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Wayne County Emergency Management Agency
Friday May 16th, 2025 :: 07:47 p.m. EDT

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 08:30PM Friday

SVRILN The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Franklin County in southeastern Indiana... Wayne County in east central Indiana... Union County in east central Indiana... Fayette County in east central Indiana... Northwestern Butler County in southwestern Ohio... Western Preble County in west central Ohio...

* Until 830 PM EDT.

* At 746 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rushville, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include... Franklin, Goodwins Corner, Dublin, Abington, Brownsville, Waterloo, East Germantown, Connersville, Greens Fork, Bethel, Buena Vista, Boston, Fairhaven, Blooming Grove, Laurel, Billingsville, Clifton, Alpine, Whitewater, and New Paris. This includes the following Interstates... I-70 in Indiana between mile markers 134 and 156. I-70 in Ohio between mile markers 0 and 1.

* AFFECTED AREAS: FAYETTE, IN ... FRANKLIN, IN ... UNION, IN ... WAYNE, IN ... BUTLER, OH ... PREBLE, OH

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. To report severe weather, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM EDT for southeastern and east central Indiana...and southwestern and west central Ohio.

Address/Location
Wayne County Emergency Management Agency
401 E Main St
Richmond, IN 47374

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 765-973-9399

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant 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:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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