Alert
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY THROUGH 10:15 PM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 945 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2023 INZ064-065-071-072-020215- DECATUR IN-BARTHOLOMEW IN-JACKSON IN-JENNINGS IN- 945 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2023 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR, SOUTHERN BARTHOLOMEW, EASTERN JACKSON AND JENNINGS COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM EDT... AT 944 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEYMOUR TO NEAR SCOTTSBURG. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM RECENTLY PRODUCED A WIND GUST OVER 50 MPH. HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... VERNON AROUND 1000 PM EDT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 62. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN 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