Receive alerts from your local agencies
...or text your ZIP CODE to 888777 for mobile alerts

Full Notification

Wayne County Emergency Management Agency
Tuesday July 9th, 2024 :: 09:29 p.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 09:45PM Tuesday

SVRILN The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Wayne County in east central Indiana... Northeastern Union County in east central Indiana... Central Preble County in west central Ohio...

* Until 945 PM EDT.

* At 910 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of Liberty, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include... Richmond, Eaton, Lewisburg, New Paris, West Alexandria, Boston, Richmond Municipal Airport, Witts Station, Fairhaven, Goodwins Corner, Oklahoma, West Florence, Kitchel, Interstate 70 at US Route 127, Muttonville, Sugar Valley, Lake Lakengren, New Hope, and Wheatville. This includes I-70 in Ohio between mile markers 0 and 14.

* AFFECTED AREAS: UNION, IN ... WAYNE, IN ... PREBLE, OH

Instructions:

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. 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. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for east central Indiana...and west central Ohio.

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

Submit an anonymous web tip

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

Navigate & Discover