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Madison County Emergency Management & Homeland Security Agency
Wednesday July 13th, 2016 :: 06:58 p.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 07:30PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 655 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHPORT...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. AT 644 PM...INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED A 61 MPH WIND GUST. IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... INDIANAPOLIS...GREENWOOD...LAWRENCE...PLAINFIELD...GREENFIELD... BEECH GROVE...SPEEDWAY...MOORESVILLE...DANVILLE...SOUTHPORT... AVON...CUMBERLAND...MCCORDSVILLE...PENDLETON...FORTVILLE... INGALLS...NEW PALESTINE...MERIDIAN HILLS... BROOKLYN AND WARREN PARK. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 98 AND 121. INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 201. INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 111. INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 105. HAIL...1.00IN WIND...60MPH

* AFFECTED AREAS: HANCOCK ... HENDRICKS ... JOHNSON ... MADISON ... MARION ... MORGAN ... SHELBY

Instructions:

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE`S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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

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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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