- Sunday May 1st, 2016 :: 10:30 p.m. EDT
Tornado Warning until 11:15PM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
* AT 1027 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CHESTERFIELD AROUND 1035 PM EDT. DALEVILLE AROUND 1040 PM EDT. YORKTOWN AROUND 1050 PM EDT. MUNCIE AND BALL STATE UNIVERSITY AROUND 1100 PM EDT. SPRINGPORT AROUND 1105 PM EDT. SUMMIT LAKE STATE PARK AROUND 1115 PM EDT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 227 AND 241. TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...1.75IN
* AFFECTED AREAS: DELAWARE ... HENRY ... MADISON
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. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
Address/Location
Madison County Emergency Management & Homeland Security Agency
200 N Delaware St
Anderson, IN 46016
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 765-635-2017
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