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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 9, 2016Fountain County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2016, 9:16 PM EDT for Fountain 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, 9:16 PM EDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2016, 9:41 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Fountain County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.

058 
WFUS53 KIND 100116
TORIND
INC045-100200-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0052.160910T0116Z-160910T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

* AT 915 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VEEDERSBURG...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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
  CENTRAL FOUNTAIN COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 22.
 
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 4021 8736 4025 8731 4026 8729 4027 8728
      4034 8717 4034 8713 4035 8711 4037 8709
      4012 8709 4007 8734 4019 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 242DEG 42KT 4019 8721 

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

$$

TDUD

2 follow-up statements

539 
WWUS53 KIND 100128 RRA
SVSIND

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

INC045-100200-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160910T0200Z/
FOUNTAIN IN-
928 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY...
    
AT 928 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF VEEDERSBURG...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...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...
VEEDERSBURG...ATTICA...HILLSBORO...NEWTOWN AND MELLOTT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 22.
 
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 4027 8727 4029 8725 4034 8717 4034 8713
      4035 8711 4037 8709 4012 8709 4009 8725
      4023 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 253DEG 23KT 4018 8715 

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

$$

TDUD

922 
WWUS53 KIND 100141
SVSIND

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

INC045-100151-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160910T0200Z/
FOUNTAIN IN-
941 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN 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 200 AM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4027 8727 4029 8725 4034 8717 4034 8713
      4035 8711 4037 8709 4012 8709 4009 8725
      4023 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 242DEG 42KT 4025 8697 

$$

TDUD

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, 8:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Vigo	45 min
Sep 9, 9:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	40 min
Sep 9, 9:34 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.