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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 9, 2016Vigo County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2016, 8:45 PM EDT for Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2016, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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
Sep 9, 7:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.

142 
WFUS53 KIND 100045
TORIND
INC167-100130-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0050.160910T0045Z-160910T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.

* AT 845 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER DENNISON...OR 7 MILES WEST OF TERRE
  HAUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
  WEST TERRE HAUTE AROUND 855 PM EDT. 
  INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AROUND 900 PM EDT. 
  TERRE HAUTE AND NORTH TERRE HAUTE AROUND 905 PM EDT. 
  SEELYVILLE AROUND 915 PM EDT. 
  FONTANET AROUND 925 PM EDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.
 
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 3961 8736 3961 8724 3944 8724 3939 8753
      3951 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 242DEG 24KT 3945 8753 

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

$$

PUMA

2 follow-up statements

120 
WWUS53 KIND 100059
SVSIND

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

INC167-100130-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-160910T0130Z/
VIGO IN-
859 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN VIGO COUNTY...
    
AT 859 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER TERRE HAUTE...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...
  SEELYVILLE AROUND 910 PM EDT. 
  FONTANET AROUND 915 PM EDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 5.
 
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 3961 8736 3961 8724 3948 8724 3943 8746
      3950 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 247DEG 28KT 3949 8739 

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

$$

PUMA

024 
WWUS53 KIND 100120
SVSIND

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

INC167-100130-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-160910T0130Z/
VIGO IN-
920 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN VIGO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
930 PM EDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 3961 8736 3961 8724 3948 8724 3943 8746
      3950 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 242DEG 24KT 3949 8739 

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 9, 8:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Warren	25 min
Sep 9, 8:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Fountain, Vermillion, Warren	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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.