INDIANAPOLIS — The National Weather Service has issued an Elevated Fire Risk for central Indiana today and Wednesday. They say that the strong winds, reaching speeds of up to 40 miles per hour, combined with low humidity in the area could allow for fires in the area to get out of control quickly. The recent […]
INDIANAPOLIS — If you have been enjoying the Spring-like weather recently, meteorologists are warning you to expect a change in the near future. Saturday afternoon should be fairly sunny and somewhat windy, with a high near 63 degrees. Temperatures should drop Saturday evening, with a low around 25 degrees. Then, the National Weather Service Indianapolis […]
UPDATE: An NWS Indianapolis survey team has confirmed a tornado with a preliminary damage rating of EF-3 in Winchester. It had wind gusts between 136 and 165 mph. WINCHESTER, Ind. — Several homes were damaged and nearly 10,000 homes were without power at one point in Randolph and Delaware Counties late Thursday evening. Indiana State […]
RANDOLPH COUNTY, Ind.– A suspected tornado touched down in Winchester Thursday night. State Police and storm spotters in the area say a mobile home park and the a Taco Bell were destroyed by the storm. The National Weather Service says a “large and extremely dangerous” tornado was initially observed traveling west over Union City, located […]
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ind.–Tornado warnings were issued Thursday afternoon for portions of Jefferson and Switzerland counties. State Police Sergeant Stephen Wheeles says they have not seen anybody hurt from the storms and that it appears everyone took the warnings seriously. He did, however, report seeing several spots where there was damage along with downed power lines. […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Several rounds of severe weather will sweep the state today, and the day kicked off with elevated thunderstorms, accompanied by lightning and heavy rain, to the northeast and northwest of Indianapolis. “The primary severe weather risk is going to be in that 6 pm to 7 pm until about 10 pm timeframe,” said […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Forecasters warn that chances of thunderstorms and hail will increase late tonight, raising the possibility of severe weather by Thursday. “Maybe some isolated small hail and heavy rain, but that will pass as we get into tomorrow,” said National Weather Service Aaron Updike. “And then we get another shot of severe potential tomorrow […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Expect light rain and isolated thunderstorms throughout the day and into tonight. The heaviest rainfall is predicted for Friday night into Saturday morning, with Central Indiana likely to receive an inch or more of rain. Meteorologist Aaron Updike from the National Weather Service warns that the system will bring a surge of cold […]
STATEWIDE–Rain is expected to fall across Indiana on Tuesday. “We’ll have some showers and thunderstorms mainly late Monday through the day Tuesday. We could have thunderstorms with locally heavy rain and small hail on Tuesday. This is a big cold front, so it’s going to get the whole state,” said Chad Swain, meteorologist with the […]
LAKE COUNTY, Ind.–The National Weather Service in Chicago confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down near Gary in Lake County at 10:15 pm Tuesday. It was on the ground from 10:15 to 10:18 pm. It touched down just east of U.S. 12. It also damaged some trees and wooden utility poles. It eventually went out […]
