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August 24 Indiana/Ohio Tornado Outbreak


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EVERE WEATHER STATEMENT   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA   635 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016     OHC161-242300-   /O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160824T2300Z/   VAN WERT OH-   635 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016     ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR VAN WERT   COUNTY...    

 

AT 634 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO   WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDDLEBURY...OR 3 MILES WEST OF VAN WERT...MOVING   NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.    

 

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!    

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8 minutes ago, janetjanet998 said:

another TOR warned storm headed for KOKOMO  10 miles west

 

Might miss the town just to the south. Talk about an anxiety inducing afternoon for Kokomo. 

edit: Er..maybe not. Looking like the southern part will get hit if it stays on track.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
654 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR NAPOLEON OHIO...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
  SOUTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 651 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO WAS
  OBSERVED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEFIANCE AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

  TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR NAPOLEON OHIO! THIS IS A PARTICULARLY
DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

  HAZARD...DEADLY TORNADO.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
           MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
           HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
           BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
           DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NAPOLEON AROUND 700 PM EDT.
  LIBERTY CENTER AROUND 705 PM EDT.
  MCCLURE AROUND 710 PM EDT.
  SWANTON AROUND 720 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
OKOLONA...GRELTON...GERALD...BRAILEY...RIDGEVILLE
CORNERS...TEXAS...COLTON AND FLORIDA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS.. MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

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LAT...LON 4130 8423 4143 8423 4143 8428 4144 8429
      4160 8388 4136 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 246DEG 36KT 4139 8418

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
HAIL...0.00IN
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Just now, HillsdaleMIWeather said:

Circulation seems to being headed right for Napoleon, meanwhile people are lynching the NWS IWX and IND and the SPC on Facebook/Twitter right now.

They're being ridiculous. Basically no one saw this coming and NWS IWX has been on point with their warnings regardless.

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