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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 16, 2025Knox County, Sullivan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2025, 5:45 PM EDT for Knox County, Sullivan County, Indiana. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2025, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2025, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Knox County, IN, Sullivan County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 16, 3:59 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 15, 6:47 PM EDT, 22 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 6:47 PM EDT, 22 hours 58 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	53 min
May 16, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clay, Montgomery, Owen, Parke, Putnam and 3 more	58 min
May 16, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Monroe and 4 more	55 min
May 16, 6:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Sullivan	37 min
May 16, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Montgomery and 3 more	62 min
May 16, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan	40 min
May 16, 6:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Greene, Owen	39 min
May 16, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen	47 min
May 16, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe	43 min
May 16, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	38 min
May 16, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison, Marion and 2 more	38 min
May 16, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	IND	Brown, Greene, Monroe, Owen	47 min
May 16, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings	46 min
May 16, 7:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe, Owen	27 min
May 16, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Henry, Howard and 3 more	52 min
May 16, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Jennings	44 min
May 16, 7:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Jennings	41 min
May 16, 7:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings	40 min
May 16, 7:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Shelby	39 min
May 16, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo	52 min
May 16, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph, Rush, Shelby	48 min
May 16, 7:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Monroe	33 min
May 16, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	46 min
May 16, 7:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	43 min
May 16, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Johnson, Rush, Shelby	42 min
May 16, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Jennings, Rush	21 min
May 16, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	51 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.