825  
WWUS83 KIND 200645  
SPSIND  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN  
245 AM EDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
INZ047-048-052>057-060>065-067>072-200745-  
RUSH IN-JOHNSON IN-DAVIESS IN-CLAY IN-BROWN IN-MARTIN IN-DECATUR IN-  
BARTHOLOMEW IN-SHELBY IN-GREENE IN-HANCOCK IN-KNOX IN-OWEN IN-  
MORGAN IN-LAWRENCE IN-SULLIVAN IN-JACKSON IN-MONROE IN-MARION IN-  
JENNINGS IN-  
245 AM EDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN HANCOCK,  
MONROE, RUSH, MORGAN, DECATUR, JOHNSON, KNOX, SOUTHERN OWEN, MARTIN,  
SOUTHEASTERN MARION, LAWRENCE, JACKSON, JENNINGS, DAVIESS, SHELBY,  
BROWN, SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN, BARTHOLOMEW, SOUTH CENTRAL CLAY AND  
GREENE COUNTIES THROUGH 345 AM EDT...  
 
AT 245 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9  
MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN, OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS,  
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
INDIANAPOLIS, BLOOMINGTON, COLUMBUS, SHELBYVILLE, VINCENNES, SEYMOUR,  
BEDFORD, GREENWOOD, FRANKLIN, GREENFIELD, BEECH GROVE, MARTINSVILLE,  
WASHINGTON, GREENSBURG, MOORESVILLE, NORTH VERNON, RUSHVILLE, LINTON,  
BROWNSTOWN, AND BLOOMFIELD.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 107.  
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 93 AND 144.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3874 8750 3896 8751 3974 8608 3979 8530  
3927 8530 3920 8544 3891 8545 3891 8554  
3882 8563 3881 8579 3873 8588 3874 8591  
3878 8620 3869 8631 3869 8668 3853 8668  
3849 8695 3854 8743 3842 8774  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0645Z 267DEG 37KT 3938 8615  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
MCGINNIS  
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