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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 19, 2026, 10:23 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Brown County, Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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
- Feb 19, 2026, 10:23 PM EST (03:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2026, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Jackson County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 1:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1195 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 Feb 19, 9:35 PM EST, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 9:35 PM EST, 48 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 350 PM EST Thu Feb 19 2026 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-202100- Carroll-Warren-Tippecanoe-Clinton-Howard-Fountain-Montgomery-Boone- Tipton-Hamilton-Madison-Delaware-Randolph-Vermillion-Parke-Putnam- Hendricks-Marion-Hancock-Henry-Vigo-Clay-Owen-Morgan-Johnson-Shelby- Rush-Sullivan-Greene-Monroe-Brown-Bartholomew-Decatur-Knox-Daviess- Martin-Lawrence-Jackson-Jennings- 350 PM EST Thu Feb 19 2026 This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana. .DAY ONE...Through Tonight. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected into the late evening. Damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes are all possible. The threat exists for a strong tornado south of I-70 until late evening. Strong westerly wind gusts from 35-45 mph will develop across areas north of I-70 late tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Strong westerly wind gusts from 35-45 mph will continue through early Friday afternoon across areas north of I-70. Light snow is possible Saturday night into Sunday with little to no accumulation expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is expected for this afternoon and evening. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind Crosbie
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 19, 9:29 PM EST, 54 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Feb 19, 7:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Boone | 29 min |
| Feb 19, 7:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 29 min |
| Feb 19, 7:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Shelby | 39 min |
| Feb 19, 7:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Clinton | 36 min |
| Feb 19, 7:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hancock | 31 min |
| Feb 19, 7:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 39 min |
| Feb 19, 7:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby | 34 min |
| Feb 19, 8:12 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Feb 19, 8:12 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hancock, Marion | 3 hr |
| Feb 19, 8:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 24 min |
| Feb 19, 8:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Morgan | 31 min |
| Feb 19, 8:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 38 min |
| Feb 19, 8:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 51 min |
| Feb 20, 2:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Johnson | 5 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:23 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clinton, Delaware and 21 more | 14 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.