Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 1:05PM EDT until May 18 at 1:30PM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 18, 2026 - 10:05am
Expires:
May 18, 2026 - 10:30am
Description:
At 105 PM EDT/1205 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located over
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...
Knox, North Judson, Hamlet, Medaryville, Koontz Lake, Oak Grove,
Ripley, Monterey, Beardstown, Ober, English Lake, Vanmeter Park,
Denham, Brems, Toto, Clarks, Winona, Bass Lake, San Pierre, and
Grovertown.
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
Forcast Office:
NWS Northern Indiana
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov