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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 9, 2016Montgomery County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2016, 9:34 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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, 9:34 PM EDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2016, 10:13 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Montgomery County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.

788 
WFUS53 KIND 100134
TORIND
INC107-157-100230-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0053.160910T0134Z-160910T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.

* AT 934 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF VEEDERSBURG...OR 13 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
  WINGATE AROUND 940 PM EDT. 
  NEW RICHMOND AROUND 1005 PM EDT. 
  LINDEN AROUND 1015 PM EDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 24 AND 25.
 
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 4025 8676 4013 8679 4010 8709 4027 8709
      4029 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 254DEG 13KT 4017 8710 

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

$$

TDUD

3 follow-up statements

767 
WWUS53 KIND 100149
SVSIND

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

INC107-157-100230-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160910T0230Z/
MONTGOMERY IN-TIPPECANOE IN-
949 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHWESTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTIES...
    
AT 949 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...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...
  LINDEN AROUND 1005 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 4025 8676 4013 8679 4011 8704 4027 8706
      4029 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 256DEG 16KT 4019 8701 

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

$$

TDUD

655 
WWUS53 KIND 100203
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1003 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

INC107-157-100230-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160910T0230Z/
MONTGOMERY IN-TIPPECANOE IN-
1003 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TIPPECANOE COUNTIES...
    
AT 1003 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH 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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TIPPECANOE 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4025 8676 4013 8679 4012 8696 4027 8700
      4029 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 250DEG 20KT 4022 8690 

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

$$

TDUD

964 
WWUS53 KIND 100213
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1013 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

INC107-157-100223-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160910T0230Z/
MONTGOMERY IN-TIPPECANOE IN-
1013 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND SOUTH CENTRAL
TIPPECANOE COUNTIES 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 4025 8676 4013 8679 4012 8696 4027 8700
      4029 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 254DEG 13KT 4023 8685 

$$

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, 9:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain	25 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.