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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2016, 6:41 PM EDT for Grant County, Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 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, 6:41 PM EDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Grant County, IN, Miami County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.
788
WFUS53 KIWX 242241
TORIWX
INC053-103-242315-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0026.160824T2241Z-160824T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
641 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 640 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SWAYZEE...OR 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF KOKOMO...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...
SWAYZEE AROUND 655 PM EDT.
SWEETSER AROUND 705 PM EDT.
MARION AROUND 710 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ROSEBURG...AMBOY...SIMS...HOME CORNER...JALAPA...CONVERSE...MIER AND
HERBST.
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 4057 8587 4057 8603 4063 8601 4065 8571
4065 8564 4052 8564 4049 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 265DEG 23KT 4057 8595
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
NWS2 follow-up statements
983
WWUS53 KIWX 242259
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
659 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
INC103-242308-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160824T2315Z/
MIAMI IN-
659 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MIAMI COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4053 8587 4057 8587 4058 8586 4064 8585
4065 8571 4065 8564 4052 8564 4049 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 265DEG 23KT 4058 8579
$$
INC053-242315-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160824T2315Z/
GRANT IN-
659 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY...
AT 658 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER SWEETSER...OR NEAR MARION...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...
MARION AROUND 710 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ROSEBURG...SIMS...HOME CORNER...JALAPA...MIER...HERBST AND CONVERSE.
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 4053 8587 4057 8587 4058 8586 4064 8585
4065 8571 4065 8564 4052 8564 4049 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 265DEG 23KT 4058 8579
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
NWS907
WWUS53 KIWX 242312
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
712 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
INC053-242322-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160824T2315Z/
GRANT IN-
712 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
715 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4053 8587 4057 8587 4058 8586 4064 8585
4065 8571 4065 8564 4052 8564 4049 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 265DEG 23KT 4058 8579
$$
NWSThe 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, 5:25 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, 6:53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.