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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 24, 2016Madison County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2016, 8:09 PM EDT for Madison County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2016, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Madison County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 206 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: 1341 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 964 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 346 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.6

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The text

As transmitted.

407 
WFUS53 KIND 250009
TORIND
INC095-159-250045-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0044.160825T0009Z-160825T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
809 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
    
* AT 808 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WINDFALL CITY...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  KOKOMO... MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
  WINDFALL CITY AND WINDFALL AROUND 820 PM EDT. 
  ELWOOD AROUND 835 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 4038 8586 4038 8580 4025 8580 4030 8606
      4038 8603 4039 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 271DEG 17KT 4034 8602 

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

$$

MRD/JK

4 follow-up statements

516 
WWUS53 KIND 250016
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
816 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

INC095-159-250045-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160825T0045Z/
TIPTON IN-MADISON IN-
816 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TIPTON AND NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES...
    
AT 816 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER WINDFALL CITY...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KOKOMO...
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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELWOOD AROUND 830 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 4038 8586 4038 8580 4027 8580 4031 8598
      4038 8597 4039 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 268DEG 23KT 4035 8595 

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

$$

MRD/JK

992 
WWUS53 KIND 250023
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
823 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

INC095-159-250045-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160825T0045Z/
TIPTON IN-MADISON IN-
823 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL TIPTON AND NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES...
    
AT 823 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WINDFALL CITY...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
FAIRMOUNT... 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELWOOD AROUND 830 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 4038 8586 4038 8580 4027 8580 4030 8594
      4037 8594
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 277DEG 22KT 4033 8590 

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

$$

MRD/JK

348 
WWUS53 KIND 250038
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
838 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

INC095-250048-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160825T0045Z/
MADISON IN-
838 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4038 8586 4028 8586 4030 8594 4037 8594
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 284DEG 24KT 4033 8595 

$$

INC159-250045-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160825T0045Z/
TIPTON IN-
838 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL TIPTON COUNTY...
    
AT 838 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER WINDFALL CITY...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KOKOMO...
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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL TIPTON 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.

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 4038 8586 4028 8586 4030 8594 4037 8594
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 284DEG 24KT 4033 8595 

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

$$

MRD/JK

265 
WWUS53 KIND 250045
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
845 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

INC159-250054-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160825T0045Z/
TIPTON IN-
845 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TIPTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
845 PM EDT...
    
THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT HAS BEEN REISSUED
FOR EAST CENTRAL TIPTON AND NORTHWEST MADISON COUNTIES AND IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
INDIANA.

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

LAT...LON 4038 8586 4028 8586 4030 8594 4037 8594
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 271DEG 17KT 4033 8595 

$$

MRD/JK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 24, 8:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Madison, Tipton	32 min
Aug 24, 9:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	33 min
Aug 25, 4:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Tippecanoe, Warren	37 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.