Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 12:43PM EDT until May 18 at 1:30PM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 18, 2026 - 9:43am
Expires:
May 18, 2026 - 10:30am
Description:
SVRIWX
The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
White County in northwestern Indiana...
Pulaski County in northwestern Indiana...
Starke County in northwestern Indiana...
* Until 130 PM EDT/1230 PM CDT/.
* At 1243 PM EDT/1143 AM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located over
Francesville, or 12 miles east of Rensselaer, moving east at 45
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Monticello, Knox, Winamac, Monon, North Judson, Wolcott,
Francesville, Hamlet, Medaryville, Koontz Lake, Pulaski, Oak Grove,
Ripley, Reynolds, Burnettsville, Monterey, Beardstown, Ober,
English Lake, and Denham.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Area Description:
Pulaski, IN; Starke, IN; White, IN
Forcast Office:
NWS Northern Indiana
Sender: