913  
WWUS51 KILN 162343  
SVSILN  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
743 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2025  
 
INC029-047-137-170015-  
/O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-250517T0015Z/  
FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY IN-DEARBORN IN-  
743 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2025  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT  
FOR FRANKLIN...NORTHERN RIPLEY AND NORTHERN DEARBORN COUNTIES...  
 
AT 743 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF  
BATESVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS POSSIBLE. EXPECT WIND  
DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
CEDAR GROVE, MOUNDS STATE RECREATION AREA, HUNTERSVILLE, HAMBURG,  
PENNTOWN, INTERSTATE 74 AT US ROUTE 52, BRIGHT, ROCKDALE, ST. LEON,  
OSGOOD, PEPPERTOWN, WEST HARRISON, SHARPTOWN, OLDENBURG, SAINT PETER,  
BUENA VISTA, BLOOMING GROVE, MOUNT CARMEL, BATESVILLE, AND SUNMAN.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...  
I-74 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 171.  
I-74 IN OHIO NEAR MILE MARKER 0.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN  
AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND  
SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3920 8544 3927 8530 3946 8530 3953 8492  
3952 8482 3922 8482 3909 8544  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 253DEG 43KT 3925 8533  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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