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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2016, 4:41 PM EDT for Greene County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 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 24, 2016, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Greene County, IN, Owen County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted.
322
WFUS53 KIND 242041
TORIND
INC055-119-242115-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0026.160824T2041Z-160824T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
441 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 440 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPENCER...OR 20 MILES
WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. A POLICE OFFICER
REPORTED A DESCENDING FUNNEL CLOUD LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM
WORTHINGTON AT 439 PM.
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...
FREEDOM AROUND 445 PM EDT.
SPENCER AND MCCORMICKS CREEK STATE PARK AROUND 505 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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
INDIANAPOLIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3924 8703 3935 8669 3927 8668 3909 8668
3910 8699
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 254DEG 21KT 3918 8691
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RYAN2 follow-up statements
479
WWUS53 KIND 242053
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
453 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
INC055-119-242115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160824T2115Z/
GREENE IN-OWEN IN-
453 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTIES...
AT 453 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF SPENCER...OR 15 MILES WEST OF
BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SPENCER AND MCCORMICKS CREEK STATE PARK AROUND 505 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3924 8703 3935 8669 3927 8668 3909 8668
3910 8699
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 256DEG 21KT 3918 8682
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RYAN718
WWUS53 KIND 242102
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
502 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
INC055-119-242115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160824T2115Z/
GREENE IN-OWEN IN-
502 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND SOUTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTIES...
AT 501 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF SPENCER...OR 12 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...
MOVING EAST 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 GREENE AND SOUTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTIES. THE STORM HAS
WEAKENED OVER THE LAST 15 MINUTES.
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.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3920 8688 3924 8668 3909 8668 3912 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 254DEG 21KT 3919 8676
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RYANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery | 41 min |
| Aug 24, 2:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 23 min |
| Aug 24, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 2:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone | 18 min |
| Aug 24, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard | 38 min |
| Aug 24, 3:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 3:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Marion | 51 min |
| Aug 24, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion, Shelby | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 4:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Marion | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion | 26 min |
| Aug 24, 4:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock | 24 min |
| Aug 24, 5:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 24 min |
| Aug 24, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion, Shelby | 21 min |
| Aug 24, 5:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Marion | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Marion | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Howard | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Rush, Shelby | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 5:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 26 min |
| Aug 24, 5:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hancock | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 6:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Howard | 18 min |
| Aug 24, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 6:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard, Madison, Tipton | 52 min |
| Aug 24, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 14 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.