Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 06:00PM ![](/static/Citizen-24_02_1/img/public/msg_expiration.png)
SVRILN The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western Franklin County in southeastern Indiana... Northeastern Ripley County in southeastern Indiana... Southwestern Wayne County in east central Indiana... Fayette County in east central Indiana...
* Until 600 PM EDT.
* At 506 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles southeast of Greenfield to 9 miles southwest of Rushville to 9 miles south of Shelbyville, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Public. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include... Connersville, Batesville, Cambridge City, Dublin, Oldenburg, Glenwood, Lake Santee, Waterloo, Blooming Grove, Columbia, Sunman, Metamora, Bunker Hill, Laurel, Milton, East Germantown, Mount Auburn, Huntersville, Mettel Field, and Hamburg. This includes I-74 in Indiana between mile markers 145 and 157.
* AFFECTED AREAS: FAYETTE, IN ... FRANKLIN, IN ... RIPLEY, IN ... WAYNE, IN
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. 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 these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. To report severe weather, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.
Address/Location
Wayne County Emergency Management Agency
401 E Main St
Richmond, IN 47374
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 765-973-9399
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP 89EMA followed by your message, to 888777
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