Tornado Warning 17, NWS Northern Indiana

Issued

Aug 24, 2016, 5:46 PM EDT (21:46 UTC)

Expired

Aug 24, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS Northern Indiana

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

0.75 in

County Cass County, IN

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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654 
WFUS53 KIWX 242146
TORIWX
INC017-242215-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0017.160824T2146Z-160824T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
    
* AT 546 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALTON...OR 14 MILES
  SOUTH OF LOGANSPORT...MOVING EAST AT 30 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WALTON AROUND 605 PM EDT. 
  GRISSOM AFB AROUND 615 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DEACON...GALVESTON AND LINCOLN.

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 4056 8637 4063 8637 4067 8617 4056 8616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 254DEG 26KT 4055 8639 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

NWS

982 
WWUS53 KIWX 242200
SVSIWX

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

INC017-242215-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160824T2215Z/
CASS IN-
600 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY...
    
AT 559 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GALVESTON...OR
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRISSOM AFB...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GALVESTON
AND LINCOLN.

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 4056 8637 4060 8637 4065 8617 4056 8616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 256DEG 26KT 4057 8627 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

NWS

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.