Tornado Warning
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
Details
A Tornado Warning Remains In Effect Until 200 AM EDT For Central Grant County
- Event
- Tornado Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Extreme
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Shelter
Description
Overview
At 134 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Marion, moving southeast at 30 mph.
Hazard
Tornado.
Source
Radar indicated rotation.
Impacts
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... Marion and Gas City around 140 AM EDT. Upland around 145 AM EDT. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Home Corner, Lake Wood, and Arcana. This includes Interstate 69 in Indiana between mile markers 259 and 265.
Instructions
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. Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
Affected areas
- Grant County, IN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m6s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2PXS1CWDVFE8BJ468JW03VM
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.80902428c93075463da2c2b8cb504d133d7489c6.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Northern Indiana
- AWIPS ID
- CAPIWX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.7886
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SVS |
| NationalWeatherService | TOW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SVSIWX |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS53 KIWX 170534 |
| NWSheadline | A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-17T05:34:00-00:00...storm...296DEG...26KT...40.54,-85.68 |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| tornadoDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-260917T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T02:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Grant County, IN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018053 |
| UGC | INC053 |
- Polygons
- 40.53,-85.75 40.59,-85.72 40.56,-85.49 40.46,-85.48 40.53,-85.75