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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 28, 2016Boone County, Hamilton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2016, 3:26 PM EDT for Boone County, Hamilton County, Indiana. It was in force for 19 min. 2 reports 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: Apr 28, 2016, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Boone County, IN, Hamilton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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
Apr 28, 3:26 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 E Whitestown, IN	TORNADO REPORTED ON GROUND NEAR 800E AND 300S
Apr 28, 3:32 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 E Whitestown, IN	REPORTED ONE HALF MILE NORTHEAST OF COUNTY ROADS 800E AND 500S

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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

214 
WFUS53 KIND 281926
TORIND
INC011-057-281945-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0004.160428T1926Z-160428T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
326 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 326 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ZIONSVILLE...OR
  17 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT 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. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ZIONSVILLE AROUND 335 PM EDT. 
  CARMEL AROUND 345 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 3998 8638 4009 8636 4009 8619 3999 8614
      3993 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 278DEG 17KT 4000 8631 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$
MRD/JP

2 follow-up statements

691 
WWUS53 KIND 281934
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
334 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

INC011-057-281945-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160428T1945Z/
HAMILTON IN-BOONE IN-
334 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND EAST CENTRAL BOONE COUNTIES...
    
AT 334 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER ZIONSVILLE...OR 16
MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT 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...
  CARMEL AROUND 345 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.

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 3999 8634 4007 8631 4009 8619 3999 8614
      3993 8619 3996 8630
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 282DEG 15KT 3999 8627 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

MRD/JP

199 
WWUS53 KIND 281945
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
345 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

INC011-057-281955-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160428T1945Z/
HAMILTON IN-BOONE IN-
345 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND EAST CENTRAL
BOONE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 3999 8634 4007 8631 4009 8619 3999 8614
      3993 8619 3996 8630
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 278DEG 17KT 3999 8627 

$$

MRD/JP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 3:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Warren	40 min
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	62 hr
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	5 days
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	9 days
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	3 days
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	7 days
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	9 days
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox	9 days
Apr 28, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	36 min
Apr 28, 3:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Rush	31 min
Apr 28, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Randolph	39 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.