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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 20, 2016, 5:05 PM EDT for Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 12 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 20, 2016, 5:05 PM EDT (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2016, 5:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Wells County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
188
WFUS53 KIWX 202105
TORIWX
INC179-202130-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0008.160820T2105Z-160820T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
505 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 505 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MARKLE...OR NEAR OSSIAN...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...
OSSIAN AROUND 520 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
KINGSLAND AND UNIONDALE.
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 4079 8527 4083 8530 4090 8517 4084 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 239DEG 23KT 4083 8526
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
MCS1 follow-up statement
588
WWUS53 KIWX 202117
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
517 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2016
INC179-202127-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160820T2130Z/
WELLS IN-
517 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WELLS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4079 8527 4083 8530 4090 8517 4084 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 239DEG 23KT 4087 8517
$$
MCSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 4:18 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 45 hr | |
| Aug 20, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami | 24 min |
| Aug 20, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 26 min |
| Aug 20, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange | 26 min |
| Aug 20, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Wells | 42 min |
| Aug 20, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Jay | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 5:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 16 min |
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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.