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

Full Notification

Wayne County Emergency Management Agency
Wednesday April 2nd, 2025 :: 09:57 p.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 11:00PM Wednesday

SVRILN The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Wayne County in east central Indiana... Northwestern Union County in east central Indiana... Northern Fayette County in east central Indiana...

* Until 1100 PM EDT.

* At 955 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near New Castle, moving northeast at 70 mph. THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR WAYNE, NORTHERN FAYETTE AND NORTHERN UNION COUNTIES. HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be heavily damaged. Expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. Extensive tree damage and power outages are likely.

* Locations impacted include... Richmond Municipal Airport, Mount Auburn, Franklin, Dublin, Spring Grove, Abington, Cambridge City, East Germantown, Interstate 70 at Exit 145, Bentonville, Economy, Greens Fork, Williamsburg, Bethel, Hagerstown, Fountain City, Boston, Middleboro, Whitewater, and Jacksonburg. This includes I-70 in Indiana between mile markers 134 and 156.

* AFFECTED AREAS: FAYETTE, IN ... UNION, IN ... WAYNE, IN

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 400 AM 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