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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2016, 7:57 PM EDT for White 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
- Sep 9, 2016, 7:57 PM EDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2016, 8:32 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County White County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 8:18 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Se Lee, IN | . |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
640
WFUS53 KIWX 092357
TORIWX
INC181-100045-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0036.160909T2357Z-160910T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
757 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 756 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WOLCOTT...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF
MCCOYSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
MONON AROUND 825 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HEADLEE AND BUFFALO.
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 4084 8708 4084 8699 4088 8699 4091 8692
4091 8658 4073 8705 4080 8710 4083 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 240DEG 21KT 4079 8706
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
JBALL2 follow-up statements
591
WWUS53 KIWX 100012
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
812 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016
INC181-100045-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160910T0045Z/
WHITE IN-
812 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY...
AT 812 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MONON...OR NEAR MCCOYSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MONON AROUND 820 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HEADLEE AND BUFFALO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4080 8694 4084 8699 4088 8699 4091 8692
4091 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 240DEG 21KT 4084 8695
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JBALL866
WWUS53 KIWX 100032
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
832 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016
INC181-100042-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160910T0045Z/
WHITE IN-
832 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHWESTERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4080 8694 4084 8699 4088 8699 4091 8692
4091 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 240DEG 21KT 4090 8681
$$
JBALLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 3:12 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, LaGrange, Marshall and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:52 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 43 hr | |
| Sep 9, 3:55 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 43 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.