455  
WWUS83 KLMK 182149  
SPSLMK  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY  
549 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2026  
 
INZ076-077-083-084-182215-  
CRAWFORD IN-ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-DUBOIS IN-  
549 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN DUBOIS  
 
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD...ORANGE AND WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES  
THROUGH 615 PM EDT...  
 
AT 549 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR PAOLI, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
SALEM, PAOLI, ENGLISH, ORLEANS, FRENCH LICK, STAMPERS CREEK,  
ORANGEVILLE, CAMPBELLSBURG, WEST BADEN SPRINGS, AND HARDINSBURG.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO  
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3876 8603 3877 8602 3876 8601 3876 8600  
3853 8611 3827 8661 3852 8679 3853 8668  
3859 8668 3869 8647 3869 8631 3873 8631  
3874 8629 3877 8628 3876 8625 3878 8618  
3876 8613 3877 8610 3878 8610 3878 8609  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 238DEG 34KT 3849 8653  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH  
 
 
 
NEUDORFF  
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