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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2016, 4:49 PM EDT for Boone County, Hendricks County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Boone County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.
828
WFUS53 KIND 242049
TORIND
INC011-063-097-242115-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0028.160824T2049Z-160824T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
449 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 449 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROWNSBURG...OR 19 MILES WEST OF
INDIANAPOLIS... MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
BROWNSBURG AROUND 455 PM EDT.
CLERMONT AROUND 505 PM EDT.
EAGLE CREEK RESERVOIR AROUND 510 PM EDT.
ZIONSVILLE AROUND 515 PM EDT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 130.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 71.
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 3993 8624 3992 8622 3982 8622 3980 8657
3993 8662 3997 8624
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 266DEG 27KT 3986 8649
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RYAN1 follow-up statement
362
WWUS53 KIND 242058
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
458 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
INC011-063-097-242115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160824T2115Z/
BOONE IN-HENDRICKS IN-MARION IN-
458 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE...NORTHEASTERN HENDRICKS AND NORTHWESTERN MARION
COUNTIES...
AT 457 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BROWNSBURG...OR 15 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CLERMONT AROUND 505 PM EDT.
ZIONSVILLE AND EAGLE CREEK RESERVOIR AROUND 510 PM EDT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 130.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND 71.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3993 8624 3992 8622 3982 8622 3982 8648
3994 8647 3997 8624
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 266DEG 27KT 3986 8640
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
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, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 34 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, 4:51 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.