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Decatur County Emergency Management
Friday June 30th, 2023 :: 11:52 p.m. EDT

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THE NWS IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DECATUR COUNTY UNTIL 12:30 AM

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1149 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2023

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EAST CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT.

* AT 1148 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF SHELBYVILLE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GENEVA AND WALDRON AROUND 1200 AM EDT.
  HOPE AND ST. PAUL AROUND 1205 AM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ADAMS, MILFORD, HARTSVILLE, BURNEY, GREENSBURG, LETTS, WESTPORT AND
MILLHOUSEN.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 87.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND 144.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

Instructions:

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

Address/Location
Decatur County Emergency Management
315 South Ireland Street
Greensburg, IN 47240

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 812-663-8125

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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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