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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 17, 2026Clay County, Vigo County, Indiana

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 5:37 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2026-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2026-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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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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.

&&

AW
Local 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.

&&

AW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan, Vigo45 min
Jun 16, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Hendricks, Owen, Parke, Putnam25 min
Jun 16, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Marion, Shelby33 min
Jun 16, 8:23 PM EDTTornado WarningINDClay, Sullivan, Vigo25 min
Jun 16, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDPutnam45 min
Jun 16, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo36 min
Jun 16, 8:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHamilton35 min
Jun 16, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Putnam47 min
Jun 16, 8:45 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Putnam30 min
Jun 16, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDRush43 min
Jun 16, 9:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Johnson, Morgan34 min
Jun 16, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDRush22 min
Jun 16, 9:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMadison46 min
Jun 16, 9:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDOwen48 min
Jun 16, 10:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDRandolph42 min
Jun 17, 11:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo7 days
Jun 17, 11:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington3 days
Jun 17, 11:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren13 hr
Jun 17, 1:18 PM EDTFlood WatchINDBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more15 hr

Nearby

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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.