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WWUS83 KIWX 182055
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
455 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
INZ026-027-032>034-182130-
JAY IN-WELLS IN-BLACKFORD IN-ADAMS IN-GRANT IN-
455 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT GRANT...BLACKFORD
SOUTHERN
WELLS...SOUTHERN ADAMS AND JAY COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 455 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF ROCKFORD TO
SWAYZEE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARION, PORTLAND, HARTFORD CITY, GAS CITY, BERNE, UPLAND, FAIRMOUNT,
DUNKIRK, MONTPELIER, JONESBORO, REDKEY, GENEVA, SWEETSER, SWAYZEE,
VAN BUREN, PENNVILLE, MATTHEWS, WESTCHESTER, CENTER, AND SIMS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 252 AND
268.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL, NORTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...AND WEST CENTRAL
OHIO.
LAT...LON 4038 8522 4038 8586 4055 8586 4076 8480
4031 8480 4031 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 311DEG 57KT 4069 8479 4050 8582
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
STEINWEDEL
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