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Madison County Emergency Management & Homeland Security Agency
Wednesday August 24th, 2016 :: 09:16 p.m. EDT

Alert

Tornado Warning until 09:45PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 912 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER ELWOOD...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRMOUNT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. 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... ORESTES AROUND 920 PM EDT. ALEXANDRIA AND SUMMITVILLE AROUND 930 PM EDT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 241 AND 250. TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...0.00IN

* AFFECTED AREAS: DELAWARE ... 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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

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:
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

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