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Decatur County Emergency Management
Saturday July 1st, 2023 :: 02:47 a.m. EDT

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DECATUR COUNTY UNTIL 3:45 AM. 0 MPH WIND GUSTS, PENNY SIZE HAIL.

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
244 AM EDT SAT JUL 1 2023

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA...

* UNTIL 345 AM EDT.

* AT 243 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS,
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COLUMBUS AND JONESVILLE AROUND 255 AM EDT.
  ELIZABETHTOWN AND AZALIA AROUND 300 AM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GRAMMER, COUNTRY SQUIRE LAKES, HAYDEN, NORTH VERNON, VERNON,
BUTLERVILLE AND NEBRASKA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 74.

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:

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF 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

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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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