Indiana Severe Severe Thunderstorm Watch | Effective 08/16/2026 13:48

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 16 at 4:48PM EDT until August 16 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
August 16, 2026 - 1:48pm
Expires: 
August 16, 2026 - 6:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 589 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL INDIANA BARTHOLOMEW DECATUR HANCOCK HENDRICKS JOHNSON MARION MORGAN RUSH SHELBY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA BROWN JACKSON MONROE IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA JENNINGS IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA GREENE IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA CLAY OWEN PARKE PUTNAM VERMILLION VIGO THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BLOOMFIELD, BLOOMINGTON, BRAZIL, BROWNSBURG, CLINTON, COLUMBUS, DANVILLE, FAIRVIEW PARK, FRANKLIN, GOSPORT, GREENCASTLE, GREENFIELD, GREENSBURG, GREENWOOD, INDIANAPOLIS, JASONVILLE, LINTON, MARTINSVILLE, MONTEZUMA, MOORESVILLE, NASHVILLE, NORTH VERNON, PLAINFIELD, ROCKVILLE, ROSEDALE, RUSHVILLE, SEYMOUR, SHELBYVILLE, SPENCER, TERRE HAUTE, AND WORTHINGTON.
Area Description: 
Bartholomew, IN; Brown, IN; Clay, IN; Decatur, IN; Greene, IN; Hancock, IN; Hendricks, IN; Jackson, IN; Jennings, IN; Johnson, IN; Marion, IN; Monroe, IN; Morgan, IN; Owen, IN; Parke, IN; Putnam, IN; Rush, IN; Shelby, IN; Vermillion, IN; Vigo, IN
Forcast Office: 
NWS Indianapolis IN
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov