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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 3, 202639 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this heat advisory at Jul 3, 2026, 12:30 AM EDT for 39 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jul 3, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2026, 12:30 AM EDT (04:30 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 3, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 4, 2026, 7:56 PM EDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN

All 39 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 2, 9:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 9:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 3:50 PM EDT, 8 hours 40 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
Jul 3, 12:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess	27 min
Jul 3, 12:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess	35 min
Jul 3, 1:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Martin	26 min
Jul 3, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin	23 min
Jul 3, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Martin	30 min
Jul 3, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Lawrence	35 min
Jul 3, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Jackson	49 min
Jul 3, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson	40 min
Jul 3, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Johnson	32 min
Jul 3, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Marion, Rush, Shelby	67 min
Jul 3, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hamilton, Madison	63 min
Jul 3, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	43 min
Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Delaware	44 min
Jul 3, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Randolph	57 min
Jul 3, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Madison	33 min
Jul 3, 5:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Delaware	2 hr
Jul 3, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	30 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.