Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 12:58PM EDT until May 18 at 1:30PM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 18, 2026 - 9:58am
Expires:
May 18, 2026 - 10:30am
Description:
At 1257 PM EDT/1157 AM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
Winamac, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Monticello, Knox, Winamac, Monon, North Judson, Wolcott,
Francesville, Hamlet, Medaryville, Koontz Lake, Pulaski, Oak Grove,
Ripley, Reynolds, Burnettsville, Monterey, Beardstown, Ober, English
Lake, and Denham.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
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.
Area Description:
Pulaski, IN; Starke, IN; White, IN
Forcast Office:
NWS Northern Indiana
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov