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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 15, 2016Boone County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 2016, 6:42 PM EDT for Boone County, Indiana. It was in force for 15 min. 1 report 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, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2016, 6:57 PM EDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Boone County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.

456 
WFUS53 KIND 152242
TORIND
INC011-152315-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0017.160815T2242Z-160815T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 641 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ZIONSVILLE...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  INDIANAPOLIS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD. 

  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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ZIONSVILLE AND WHITESTOWN AROUND 650 PM EDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 132.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3999 8624 3992 8630 3992 8641
      4004 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 209DEG 26KT 3994 8634 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

CP

1 follow-up statement

295 
WWUS53 KIND 152257
SVSIND

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

INC011-152307-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160815T2315Z/
BOONE IN-
657 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4000 8624 3999 8624 3992 8630 3992 8641
      4004 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 209DEG 26KT 4004 8626 

$$

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, 6:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Boone, Hamilton	39 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.