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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 9, 2016Warren County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2016, 8:05 PM EDT for Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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: Sep 9, 2016, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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
Sep 9, 7:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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: 237 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

388 
WFUS53 KIND 100005
TORIND
INC171-100030-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0048.160910T0005Z-160910T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
805 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.

* AT 805 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF WILLIAMSPORT...OR 12 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF DANVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
  WEST LEBANON AROUND 810 PM EDT. 
  WILLIAMSPORT AROUND 820 PM EDT. 
  PINE VILLAGE AND RAINSVILLE 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4033 8752 4048 8726 4048 8725 4034 8716
      4022 8753 4027 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 234DEG 29KT 4028 8747 

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

$$

PUMA

2 follow-up statements

408 
WWUS53 KIND 100016
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
816 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

INC171-100030-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160910T0030Z/
WARREN IN-
816 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
WARREN COUNTY...
    
AT 815 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WILLIAMSPORT...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF TALBOT...MOVING
NORTHEAST 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...
  WILLIAMSPORT AND RAINSVILLE 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4036 8744 4048 8726 4048 8725 4034 8716
      4025 8744 4029 8746
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 234DEG 17KT 4029 8741 

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

$$

PUMA

659 
WWUS53 KIND 100029
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
829 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

INC171-100038-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160910T0030Z/
WARREN IN-
829 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 830
PM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4036 8744 4048 8726 4048 8725 4034 8716
      4025 8744 4029 8746
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 234DEG 29KT 4029 8741 

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 9, 8:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Fountain, Vermillion, Warren	45 min
Sep 9, 8:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Vigo	45 min
Sep 9, 9:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	40 min
Sep 9, 9:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain	25 min
Sep 9, 9:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Montgomery, Tippecanoe	39 min
Sep 9, 10:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clinton, Tippecanoe	27 min
Sep 9, 11:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Marion	3 hr
Sep 10, 8:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Marion, Putnam	3 hr
Sep 10, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Decatur	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.