Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 55, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Oct 19, 2016, 5:32 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 19, 2016, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Lawrence County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 5:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 E Bedford, IN | ONE BARN DAMAGED. TREES POWER LINES DOWN. 1000 WITHOUT POWER. TIME ESTIMATED. DISTANCE ESTIMATED. REPORT VIA TWITTER AND WTHR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 235 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
549
WFUS53 KIND 192132
TORIND
INC093-192200-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0055.161019T2132Z-161019T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
532 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.
* AT 532 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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
EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY.
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 3882 8655 3889 8655 3894 8628 3878 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 267DEG 33KT 3886 8653
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
PUMA2 follow-up statements
664
WWUS53 KIND 192149
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
549 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2016
INC093-192200-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-161019T2200Z/
LAWRENCE IN-
549 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY...
AT 549 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3884 8635 3890 8635 3892 8628 3883 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 265DEG 35KT 3887 8631
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
PUMA410
WWUS53 KIND 192157
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
557 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2016
INC093-192207-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-161019T2200Z/
LAWRENCE IN-
557 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 600 PM EDT...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3884 8635 3890 8635 3892 8628 3883 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 267DEG 33KT 3887 8622
$$
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 41 min |
| Oct 19, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Martin | 39 min |
| Oct 19, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 48 min |
| Oct 19, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 26 min |
| Oct 19, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.