Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 2016, 9:06 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 24 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, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2016, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
Counties Allen County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Whitley County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 224 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.
510
WFUS53 KIWX 160106
TORIWX
INC003-069-169-183-160130-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0007.160816T0106Z-160816T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
906 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTH CENTRAL WHITLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 905 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER ANDREWS...OR NEAR HUNTINGTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. SPOTTERS WERE REPORTING FUNNEL
CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM.
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...
HUNTINGTON AROUND 915 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BIPPUS...WASHINGTON CENTER...GOBLESVILLE...LUTHER...TUNKER AND
ROANOKE.
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 4087 8565 4110 8557 4098 8533 4084 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 213DEG 20KT 4088 8560
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75
$$
NWS1 follow-up statement
983
WWUS53 KIWX 160131
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
931 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
INC003-069-169-183-160140-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160816T0130Z/
HUNTINGTON IN-ALLEN IN-WABASH IN-WHITLEY IN-
931 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN HUNTINGTON...SOUTHWESTERN
ALLEN...NORTHEASTERN WABASH AND SOUTH CENTRAL WHITLEY COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4087 8565 4110 8557 4098 8533 4084 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 213DEG 20KT 4088 8560
$$
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, 8:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash | 37 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.