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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 26, 2026Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2026, 11:03 PM EDT for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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
Jul 26, 2026, 11:03 PM EDT (03:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2026, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Knox County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 26, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 00:00Z on 2026-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5988 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2026-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
5988 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.4
Supercell composite
28.4

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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 Jul 26, 10:21 PM EDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 10:21 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 10:26 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 10:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDKnox34 min
Jul 26, 10:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox31 min
Jul 27, 3:10 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 24 more17 hr
Jul 27, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDCarroll67 min
Jul 27, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHoward55 min
Jul 27, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Howard, Tipton58 min
Jul 27, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton66 min
Jul 27, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison77 min
Jul 27, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph58 min
Jul 27, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton58 min
Jul 27, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry50 min
Jul 27, 5:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Henry, Madison and 1 more5 hr
Jul 27, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion66 min
Jul 27, 5:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDHancock, Hendricks, Marion5 hr
Jul 27, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby63 min
Jul 27, 6:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby4 hr
Jul 27, 6:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDShelby3 hr
Jul 27, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Johnson, Morgan, Shelby62 min
Jul 27, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarren62 min
Jul 27, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan, Vigo54 min
Jul 27, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings53 min
Jul 27, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatINDFountain, Vermillion, Warren54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.