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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 1, 2016Fountain County, Montgomery County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2016, 8:05 PM EDT for Fountain County, Montgomery County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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: May 1, 2016, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 1, 8:38 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	Linden, IN	AT INTERSECTION HIGHWAY 231 AND HIGHWAY 28. MOVING EASTBOUND ON 28....HAIL APPEARS TO BE GETTING LARGER. STARTED ABOUT 5 MINUTES AGO AND IS ON GOING. STANDING WATER ON THE ROADS. DEEP ENOUGH TO CAUSE HYDROPLANING.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 1, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

671 
WFUS53 KIND 020005
TORIND
INC045-107-157-020030-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0006.160502T0005Z-160502T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
805 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
    
* AT 805 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER VEEDERSBURG...OR 19 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HILLSBORO AROUND 810 PM EDT. 
  NEWTOWN AND MELLOTT AROUND 815 PM EDT. 
  WAYNETOWN AND WINGATE AROUND 820 PM EDT. 
  LINDEN AND NEW RICHMOND AROUND 830 PM EDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 31.
 
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 4008 8734 4021 8736 4038 8689 4009 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 250DEG 27KT 4015 8724 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

NIELD

2 follow-up statements

115 
WWUS53 KIND 020014
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
814 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

INC045-107-157-020030-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160502T0030Z/
TIPPECANOE IN-MONTGOMERY IN-FOUNTAIN IN-
814 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TIPPECANOE...NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND EAST CENTRAL
FOUNTAIN COUNTIES...
    
AT 814 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR VEEDERSBURG...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WAYNETOWN AND WINGATE AROUND 825 PM EDT. 
  LINDEN AND NEW RICHMOND AROUND 830 PM EDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 32.
 
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 4008 8725 4023 8726 4038 8689 4009 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 264DEG 23KT 4015 8717 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

NIELD

424 
WWUS53 KIND 020020
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
820 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

INC045-107-157-020030-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160502T0030Z/
TIPPECANOE IN-MONTGOMERY IN-FOUNTAIN IN-
820 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TIPPECANOE...NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND EAST CENTRAL
FOUNTAIN COUNTIES...
    
AT 820 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF VEEDERSBURG...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LINDEN AND NEW RICHMOND AROUND 830 PM EDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 19 AND 32.
 
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 4008 8720 4024 8717 4034 8688 4009 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 266DEG 28KT 4015 8709 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

NIELD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Putnam	42 min
May 1, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	48 min
May 1, 8:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Montgomery, Tippecanoe	44 min
May 1, 8:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam	27 min
May 1, 8:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Boone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	40 min
May 1, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	64 min
May 1, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Putnam	25 min
May 1, 9:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	46 min
May 1, 9:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton	48 min
May 1, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan	50 min
May 1, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Marion, Shelby	42 min
May 1, 9:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	46 min
May 1, 10:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	42 min
May 1, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	35 min
May 1, 10:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison	17 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.