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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 24, 2016Madison County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2016, 8:43 PM EDT for Madison County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 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 00:43 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

288 
WFUS53 KIND 250043
TORIND
INC095-159-250115-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0045.160825T0043Z-160825T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
    
* AT 843 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WINDFALL CITY...OR 15 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...
  ELWOOD AROUND 855 PM EDT. 
  RIGDON AROUND 900 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 4026 8575 4030 8593 4037 8593 4038 8576
      4038 8575
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 274DEG 19KT 4033 8592 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

MRD/JK

6 follow-up statements

863 
WWUS53 KIND 250047
SVSIND

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

INC095-159-250115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160825T0115Z/
TIPTON IN-MADISON IN-
847 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL TIPTON AND NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES...
        
AT 847 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WINDFALL CITY...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
FAIRMOUNT... 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...
  ELWOOD AROUND 855 PM EDT. 
  RIGDON AROUND 900 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 4026 8575 4030 8593 4037 8593 4038 8576
      4038 8575
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 271DEG 21KT 4033 8589 

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

$$

MRD/JK

822 
WWUS53 KIND 250053
SVSIND

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

INC095-159-250115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160825T0115Z/
TIPTON IN-MADISON IN-
853 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL TIPTON AND NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES...
    
AT 852 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ELWOOD...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRMOUNT...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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL TIPTON AND NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES.

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 4026 8575 4030 8593 4036 8593 4038 8575
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 269DEG 18KT 4033 8585 

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

$$

MRD/JK

253 
WWUS53 KIND 250057
SVSIND

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

INC095-159-250115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160825T0115Z/
TIPTON IN-MADISON IN-
857 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL TIPTON AND NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES...
    
AT 856 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ELWOOD...OR 10 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELWOOD.

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 4026 8575 4030 8593 4034 8593 4038 8575
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 264DEG 20KT 4034 8582 

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

$$

MRD/JK

931 
WWUS53 KIND 250102
SVSIND

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

INC095-159-250115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160825T0115Z/
TIPTON IN-MADISON IN-
902 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL TIPTON AND NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES...
    
AT 902 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ELWOOD...OR 15 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELWOOD.

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 4026 8575 4030 8593 4034 8593 4038 8575
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 273DEG 23KT 4030 8590 

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

$$

MRD/JK

927 
WWUS53 KIND 250109
SVSIND

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

INC159-250119-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160825T0115Z/
TIPTON IN-
909 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TIPTON 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 1100 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4026 8575 4028 8586 4034 8586 4034 8575
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 272DEG 24KT 4030 8583 

$$

INC095-250115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160825T0115Z/
MADISON IN-
909 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY...
    
AT 909 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ELWOOD...OR 12 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELWOOD.

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 4026 8575 4028 8586 4034 8586 4034 8575
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 272DEG 24KT 4030 8583 

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

$$

MRD/JK

459 
WWUS53 KIND 250114
SVSIND

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

INC095-250123-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160825T0115Z/
MADISON IN-
914 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
915 PM EDT...
    
THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT HAS BEEN REISSUED
FOR NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT.
PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 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 4026 8575 4028 8586 4034 8586 4034 8575
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 274DEG 19KT 4030 8583 

$$

MRD/JK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 24, 8:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Madison, Tipton	36 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.