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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 15, 2016Boone County, Hendricks County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 2016, 6:11 PM EDT for Boone County, Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min. 10 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, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Boone County, IN, Hendricks County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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, 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, 6:20 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	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Whitestown, IN	ROAD CLOSED BY FALLEN TREE. POWER OUT IN AREA. TIME APPROX AND BASED ON RADAR.
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.
Aug 15, 6:29 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	4 W Zionsville, IN	RELAYED BY AMATEUR RADIO FROM ZIONSVILLE FIRE STATION 93. LOCATION IS OF THE FIRE STATION. EXACT LOCATION OF FUNNEL UNKNOWN.
Aug 15, 6:49 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Whitestown, IN	MANY TREE LIMBS DOWN AND AT LEAST ONE TREE AT 700 EAST AND 550 SOUTH

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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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

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The text

As transmitted.

048 
WFUS53 KIND 152211
TORIND
INC011-063-152245-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0014.160815T2211Z-160815T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 611 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER
  BROWNSBURG...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT 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...
  WHITESTOWN AROUND 630 PM EDT. 
  ZIONSVILLE AROUND 635 PM EDT. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 136.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND 67.

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 4000 8624 3992 8631 3992 8633 3990 8633
      3981 8640 3985 8648 4007 8641
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 209DEG 23KT 3988 8642 

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

$$

CP

1 follow-up statement

976 
WWUS53 KIND 152233
SVSIND

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

INC011-063-152245-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160815T2245Z/
BOONE IN-HENDRICKS IN-
633 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE AND NORTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTIES...
    
AT 632 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ZIONSVILLE...OR
18 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE AND NORTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTIES.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 136.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND 67.

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 4000 8624 3992 8631 3992 8633 3990 8633
      3981 8640 3985 8648 4007 8641
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 209DEG 23KT 4000 8633 

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, 5:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Marion	31 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

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