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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Northern Indiana

September 9, 2016White County, 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 9, 8:18 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 9, 7:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

JBALL
2 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

$$

JBALL
866 
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 

$$

JBALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 3:12 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryIWXAllen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, LaGrange, Marshall and 5 more7 hr
Sep 9, 3:52 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementIWX43 hr
Sep 9, 3:55 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX43 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.