Alert
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY THRU 7:45 PM.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN SHELBY, SOUTHWESTERN RUSH, NORTHERN DECATUR, EAST CENTRAL JOHNSON AND NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT... AT 721 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSHVILLE TO NEAR SHELBYVILLE TO NEAR FRANKLIN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREENSBURG. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 92. INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 135. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR CENTRAL 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