 4068 8674
      4068 8676 4069 8675 4070 8676 4073 8675
      4074 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0447Z 305DEG 31KT 4027 8662 4041 8639 

$$

NIELD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 8:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Bartholomew	35 min
Jun 23, 12:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren	19 min
Jun 23, 12:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe, Tipton	34 min
Jun 23, 12:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton	47 min
Jun 23, 12:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton	37 min
Jun 23, 1:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Warren	30 min
Jun 23, 1:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Tipton	34 min
Jun 23, 1:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton	4 hr
Jun 23, 1:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	34 min
Jun 23, 1:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren	17 min
Jun 23, 1:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph	45 min
Jun 23, 1:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	23 min
Jun 23, 2:08 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Montgomery	16 min
Jun 23, 2:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	62 min
Jun 23, 2:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe	44 min
Jun 23, 2:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren	6 hr
Jun 23, 2:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren	40 min
Jun 23, 2:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion	33 min
Jun 23, 2:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Tipton	6 hr
Jun 23, 3:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	25 min
Jun 23, 3:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Marion	5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2016 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.