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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
240 AM EDT SAT JUL 1 2023

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BROWN IN-DECATUR IN-BARTHOLOMEW IN-JACKSON IN-JENNINGS IN-
240 AM EDT SAT JUL 1 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
DECATUR, EASTERN BROWN, BARTHOLOMEW, JACKSON AND JENNINGS COUNTIES
THROUGH 400 AM EDT...

AT 239 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND PENNY 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 STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COLUMBUS AROUND 255 AM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE NORTH VERNON AND
VERNON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 73.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING. 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

Instructions:

IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.