Weather thu June 23 2016

In northeastern Indiana ...

at 112 am EDT... a confirmed tornado was located near Bluffton... moving southeast at 40 mph.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Wells County... including the following locations...
Reiffsburg... Rockford... Travisville and North Oaks.

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Tornado Warning
Issued: 1:13 AM EDT Jun. 23, 2016 – National Weather Service

... A Tornado Warning remains in effect until 130 am EDT for central
Wells County...

at 112 am EDT... a confirmed tornado was located near Bluffton...
moving southeast at 40 mph.

Hazard... damaging tornado.

Source... radar confirmed tornado.

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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Wells County... including the following locations...
Reiffsburg... Rockford... Travisville and North Oaks.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

To repeat... a tornado is on the ground. 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 4073 8533 4081 8533 4077 8507 4063 8515
time... Mot... loc 0512z 306deg 34kt 4072 8525

Tornado... observed
hail... <.75in

Jal

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md 1026 concerning tornado watch 286...287... for northeast and east-central il...northern/central and eastern indiana...western and central oh...and northeast ky

mesoscale discussion 1026
nws storm prediction center norman ok
1151 pm cdt wed jun 22 2016

areas affected...northeast and east-central il...northern/central
and eastern indiana...western and central oh...and northeast ky

concerning...tornado watch 286...287...

valid 230451z - 230615z

the severe weather threat for tornado watch 286...287...continues.

summary...a tornado threat continues across the remainder of the
valid portion of ww 286 in northeast to east-central il /south of
chicago/ and across ww 287. in addition...a dramatic increase in
forward speed /50-55 kt to the east-southeast/ of a bowing structure
in northwest indiana /white...northern tippecanoe and western
carroll counties as of 0415z/ will result in an increased
severe/damaging wind threat /gusts to 70 kt/ across ww 287. by
06z...these damaging winds are expected to reach the area from
indianapolis to muncie indiana...and then into southwest oh /from
butler county to around dayton between 07-08z. damaging winds will
also be possible across parts of northern indiana into northwest to
central oh.

discussion...the bowing storm structure in northwest indiana was
moving to the east-southeast at 50-55 kt. wsr-88d chicago radar
indicated an intense and deep rear-inflow jet with this bow /with
speeds of 80-100 kt from the lowest gate to 25 kft agl/. around
0428z...a measured wind gust of 87 mph was observed 5 se lafayette
indiana with this bow structure. expansive cloud-top cooling
continues across northeast and east-central il into northern/central
ind to northwest oh with this forward-propagating mcs. this mcs is
being maintained by a feed of very strong instability /mlcape
2000-3000 j per kg/ over the southern half of il/indiana as the
low-level jet has veered to west-southwesterly and strengthened to
40-45 kt. in addition... 700-mb winds have veered to
west-northwesterly /more parallel to strong 500-mb flow/ and
strengthened to 40-45 kt. given these factors...especially the
already formed intense rear-inflow jet...strong/damaging winds up to
around 70 kt will become likely across central indiana into
southwest oh from 05-08z.

..peters.. 06/23/2016

...please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

attn...wfo...rlx...cle...jkl...iln...lmk...iwx...ind...lot...
ilx...dvn...

lat...lon 41258905 41088791 41248704 41348603 41578548 41378473
40908366 40428312 40128219 39428233 38688277 38318326
38738531 39148606 39418661 39698751 40008843 40368851
40648917 40988926 41258905

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Allegedly, a personal weather station in Indiana recorded a wind gust of 118 mph with the above storm.

Radar shows the winds a few thousand feet up blowing at least 115 mph and heavy rainfall can bring a lot of that wind down to the surface.

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An 87 mph wind gust was measured with the above Indiana storm.

Local storm report:

06/23/2016 1228 am

5 miles se of Lafayette, Tippecanoe County.

Thunderstorm wind gust m87 mph, reported by public.

12:35 am snapshot for Thu, June 23, 2016.

Good amount of rain for us for the rest of the night. Severe weather still looks limited, but we are starting to see more warnings coming out. Most intense areas are still back in E IL and areas of IN to the NW of Indianapolis. Storms NW of Indy currently are warned for winds up to 100 mph at this time.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1226 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
UNTIL 100 AM EDT
AT 1226 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF
LAFAYETTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.

HAZARD...100 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES AND BUSINESSES. EXPECT EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND
POWER OUTAGES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...FLORA...ROSSVILLE...DAYTON...MULBERRY...
KIRKLIN...COLFAX...CLARKS HILL...BURLINGTON...
MICHIGANTOWN AND KEMPTON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 151 AND 174.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.