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Whitestown Metropolitan Police
Sunday May 1st, 2016 :: 08:13 p.m. CDT

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A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN BOONE...

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
858 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

INC011-023-107-157-020130-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160502T0130Z/
BOONE IN-TIPPECANOE IN-MONTGOMERY IN-CLINTON IN-
858 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
BOONE...SOUTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE...NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND CLINTON
COUNTIES...

AT 858 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

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 TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FRANKFORT AROUND 910 PM EDT.
LEBANON AND ULEN AROUND 915 PM EDT.
KIRKLIN AROUND 925 PM EDT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 141 AND 161.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4003 8624 4008 8679 4028 8679 4037 8624
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 267DEG 30KT 4017 8666

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

Instructions:

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.

Address/Location
Whitestown Metropolitan Police
6210 Veterans Drive
Whitestown, IN 46075

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1

Captain Ed Savage
Administration
[email protected]
317-769-2677

Alert Details

Severity:
Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Tornado Warning

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