- Friday September 16th, 2016 :: 04:03 p.m. EDT
Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 04:45PM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... WESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.
* AT 401 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GREENFIELD... OR 16 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREENFIELD...NEW CASTLE...CUMBERLAND...KNIGHTSTOWN... NEW PALESTINE...CARTHAGE...SPICELAND...SHIRLEY...MARKLEVILLE... KENNARD...WILKINSON...SULPHUR SPRINGS...LEWISVILLE...STRAUGHN... SPRING LAKE...DUNREITH...CADIZ AND GREENSBORO. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 229 AND 230. INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 128. HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH
* AFFECTED AREAS: HANCOCK ... HENRY ... MADISON ... RUSH
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
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