Tornado Warning 16, NWS Northern Indiana

Issued

Aug 24, 2016, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)

Expired

Aug 24, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT

In force

36 min

Issued by

NWS Northern Indiana

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Observed

Damage threat

Considerable

Hail

0.0 in

Counties Allen County, IN, Defiance County, OH, Paulding County, OH

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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703 
WFUS53 KIWX 242139
TORIWX
INC003-OHC039-125-242215-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0016.160824T2139Z-160824T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
539 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
  NORTHWESTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
    
* AT 538 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODBURN...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HICKSVILLE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW! 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS 
           MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE 
           HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
           BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
           DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ANTWERP AROUND 550 PM EDT. 
  HICKSVILLE AROUND 555 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CECIL
AND MARK CENTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 4121 8445 4112 8486 4120 8491 4125 8481
      4131 8480 4135 8464 4133 8456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 235DEG 24KT 4119 8484 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

PBM

459 
WWUS53 KIWX 242151
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
551 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

INC003-242200-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160824T2215Z/
ALLEN IN-
551 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ALLEN 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...AND WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4121 8445 4113 8480 4123 8481 4131 8480
      4135 8464 4133 8456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 235DEG 24KT 4121 8480 

$$

OHC039-125-242215-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160824T2215Z/
DEFIANCE OH-PAULDING OH-
551 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN DEFIANCE AND NORTHWESTERN PAULDING COUNTIES...
    
AT 550 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ANTWERP...OR NEAR HICKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. HOUSES HAVE BEEN TORN APART 3 MILES
         SOUTHEAST OF CUBA INDIANA. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
         BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
         DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ANTWERP AROUND 555 PM EDT. 
  HICKSVILLE AROUND 600 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CECIL
AND MARK CENTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 4121 8445 4113 8480 4123 8481 4131 8480
      4135 8464 4133 8456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 235DEG 24KT 4121 8480 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

PBM

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