Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 2016, 8:23 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 37 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 15, 2016, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Miami County, IN, Wabash County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 459 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
560
WFUS53 KIWX 160023
TORIWX
INC053-069-103-169-160100-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0006.160816T0023Z-160816T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
823 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 822 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SWAYZEE...OR 8 MILES WEST OF
MARION...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...
MARION AROUND 830 PM EDT.
SWEETSER AROUND 835 PM EDT.
LA FONTAINE AROUND 850 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SOMERSET...SIMS...JALAPA...LANDESS...MIER...TREATY...HERBST...HANFIEL
D
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 4056 8586 4057 8587 4074 8581 4061 8555
4049 8580 4049 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 214DEG 21KT 4052 8582
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
NWS2 follow-up statements
900
WWUS53 KIWX 160041
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
841 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
INC103-160048-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160816T0100Z/
MIAMI IN-
841 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MIAMI COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4060 8582 4061 8585 4074 8581 4063 8559
4057 8574 4058 8578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 212DEG 22KT 4061 8575
$$
INC053-069-169-160100-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160816T0100Z/
HUNTINGTON IN-WABASH IN-GRANT IN-
841 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HUNTINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN WABASH AND NORTHWESTERN GRANT
COUNTIES...
AT 838 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SWEETSER...OR NEAR MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES. AT 837PM A SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NORTHWEST OF SWEETSER.
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...
LA FONTAINE AROUND 850 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
JALAPA...SOMERSET AND TREATY.
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 4060 8582 4061 8585 4074 8581 4063 8559
4057 8574 4058 8578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 212DEG 22KT 4061 8575
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
NWS085
WWUS53 KIWX 160052
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
852 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
INC053-069-169-160102-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160816T0100Z/
HUNTINGTON IN-WABASH IN-GRANT IN-
852 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HUNTINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN
WABASH AND NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4060 8582 4061 8585 4074 8581 4063 8559
4057 8574 4058 8578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 214DEG 21KT 4061 8575
$$
NWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 9:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wabash, Whitley | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 9:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 11:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 15 hr |
| Aug 15, 11:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 12:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 9 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:00 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 36 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:00 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 63 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 17 days |
| Aug 16, 4:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke | 12 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 24 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.