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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 24, 2016Delaware County, Madison County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2016, 9:12 PM EDT for Delaware County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2016, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Delaware County, IN, Madison County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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.

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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.

304 
WFUS53 KIND 250112
TORIND
INC035-095-250145-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0046.160825T0112Z-160825T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
    
* AT 912 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER ELWOOD...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  FAIRMOUNT...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...
  ORESTES AROUND 920 PM EDT. 
  ALEXANDRIA AND SUMMITVILLE AROUND 930 PM EDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 241 AND 250.
 
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 4027 8584 4033 8584 4037 8554 4021 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 269DEG 25KT 4030 8581 

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

$$

MRD/JK

2 follow-up statements

296 
WWUS53 KIND 250120
SVSIND

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

INC035-095-250145-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160825T0145Z/
MADISON IN-DELAWARE IN-
920 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MADISON AND NORTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES...
    
AT 920 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ALEXANDRIA...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRMOUNT...
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...
  ALEXANDRIA AROUND 925 PM EDT. 
  SUMMITVILLE AROUND 930 PM EDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 242 AND 250.
 
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 4027 8575 4033 8575 4036 8554 4029 8554
      4022 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 268DEG 26KT 4030 8573 

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

$$

MRD/JK

446 
WWUS53 KIND 250145
SVSIND

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

INC035-095-250155-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160825T0145Z/
MADISON IN-DELAWARE IN-
945 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MADISON AND NORTHWESTERN
DELAWARE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL AND
EAST 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 4027 8575 4033 8575 4036 8554 4029 8554
      4022 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 269DEG 25KT 4030 8573 

$$

RYAN

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, 8:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Madison, Tipton	32 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.