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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 15, 2016Hamilton County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Hamilton County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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, 7:24 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 S Tipton, IN	MULTIPLE BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS REPORTED BY STORM CHASER AND RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 213 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: 45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

912 
WFUS53 KIND 152315
TORIND
INC057-159-152345-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0018.160815T2315Z-160815T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
    
* AT 713 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIPTON...OR 20 MILES
  SOUTH OF KOKOMO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
           PRODUCING DAMAGE.

  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...
  ATLANTA AROUND 730 PM EDT. 
  TIPTON AROUND 740 PM EDT. 

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 4014 8610 4018 8624 4033 8610 4027 8591
      4024 8596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 220DEG 19KT 4018 8614 

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

$$

CP

1 follow-up statement

050 
WWUS53 KIND 152320
SVSIND

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

INC057-159-152345-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160815T2345Z/
HAMILTON IN-TIPTON IN-
720 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL HAMILTON AND SOUTHEASTERN TIPTON COUNTIES...
    
AT 720 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TIPTON...OR 18
MILES SOUTH OF KOKOMO...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 TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ATLANTA AROUND 725 PM EDT. 
  TIPTON AROUND 735 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 4016 8607 4020 8618 4033 8610 4027 8591
      4024 8596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 221DEG 21KT 4022 8609 

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, 6:36 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, 7:45 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.