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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 15, 2016Boone County, Hendricks County, Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 2016, 5:44 PM EDT for Boone County, Hendricks County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min. 20 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: Aug 15, 2016, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Boone County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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
Aug 15, 5:49 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 Se Avon, IN	OBSERVED NEAR 200 EAST AND US 36 MOVING NORTH. BELIEVED TO NOT BE REACHING THE GROUND.
Aug 15, 5:54 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Avon, IN	MULTIPLE REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE IN THE AREA OF COUNTY ROAD 150 NORTH AND COUNTY ROAD 600 EAST. TIME APPROX AND BASED ON RADAR.
Aug 15, 5:55 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 E Danville, IN
Aug 15, 6:00 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 W Brownsburg, IN	LOCATION ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Aug 15, 6:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nne Brownsburg, IN	TREE LIMBS UP TO ABOUT 1.5 INCHE DOWN. TRAFFIC LIGHT DOWN. PICNIC TABLES OVERTURNED. TIME APPROX AND BASED ON RADAR.
Aug 15, 6:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nw Brownsburg, IN	THREE FOOT DIAMETER LIVE TREE UPROOTED IN THE AREA OF WARREN LANE AND HAMMONS DRIVE.
Aug 15, 6:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nw Brownsburg, IN	TREE LIMBS 6 TO 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER BLOWN DOWN. TIME APPROX AND BASED ON RADAR.
Aug 15, 6:00 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 S Brownsburg, IN	TORNADO NEAR COUNTY ROAD 100 NORTH AND STATE ROAD 267 NEAR BROWNSBURG
Aug 15, 6:08 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Brownsburg, IN	TREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN. ONE TREE IS ON ROADWAY.
Aug 15, 6:08 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 Nw Brownsburg, IN	AMATEUR RADIO RELAYED THE REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Aug 15, 6:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nw Brownsburg, IN	STORM DEBRIS WEST OF THE BROWNSBURG LOWES...WHICH IS LOCATED ON NORTHFIELD DRIVE 1 MILE WEST OF STATE ROAD 267.
Aug 15, 6:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nnw Brownsburg, IN	SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN ALONG NORTH COUNTY ROAD 650 EAST. BEAN FIELD FLATTENED.
Aug 15, 6:16 PM EDT	TORNADO	Avon, IN	MULTIPLE REPORTS IN THIS AREA OF TORNADO IN PROGRESS.
Aug 15, 6:20 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 N Avon, IN	MULTIPLE REPORTS RECEIVED IN THIS AREA.
Aug 15, 6:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Whitestown, IN	STORM DAMAGE. TIME APPROX AND BASED ON RADAR.
Aug 15, 6:22 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Whitestown, IN	TREE LIMBS UP TO 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER BLOWN DOWN IN VICINITY OF 700 EAST AND 550 SOUTH. TIME APPROX AND BASED ON RADAR.
Aug 15, 6:24 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sw Whitestown, IN	SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN AREA OF COUNTY ROAD 400 SOUTH AND 800 EAST.
Aug 15, 6:24 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 Sw Whitestown, IN	IN AREA OF WALKER FARMS EDITION. TIME APPROXIMATE.
Aug 15, 6:25 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Brownsburg, IN	267 AND TINDEN
Aug 15, 6:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 100	Brownsburg, IN	DHS RELAYED REPORT FROM FIRE MARSHALL OF STRONG ROTATION AND DEBRIS IN THE AIR AT STATE ROAD 136 AND STATE ROAD 267 THAT LASTED ABOUT 1 MINUTE MOVING NORTH. WINDS ESTIMATED 90 TO 100 MPH.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 193 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: 36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

798 
WFUS53 KIND 152144
TORIND
INC011-063-097-152215-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0013.160815T2144Z-160815T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
544 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 543 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER DANVILLE...OR
  20 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PLAINFIELD AND AVON AROUND 600 PM EDT. 
  PITTSBORO AROUND 605 PM EDT. 
  BROWNSBURG AROUND 610 PM EDT. 
  SPEEDWAY...CLERMONT AND EAGLE CREEK RESERVOIR AROUND 615 PM EDT. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 117 AND 136.
 INTERSTATE 70 NEAR MILE MARKER 59.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 73.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3985 8614 3963 8645 3963 8646 3960 8649
      3971 8667 4003 8642
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 219DEG 23KT 3972 8652 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$
CP

2 follow-up statements

133 
WWUS53 KIND 152153
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
553 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

INC011-063-097-152215-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160815T2215Z/
BOONE IN-HENDRICKS IN-MARION IN-
553 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE...NORTHEASTERN HENDRICKS AND NORTHWESTERN MARION
COUNTIES...
    
AT 552 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER DANVILLE...OR 17
MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE
         IS LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PITTSBORO AROUND 605 PM EDT. 
  BROWNSBURG AND CLERMONT AROUND 610 PM EDT. 
  SPEEDWAY AND EAGLE CREEK RESERVOIR AROUND 615 PM EDT. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 136.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 73.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3985 8614 3971 8646 3977 8655 4003 8642
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 219DEG 23KT 3977 8647 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CP

775 
WWUS53 KIND 152205
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
605 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

INC097-152214-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160815T2215Z/
MARION IN-
605 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WILL STAY WEST
OF MARION COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3993 8626 3992 8627 3992 8633 3986 8633
      3980 8643 3983 8649 3999 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 209DEG 23KT 3985 8643 

$$

INC011-063-152215-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160815T2215Z/
BOONE IN-HENDRICKS IN-
605 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BOONE AND NORTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTIES...
    
AT 604 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BROWNSBURG...OR
16 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE
         IS LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ZIONSVILLE AROUND 615 PM EDT. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 133.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND 68.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3993 8626 3992 8627 3992 8633 3986 8633
      3980 8643 3983 8649 3999 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 209DEG 23KT 3985 8643 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 6:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Boone, Hendricks	34 min
Aug 15, 6:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hendricks	25 min
Aug 15, 6:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Boone, Hamilton	39 min
Aug 15, 6:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone	15 min
Aug 15, 7:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton, Tipton	30 min
Aug 15, 7:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Howard, Tipton	30 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.