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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Northern Indiana

August 24, 2016Wabash County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2016, 6:31 PM EDT for Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2016, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Wabash County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 24, 3:10 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 232 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

787 
WFUS53 KIWX 242231
TORIWX
INC169-242300-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0024.160824T2231Z-160824T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
    
* AT 630 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WABASH...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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WABASH AROUND 640 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SERVIA...RICHVALLEY...LINCOLNVILLE...SPEICHERVILLE...URBANA AND
LAGRO.

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 4088 8594 4092 8564 4074 8564 4073 8594
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 263DEG 22KT 4080 8593 

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

$$

NWS
1 follow-up statement
086 
WWUS53 KIWX 242244
SVSIWX

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

INC169-242300-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160824T2300Z/
WABASH IN-
644 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL WABASH COUNTY...
    
AT 644 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER WABASH...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
EAST CENTRAL WABASH COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
SERVIA...LINCOLNVILLE...SPEICHERVILLE AND LAGRO.

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 4088 8586 4092 8564 4075 8564 4077 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 263DEG 22KT 4081 8582 

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

$$

NWS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMiami36 min
Aug 24, 3:34 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatIWXGrant, Miami26 min
Aug 24, 3:59 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXGrant31 min
Aug 24, 4:30 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXBlackford, Grant, Wells30 min
Aug 24, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPulaski34 min
Aug 24, 4:59 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXBlackford, Wells31 min
Aug 24, 5:14 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXAllen31 min
Aug 24, 5:25 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedIWXAdams, Wells35 min
Aug 24, 5:39 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatIWXAllen36 min
Aug 24, 5:46 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXCass29 min
Aug 24, 5:54 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedIWXAdams36 min
Aug 24, 6:07 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXMiami, Wabash23 min
Aug 24, 6:11 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXMiami34 min
Aug 24, 6:32 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXKosciusko, Wabash, Whitley28 min
Aug 24, 6:41 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXGrant, Miami34 min
Aug 24, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Huntington, Whitley37 min
Aug 24, 7:05 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXHuntington25 min
Aug 24, 7:25 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXAllen, Wells35 min
Aug 24, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen28 min
Aug 24, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXGrant25 min
Aug 24, 7:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAllen, Whitley3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.