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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Indianapolis, IN

October 19, 2016Lawrence County, Indiana

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.

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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 19, 5:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 E Bedford, INONE 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -75 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

PUMA
2 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

$$

PUMA
410 
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 

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Knox, Sullivan41 min
Oct 19, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Martin39 min
Oct 19, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence, Martin48 min
Oct 19, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings26 min
Oct 19, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson50 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.