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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT for Blackford County, Grant County, Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports 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
- Aug 24, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Blackford County, IN, Grant County, IN, Wells County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 4:45 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 N Arcana, IN | SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS ON GROUND AT INTERSECTION OF SR 18 AND SR 5. |
| Aug 24, 5:03 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 N Roll, IN | CONFIRMED TORNADO ON GROUND NORTH OF SR 18. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
642
WFUS53 KIWX 242030
TORIWX
INC009-053-179-242100-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0012.160824T2030Z-160824T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
430 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN BLACKFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 429 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MARION...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO.
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...
VAN BUREN AROUND 445 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ROLL... ARCANA...HOME CORNER...MOUNT ZION...MCNATTS...LANDESS...LAKE
WOOD AND HANFIELD.
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 4049 8569 4062 8571 4065 8544 4066 8534
4067 8533 4067 8532 4048 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 260DEG 20KT 4056 8561
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
NG2 follow-up statements
746
WWUS53 KIWX 242042
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
442 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
INC009-053-179-242100-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160824T2100Z/
WELLS IN-BLACKFORD IN-GRANT IN-
442 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN WELLS...NORTHWESTERN BLACKFORD AND NORTHEASTERN GRANT
COUNTIES...
AT 441 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR VAN BUREN...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF UPLAND...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN WELLS...NORTHWESTERN BLACKFORD AND NORTHEASTERN GRANT
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: ROLL...ARCANA...MOUNT
ZION...MCNATTS...LANDESS...LAKE WOOD AND HANFIELD.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 261 AND
270.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4051 8562 4061 8563 4065 8544 4066 8534
4067 8533 4067 8532 4048 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 260DEG 23KT 4057 8550
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
NG031
WWUS53 KIWX 242046
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
446 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
INC009-053-179-242100-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160824T2100Z/
WELLS IN-BLACKFORD IN-GRANT IN-
446 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN WELLS...NORTHWESTERN BLACKFORD AND NORTHEASTERN GRANT
COUNTIES...
AT 445 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VAN BUREN...OR 7
MILES NORTH OF UPLAND...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 445 PM EDT...LAW
ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR STATE ROADS 18 AND 5.
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
SOUTHWESTERN WELLS...NORTHWESTERN BLACKFORD AND NORTHEASTERN GRANT
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
MCNATTS...LANDESS...ROLL... LAKE WOOD...ARCANA AND MOUNT ZION.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 261 AND
270.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4051 8557 4062 8558 4065 8544 4066 8534
4067 8533 4067 8532 4048 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 258DEG 20KT 4057 8549
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
NGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 3:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Grant, Miami | 26 min |
| Aug 24, 3:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Grant | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Blackford, Wells | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 5:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 5:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 5:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Adams | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 6:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Miami, Wabash | 23 min |
| Aug 24, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Miami | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Wabash | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Wabash, Whitley | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Grant, Miami | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Whitley | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 7:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Wells | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Grant | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 7:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, Whitley | 3 hr |
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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.