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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2016, 5:25 PM EDT for Adams County, Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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
- Aug 24, 2016, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Adams County, IN, Wells County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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, 5:51 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 N Berne, IN | TORNADO CONFIRMED ON THE GROUND. . |
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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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.
664
WFUS53 KIWX 242125
TORIWX
INC001-179-242200-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0015.160824T2125Z-160824T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
525 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 524 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
MONTPELIER...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF BLUFFTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED 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.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BERNE AND GENEVA AROUND 555 PM EDT.
MONROE AROUND 600 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DILLMAN...KEYSTONE...REIFFSBURG...NOTTINGHAM...VERA CRUZ...LINN
GROVE... PETROLEUM...PONETO...CEYLON AND DOMESTIC.
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 4057 8527 4067 8527 4076 8493 4057 8494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 256DEG 23KT 4060 8520
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
NG2 follow-up statements
313
WWUS53 KIWX 242134
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
534 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
INC001-179-242200-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160824T2200Z/
ADAMS IN-WELLS IN-
534 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS AND SOUTHEASTERN WELLS COUNTIES...
AT 534 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
GENEVA...OR 8 MILES WEST OF BERNE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BERNE AND GENEVA AROUND 555 PM EDT.
MONROE AROUND 600 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
REIFFSBURG...NOTTINGHAM...VERA CRUZ...LINN
GROVE...PETROLEUM...CEYLON AND DOMESTIC.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4057 8518 4069 8519 4076 8493 4057 8494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 256DEG 23KT 4062 8511
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
NG582
WWUS53 KIWX 242147
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
547 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
INC179-242156-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160824T2200Z/
WELLS IN-
547 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WELLS 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 900 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4072 8507 4076 8493 4062 8494 4062 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 248DEG 24KT 4065 8502
$$
INC001-242200-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160824T2200Z/
ADAMS IN-
547 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY...
AT 546 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BERNE...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BERNE AROUND 555 PM EDT.
MONROE AROUND 600 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LINN
GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4072 8507 4076 8493 4062 8494 4062 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 248DEG 24KT 4065 8502
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
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, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Wells | 30 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, 5:39 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.