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2016 [KIWX] NORTHERN_INDIANA Tornado (TO) Warning (W) Number 23

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Storm Based Warning History

705 
WFUS53 KIWX 242229
TORIWX
OHC039-069-242315-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0023.160824T2229Z-160824T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
  NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 628 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR DEFIANCE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW! 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING 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 705 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
OKOLONA...MALINTA...BRUNERSBURG...GERALD...RIDGEVILLE
CORNERS...JEWELL... FLORIDA AND ELERY.

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 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 4127 8440 4137 8445 4143 8438 4143 8434
      4146 8434 4149 8431 4149 8413 4142 8406
      4129 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 248DEG 23KT 4133 8438 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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705 
WFUS53 KIWX 242229
TORIWX
OHC039-069-242315-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0023.160824T2229Z-160824T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
  NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 628 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR DEFIANCE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW! 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING 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 705 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
OKOLONA...MALINTA...BRUNERSBURG...GERALD...RIDGEVILLE
CORNERS...JEWELL... FLORIDA AND ELERY.

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 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 4127 8440 4137 8445 4143 8438 4143 8434
      4146 8434 4149 8431 4149 8413 4142 8406
      4129 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 248DEG 23KT 4133 8438 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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