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Wayne County Emergency Management Agency
Friday May 16th, 2025 :: 08:14 p.m. EDT

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 09:00PM Friday

SVRILN The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East central Wayne County in east central Indiana... Shelby County in west central Ohio... Western Champaign County in west central Ohio... Northern Preble County in west central Ohio... Western Logan County in west central Ohio... Darke County in west central Ohio... Western Clark County in west central Ohio... Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Greene County in west central Ohio... Northern Montgomery County in west central Ohio... Western Hardin County in west central Ohio... Miami County in west central Ohio...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 813 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Fort Recovery to 6 miles west of New Madison, moving east at 65 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include... Fryburg, Englewood, Newbern, Bradford, Potsdam, West Florence, Huntersville, Lockington, Darke County Airport, New Madison, Covington, Neptune, Fort Loramie, Kiser Lake State Park, Interstate 70 at US Route 127, Wright-Patterson Afb, Dialton, Belle Center, Bloomer, and Lake Loramie State Park. This includes the following Interstates... I-70 in Indiana near mile marker 156. I-70 in Ohio between mile markers 0 and 57. I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 53 and 118.

* AFFECTED AREAS: WAYNE, IN ... AUGLAIZE, OH ... CHAMPAIGN, OH ... CLARK, OH ... DARKE, OH ... GREENE, OH ... HARDIN, OH ... LOGAN, OH ... MERCER, OH ... MIAMI, OH ... MONTGOMERY, OH ... PREBLE, OH ... SHELBY, 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 east central Indiana...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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