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. hr. 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 hr. 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 read more hr. 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. hr. An 87 mph wind gust was measured with the above Indiana storm. Local storm report: q. 06/23/2016 1228 am 5 miles se of Lafayette, Tippecanoe County. Thunderstorm wind gust m87 mph, reported by public. q.. 12:35 am snapshot for Thu, June 23, 2016. !https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7302/27748941442_b85db78443_b.jpg! 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.