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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 15, 2016Boone County, Hamilton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 2016, 6:36 PM EDT for Boone County, Hamilton County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 15, 2016, 6:36 PM EDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Boone County, IN, Hamilton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.

624 
WFUS53 KIND 152236
TORIND
INC011-057-152315-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0016.160815T2236Z-160815T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 636 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
  ZIONSVILLE...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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...
  SHERIDAN AROUND 700 PM EDT. 

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 4020 8605 3997 8624 4000 8639 4018 8632
      4018 8624 4022 8624 4022 8611
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 209DEG 23KT 4001 8630 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

CP

1 follow-up statement

600 
WWUS53 KIND 152303
SVSIND

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

INC011-057-152315-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160815T2315Z/
HAMILTON IN-BOONE IN-
703 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES...
    
AT 702 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
NOBLESVILLE...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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
NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES.

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 4004 8618 4004 8634 4018 8632 4018 8624
      4022 8624 4022 8611 4020 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 219DEG 20KT 4014 8618 

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, 6:11 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, 6:42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.