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Indiana battered by tornadoes, damaging winds Sunday

Significant severe weather sweeps state

INDIANAPOLIS - 3:48 p.m.: Tornado warning for Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton until 4:15 p.m.

3:34 p.m.: Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash counties until 4:15 p.m.

3:27 p.m.: Confirmed tornado 7 miles southwest of Kokomo. Tornado warning for Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam counties until 4 p.m.

3:08 p.m.: Confirmed tornado reported between Vincennes and Decker, Ind.

2:30 p.m.: A confirmed tornado located near Covington, Ind., moving NE at 75mph.

*All times EST

A tornado watch is now in effect for most of Indiana until 8 p.m.

A very serious severe weather situation is setting up across Indiana on Sunday, with the possibility of multiple strong tornadoes and widespread damaging winds.

The first severe weather watch of the morning was issued about 9:30 a.m. It includes parts of northwestern Indiana in the Chicago area. Another tornado watch was issued before 11:30 a.m. for most of the rest of the state.

Supercell thunderstorms are forming in central and eastern Illinois. They will move into Indiana shortly thereafter.

The severe weather threat will persist from around noon toward the evening, when a cold front will move through, ending the threat from west to east.

"We've got two potential waves of severe weather. The first would be individual storms, potentially supercells with the greatest risk of producing damaging wind and tornadoes," StormTeam 6 Chief Meteorologist Kevin Gregory said. "Tornadoes and damaging wind are also possible along a squall line expected later in the day."

There is the potential for multiple strong tornadoes and wind damage that could affect a large part of the state.

Outside of the high risk zone, the entire state is in a moderate risk area for severe weather.

The National Weather Service issued a strongly worded outlook Sunday morning that said conditions "will be favorable for strong tornadoes with several long-track damaging tornadoes expected to occur from eastern Illinois … across much of western and central Indiana."

Tornado Watch
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 562
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1120 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

TORNADO WATCH 562 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

MIC005-015-017-021-023-025-027-035-037-045-049-057-059-063-065-
067-073-075-077-081-085-087-091-093-099-105-107-111-115-117-121-
123-125-127-133-139-145-147-149-151-155-157-159-161-163-
180100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0562.131117T1620Z-131118T0100Z/

MI
. MICHIGAN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ALLEGAN BARRY BAY
BERRIEN BRANCH CALHOUN
CASS CLARE CLINTON
EATON GENESEE GRATIOT
HILLSDALE HURON INGHAM
IONIA ISABELLA JACKSON
KALAMAZOO KENT LAKE
LAPEER LENAWEE LIVINGSTON
MACOMB MASON MECOSTA
MIDLAND MONROE MONTCALM
MUSKEGON NEWAYGO OAKLAND
OCEANA OSCEOLA OTTAWA
SAGINAW SANILAC SHIAWASSEE
ST. CLAIR ST. JOSEPH TUSCOLA
VAN BUREN WASHTENAW WAYNE
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High Wind Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1029 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH THIS EVENING...

.THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS EVENING WILL BE MARKED
BY INTENSE WINDS. THIS COLD FRONT WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A
RAPIDLY DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE FORECAST TO LIFT NORTHEAST
OF THE REGION TONIGHT. THE ONSET OF COLDER POST FRONTAL AIR AND
THE INTENSITY OF THE LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD WILL ALLOW FOR WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH. ALTHOUGH WIND GUSTS WILL DIMINISH LATE
TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING...GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY.

MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-180500-
/O.UPG.KDTX.HW.A.0002.131118T0000Z-131118T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KDTX.HW.W.0002.131117T2200Z-131118T1000Z/
MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-
LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-
LENAWEE-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDLAND...BAY CITY...BAD AXE...
SAGINAW...CARO...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...FLINT...LAPEER...
PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT...
ADRIAN...MONROE
1029 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM
EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 AM EST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.


HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 55 MPH WILL
DEVELOP THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL TURN WESTERLY EARLY TOMORROW
MORNING AND DECREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS
AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY INTO MONDAY.


IMPACTS...

* TREE DAMAGE IS EXPECTED LEADING TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND NUMEROUS
POWER OUTAGES.

* WEAK STRUCTURES LIKE OLD BARNS AND SHEDS WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE
TO BEING BLOWN DOWN.

* TRAVEL ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THE
STRONG WINDS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

* A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH
OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.


* PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT
HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8

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SF







Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1156 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-181700-
MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER-
ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE-
1156 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN 200PM AND 800PM. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL
BE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
HOWEVER...STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES...POTENTIALLY STRONG AND LONG-TRACKED... ALONG WITH A
THREAT FOR MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.

STORMS WILL MOVE VERY QUICKLY TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
SUCH FAST STORM MOTIONS WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT PEOPLE
HAVE TO REACT TO IMPENDING THREATS.

IN ADDITION...DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AS WINDS POTENTIALLY GUST OVER 50 MPH ALONG
AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.

A HIGH WIND WARNING AND A TORNADO WATCH ARE IN EFFECT. PLEASE SEE
THE LATEST FORECAST FOR MORE DETAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS
CONTINUE TO GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
DISPATCHERS...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGER IMMEDIATELY. SPOTTER
ACTIVATION HAS OCCURRED.


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Gob wrote:Always wanted to experience a tornado.

Gob wrote:From a place of safety of course.

Sue U wrote:

Gob wrote:Always wanted to experience a tornado.

No you don't. Trust me on this.

Econoline wrote:Yeah, but how far away from Peoria was that car before the tornado hit?

And the guy is probably wandering around looking for his poor little dog and trying to figure out whether he's in Kansas anymore.

More is done by people lending their hands to others than any national disaster program can ever do

TPFKA@W wrote:No one dropped a house on me thank goodness.