New Tornado Warning for Northern Shelby, Southern Hancock, and Rush County, Indiana

weather.gov ^ | August 24, 2016

[rdl6989]

TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR KOKOMO...

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY...

AT 324 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER KOKOMO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

HAZARD...DEADLY TORNADO.

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT 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... GREENTOWN AROUND 340 PM EDT.

[rey]

Actual video of Starbucks being blown over on the twitter link

https://twitter.com/search?q=indiana+tornado&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch

[tcrlaf]

WTHER:
IMPD confirming tornado ON THE GROUND at 21st and Ritter.
Damages reported.

[TomGuy]

27th & Ritter(?) confirmed tornado on ground.

Large and extremely dangerous. Warren Park area.

[rdl6989]

That’s not too far from the old Fort Ben Harrison area.

[Fester Chugabrew]

bfl

[rdl6989]

Reports of gas leaks in Kokomo.

https://twitter.com/KokomoScanner?s=09

[rey]

The live time lightning stike map is pretty wild right now:

https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#m=sat;r=0;t=3;s=0;o=0;b=;n=0;y=39.7866;x=-86.1193;z=10;d=2;dl=2;dc=0;

[TomGuy]

H-465 and I-70

Confirmed tornado.

Just about to cross over H-465.

[tcrlaf]

I can see the wall cloud to the north of me now.

[rdl6989]

And the traffic there is probably horrible right now.

[AFreeBird]

52nd and Allisonville here.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

OH MY!!!!!! PRAYERS UP!!!!!

[bigredkitty1]

Get to the safest place you can NOW!

[rdl6989]

Take cover!

[tcrlaf]

MECA Fire Dispatch is going crazy with continuous dispatches now.

[Rebelbase]

[tcrlaf]

Cell phone going off again just now, sirens just started again.

[rdl6989]

Some more cells are popping up now further south, from Cloverdale to Worthington.

[nascarnation]

Local tv said no serious injuries...amazing.
That building is flattened.

[rdl6989]

I’m south of Columbus, my cell phone storm app just went off for the second time.