Posted on 08/24/2016 12:27:51 PM PDT by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at forecast.weather.gov ...
Near West Lafayette
TORNADO WARNING FROM 4:44PM EDT WED UNTIL 5:15PM EDT WED
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 444 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST LAFAYETTE... OR NEAR OTTERBEIN... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD... TORNADO.
SOURCE... RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BATTLE GROUND AROUND 500 PM EDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 177 AND 184.
I can’t help but think that the contractor cut some major corners in building that Starbucks. The cell tower immediately behind it appears undamaged, as do surrounding retail stores. Cars in the lot appear undisturbed.
Tornado on ground: Grant County
Greenfield area under a Tornado Warning now.
Sirens going again here.
Another tornado warning near Spencer in Owen County. This includes the Worthington area.
Possible funnel cloud west of New Pal, Another tornado warning East of Indianapolis heading towards Morristown
Tornado warning extended.
New possible tornado near Brownsburg, heading east.
Another cell phone warning going off
State of Emergency in Howard County.
Tone alerts going off all over the place now.
Local Sirens going off again.
Talk oof damage in new Pal on the Ham Scanners.
Radar showing a debris ball and rotation in NW Indianapolis.
Funnel reported Indy Southside at Edgewood and Arlington
There is a strip mall to the south and an enclosed mall to the west, they appear to be undamaged but across the street to the east it hit the housing addition.
I guess I need to remind myself how seemingly arbitrary and spotty tornado damage can sometimes be.
New Tornado Warning for Northern Shelby, Southern Hancock, and Rush County.
Storm is nearing Morristown
I’m back. There are more storms headed towards Kokomo and rotation seen on radar near the State Fairgrounds in Indy.
Ham Net just reported a rotating wall cloud west of Kokomo in Howard county.
New Tornado ON THE GROUND
Northwestern Howard County.
Confirmed by law Enforcement, with debris in the air.
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