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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2026, 7:45 PM EDT for Clay County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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
- Jun 17, 2026, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2026, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clay County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 17, 7:30 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 7:30 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 5:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 543 PM EDT Wed Jun 17 2026 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-182145- 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- 543 PM EDT Wed Jun 17 2026 This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Another round of storms will be moving through until the early overnight hours with a Tornado Watch in effect until 1am EDT. Damaging winds, large hail, tornadoes, and heavy rain are all possible. Outside of thunderstorms, winds will gust to around 40 mph this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Thunderstorms are possible Sunday into Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is requested into the early overnight hours. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
433 PM EDT Wed Jun 17 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0945 PM Tornado 3 E Putnamville 39.57N 86.81W
06/16/2026 Putnam IN NWS Storm Survey
An EF-1 tornado with path length of 9.37
miles began at this location. The path width
was 100 yards with a peak wind speed of 105
mph. The tornado moved mostly over rural
areas of Putnam County but caused impacts to
two homes and several groves of trees.
&&
AWLocal storm report, Jun 17, 4:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
447 PM EDT Wed Jun 17 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0845 PM Tornado 3 E Putnamville 39.57N 86.81W
06/16/2026 Putnam IN NWS Storm Survey
Corrects previous tornado report from 3 E
Putnamville. An EF-1 tornado with path
length of 9.37 miles began at this location.
The path width was 100 yards with a peak
wind speed of 105 mph. The tornado moved
mostly over rural areas of Putnam County but
caused impacts to two homes and several
groves of trees.
&&
AWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Owen, Parke, Putnam | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion, Shelby | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 8:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Putnam | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hamilton | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Rush | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 9:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Morgan | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Rush | 22 min |
| Jun 16, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Madison | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Owen | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Randolph | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 11:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 7 days |
| Jun 17, 11:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 3 days |
| Jun 17, 11:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 13 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:18 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 15 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.