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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2026, 9:18 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 42 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
- Apr 27, 2026, 9:18 PM EDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2026, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Boone County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm 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 Apr 27, 8:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 8:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 27, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 9:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, Warren | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 9:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 9:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tipton | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Madison, Marion and 2 more | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan and 2 more | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 10:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 10:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin | 10 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion and 1 more | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 10:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Owen and 1 more | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 10:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 11:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Marion and 2 more | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 11:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 11:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Martin | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 11:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 11:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Daviess | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 11:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 11:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 11:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 9 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:52 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 6 days |
| Apr 27, 11:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 12:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jennings | 17 min |
| Apr 28, 3:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Brown | 8 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Daviess, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:50 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Lawrence, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 4 days |
| Apr 28, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 7 days |
| Apr 28, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 6 days |
| Apr 28, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 7 days |
| Apr 28, 11:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 5 days |
| Apr 28, 11:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 6 days |
| Apr 28, 11:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 4 days |
| Apr 28, 11:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 3 days |
| Apr 28, 11:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 4 days |
| Apr 28, 11:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 16 days |
| Apr 28, 11:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 3 days |
| Apr 28, 11:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 6 days |
| Apr 28, 11:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 17 days |
| Apr 28, 11:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 5 days |
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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.