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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 349, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 5, 2026Hamilton County, Madison County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2026, 5:15 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Madison County, Tipton 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: Sep 5, 2026, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Sep 5, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, IN, Madison County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 226 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2092 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 50 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 Sep 4, 7:05 PM EDT, 22 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 7:05 PM EDT, 22 hours 10 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 5, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone	30 min
Sep 5, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Montgomery	34 min
Sep 5, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Martin	28 min
Sep 5, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Montgomery	32 min
Sep 5, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone	31 min
Sep 5, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Tipton	27 min
Sep 5, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks	44 min
Sep 5, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks	52 min
Sep 5, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess	30 min
Sep 5, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Henry	29 min
Sep 5, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Tipton	34 min
Sep 5, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Putnam	37 min
Sep 5, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Lawrence	46 min
Sep 5, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Henry	42 min
Sep 5, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry	31 min
Sep 5, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Rush	46 min

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.