Alert
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL DECATUR, 2:30 PM EST.
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL DECATUR, 2:30 PM EST.
AT 159 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN MONROE, WEST CENTRAL DECATUR, SOUTHERN JOHNSON, BARTHOLOMEW, BROWN, LAWRENCE AND NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... PEOGA, NEWBERN, HARTSVILLE, TUNNELTON, GNAW BONE, BARTLETTSVILLE, VALLONIA, SPURGEONS CORNER, MEDORA AND AZALIA. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 79. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.
Instructions:
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
Address/Location
Decatur County Emergency Management
315 South Ireland Street
Greensburg, IN 47240
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 812-663-8125
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Statement