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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 9, 2016Clinton County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2016, 10:12 PM EDT for Clinton County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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, 10:12 PM EDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2016, 10:39 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Clinton County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.

659 
WFUS53 KIND 100212
TORIND
INC023-157-100300-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0054.160910T0212Z-160910T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1012 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.

* AT 1012 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF FRANKFORT...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...
  MULBERRY AROUND 1030 PM EDT. 
  FRANKFORT AROUND 1040 PM EDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 152 AND 164.
 
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 4022 8645 4018 8667 4018 8669 4021 8670
      4021 8673 4031 8678 4042 8657
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 242DEG 15KT 4025 8671 

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

$$

TDUD

2 follow-up statements

067 
WWUS53 KIND 100228
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1028 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

INC157-100236-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-160910T0300Z/
TIPPECANOE IN-
1028 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE 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
AND CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4042 8657 4022 8645 4020 8661 4021 8665
      4023 8666 4024 8669 4033 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 245DEG 18KT 4028 8661 

$$

INC023-100300-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-160910T0300Z/
CLINTON IN-
1028 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
CLINTON COUNTY...
    
AT 1026 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKFORT...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...
  FRANKFORT AROUND 1035 PM EDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 153 AND 160.
 
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 4042 8657 4022 8645 4020 8661 4021 8665
      4023 8666 4024 8669 4033 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 245DEG 18KT 4028 8661 

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

$$

TDUD

224 
WWUS53 KIND 100239
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1039 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

INC023-100249-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-160910T0300Z/
CLINTON IN-
1039 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
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 CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 4042 8657 4022 8645 4020 8661 4021 8665
      4023 8666 4024 8669 4033 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 242DEG 15KT 4031 8655 

$$

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, 9:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Montgomery, Tippecanoe	39 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.