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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 23, 20164 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2016, 12:26 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 34 min. 7 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, 12:26 AM EDT (04:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 100.0 mph

Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 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, 12:27 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Se Rossville, IN	TWO INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN ON STATE ROAD 39 BETWEEN 5203 AND 5240 STATE ROAD 39.
Jun 23, 12:28 AM EDT	TSTM WND GST 87	5 Se Lafayette, IN	TIME OF OCCURRENCE IS APPROXIMATE
Jun 23, 12:30 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mulberry, IN	TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO HOUSE
Jun 23, 12:33 AM EDT	TSTM WND GST 80	Rossville, IN	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED TOO. DIME SIZE HAIL.
Jun 23, 12:39 AM EDT	TSTM WND GST 68	5 Ene Michigantown, IN	RELAYED BY MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Jun 23, 12:41 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Michigantown, IN	TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO A CAR AT 100 NORTH AND STATE ROUTE 29. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Jun 23, 12:50 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 E Michigantown, IN	TWO HOG BARNS COLLAPSED...HOUSE DAMAGED. TIME 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 185 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

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The text

As transmitted.

471 
WUUS53 KIND 230426
SVRIND
INC015-023-157-159-230500-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0078.160623T0426Z-160623T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1226 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 1226 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF
  LAFAYETTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

  THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. 

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  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...FRANKFORT...FLORA...ROSSVILLE...DAYTON...MULBERRY...
  KIRKLIN...COLFAX...CLARKS HILL...BURLINGTON...
  MICHIGANTOWN AND KEMPTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 151 AND 174.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4058 8653 4046 8637 4043 8638 4043 8634
      4041 8631 4039 8631 4039 8628 4038 8628
      4026 8612 4022 8624 4020 8624 4018 8668
      4021 8670 4022 8675 4044 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 320DEG 58KT 4042 8670 

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

3 follow-up statements

915 
WWUS53 KIND 230433
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1233 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

INC015-023-157-159-230500-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-160623T0500Z/
CARROLL IN-TIPTON IN-CLINTON IN-TIPPECANOE IN-
1233 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN CARROLL...SOUTHWESTERN TIPTON...CLINTON AND SOUTHEASTERN
TIPPECANOE COUNTIES...

AT 1233 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKFORT...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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...FRANKFORT...FLORA...ROSSVILLE...DAYTON...MULBERRY...
KIRKLIN...COLFAX...CLARKS HILL...BURLINGTON...
MICHIGANTOWN AND KEMPTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 151 AND 174.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4058 8653 4046 8637 4043 8638 4043 8634
      4041 8631 4039 8631 4039 8628 4038 8628
      4026 8612 4022 8624 4020 8624 4018 8668
      4021 8670 4022 8675 4044 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 317DEG 49KT 4034 8657 

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

NIELD

714 
WWUS53 KIND 230448
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1248 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

INC015-023-157-159-230500-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-160623T0500Z/
CARROLL IN-TIPTON IN-CLINTON IN-TIPPECANOE IN-
1248 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN CARROLL...SOUTHWESTERN TIPTON...CLINTON AND SOUTHEASTERN
TIPPECANOE COUNTIES...

AT 1248 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF
FRANKFORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.

HAZARD...90 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...FLORA...ROSSVILLE...DAYTON...MULBERRY...
KIRKLIN...COLFAX...CLARKS HILL...BURLINGTON...
MICHIGANTOWN AND KEMPTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 151 AND 174.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS NORTH 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 4058 8653 4046 8637 4043 8638 4043 8634
      4041 8631 4039 8631 4039 8628 4038 8628
      4026 8612 4022 8624 4020 8624 4018 8668
      4021 8670 4022 8675 4044 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 0448Z 309DEG 54KT 4023 8628 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...90MPH
 
$$

NIELD

795 
WWUS53 KIND 230453
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1253 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

INC157-230502-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-160623T0500Z/
TIPPECANOE IN-
1253 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 4046 8637 4043 8638 4043 8634 4041 8631
      4039 8631 4039 8628 4038 8628 4026 8612
      4022 8624 4020 8624 4018 8668 4038 8656
      4051 8643
TIME...MOT...LOC 0452Z 320DEG 58KT 4017 8622 

$$

INC015-023-159-230500-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-160623T0500Z/
CARROLL IN-TIPTON IN-CLINTON IN-
1253 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL...SOUTHWESTERN TIPTON AND CLINTON
COUNTIES...

AT 1252 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TIPTON...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.

HAZARD...90 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKFORT...KIRKLIN...COLFAX...BURLINGTON...
MICHIGANTOWN AND KEMPTON. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 151 AND 156.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS NORTH 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
AND CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4046 8637 4043 8638 4043 8634 4041 8631
      4039 8631 4039 8628 4038 8628 4026 8612
      4022 8624 4020 8624 4018 8668 4038 8656
      4051 8643
TIME...MOT...LOC 0452Z 320DEG 58KT 4017 8622 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...90MPH
 
$$

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, 12:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	45 min
Jun 23, 12:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren	19 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.