918  
WWUS83 KIND 161125  
SPSIND  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN  
725 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2026  
 
INZ064-065-072-161200-  
DECATUR IN-BARTHOLOMEW IN-JENNINGS IN-  
725 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN  
DECATUR, SOUTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW AND NORTHERN JENNINGS COUNTIES  
THROUGH 800 AM EDT...  
 
AT 725 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7  
MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
COLUMBUS, WESTPORT, ELIZABETHTOWN, JONESVILLE, MILLHOUSEN, AZALIA,  
LETTS, NEWBERN, COUNTRY SQUIRE LAKES, GRAMMER, AND NEBRASKA.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 NEAR MILE MARKER 58.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3920 8544 3903 8544 3905 8580 3907 8580  
3907 8582 3906 8583 3906 8584 3905 8586  
3905 8592 3923 8592 3925 8543 3920 8543  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1125Z 268DEG 21KT 3911 8588  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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