Alert
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY THROUGH 10:30 PM EDT.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY, SOUTHERN RUSH AND NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM EDT... AT 938 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF GREENSBURG TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF SHELBYVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREENSBURG. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 121 AND 144. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
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