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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 15, 2016Howard County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT for Howard 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, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2016, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Howard County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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, 8:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	13 E Kokomo, IN	BARN AND CROP DAMAGE NEAR 1350N AND 100E. VIDEO OF TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN. TIME IS APPROXIMATE AND MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED

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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 214 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.

895 
WFUS53 KIND 152345
TORIND
INC067-159-160015-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0019.160815T2345Z-160816T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
    
* AT 745 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WINDFALL CITY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  KOKOMO... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  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...
  GREENTOWN AROUND 800 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 4056 8586 4030 8586 4026 8591 4032 8610
      4056 8602 4057 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 220DEG 22KT 4035 8597 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

TDUD

2 follow-up statements

677 
WWUS53 KIND 160009
SVSIND

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

INC159-160019-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160816T0015Z/
TIPTON IN-
809 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA.  THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4054 8586 4041 8587 4041 8594 4045 8603
      4056 8602 4057 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 213DEG 22KT 4049 8589 

$$

INC067-160015-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160816T0015Z/
HOWARD IN-
809 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY...
    
AT 809 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SWAYZEE...OR 12 MILES EAST OF KOKOMO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

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
NORTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY.

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 4054 8586 4041 8587 4041 8594 4045 8603
      4056 8602 4057 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 213DEG 22KT 4049 8589 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

TDUD

575 
WWUS53 KIND 160017
SVSIND

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

INC067-160023-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160816T0015Z/
HOWARD IN-
817 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
815 PM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4054 8586 4041 8587 4041 8594 4045 8603
      4056 8602 4057 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 220DEG 22KT 4049 8589 

$$

TDUD

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, 7:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton, 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.