- Thursday June 23rd, 2016 :: 01:14 a.m. EDT
Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 01:45AM Thursday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT
* AT 110 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF TIPTON...OR 17 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ANDERSON...FISHERS...NOBLESVILLE...ELWOOD...WESTFIELD...CICERO... MCCORDSVILLE...PENDLETON...FORTVILLE...CHESTERFIELD...INGALLS... LAPEL...EDGEWOOD...FRANKTON...ARCADIA...ATLANTA...MARKLEVILLE... WILKINSON...WOODLAWN HEIGHTS AND COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 207 AND 232. INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 112. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. HAIL...1.00IN WIND...80MPH
* AFFECTED AREAS: HAMILTON ... HANCOCK ... MADISON ... TIPTON
Instructions:
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
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:
- 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