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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 15, 20264 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2026, 11:47 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 43 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: Mar 15, 2026, 11:47 PM EDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2026, 12:30 AM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Delaware County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Madison County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 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
Mar 15, 8:26 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 429 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 Mar 15, 11:41 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 11:41 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 10:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1009 PM EDT Sun Mar 15 2026

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-068>072-170215-
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-Daviess-Martin-
Lawrence-Jackson-Jennings-
1009 PM EDT Sun Mar 15 2026

This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Windy conditions are expected tonight with wind gusts between 35 to
45 mph.

Thunderstorms will move across the area through the 100 AM time frame.
Scattered severe storms are possible, with damaging winds and
isolated tornadoes being the primary threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Wind chills near zero are expected Tuesday morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to send in damage reports tonight.

&&

More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate
information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind

INZ067-170215-
Knox-
1009 PM EDT Sun Mar 15 2026

This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Moderate flooding will continue along the White River.

Windy conditions are expected tonight with wind gusts between 35 to
45 mph.

Thunderstorms will move across the area through the 1100 PM time
frame tonight. Scattered severe storms are possible, with damaging
winds and isolated tornadoes being the primary threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Wind chills near zero are expected Tuesday morning.

Moderate flooding will continue along the White River.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to send in damage reports tonight.

&&

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, Mar 15, 7:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
759 PM EDT Sun Mar 15 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0325 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 SW Purdue University  40.41N 86.94W
03/15/2026  M53 MPH          Tippecanoe         IN   ASOS

&&

BH

Local storm report, Mar 15, 8:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
839 PM EDT Sun Mar 15 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0608 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg Saratoga                40.24N 84.92W
03/15/2026                   Randolph           IN   Amateur Radio

            Delayed report. Wind pushed down an
            approximately 60 foot tall and 3 foot
            diameter tree on to a house.

&&

BH

Local storm report, Mar 15, 11:35 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1135 PM EDT Sun Mar 15 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1123 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 NW Indianapolis       39.79N 86.16W
03/15/2026  M58 MPH          Marion             IN   Emergency Mngr

&&

BH

Local storm report, Mar 15, 11:39 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 11:40 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 11:41 PM EDT, 6 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
Mar 15, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	46 min
Mar 15, 9:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	52 min
Mar 15, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	47 min
Mar 15, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan, Vigo	38 min
Mar 15, 9:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	19 min
Mar 15, 9:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Knox, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan and 2 more	39 min
Mar 15, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox, Sullivan	17 min
Mar 15, 9:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tipton	47 min
Mar 15, 10:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	24 min
Mar 15, 10:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Daviess, Greene, Martin, Owen	22 min
Mar 15, 10:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	23 min
Mar 15, 10:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe, Owen, Putnam	17 min
Mar 15, 10:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	19 min
Mar 15, 11:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan	18 min
Mar 15, 11:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby	20 min
Mar 15, 11:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion	22 min
Mar 15, 11:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion, Rush, Shelby and 1 more	31 min
Mar 15, 11:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Jackson, Jennings and 2 more	40 min
Mar 15, 11:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Rush	7 min
Mar 16, 12:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	24 min
Mar 16, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Johnson, Morgan, Owen, Rush, Shelby	22 min
Mar 16, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clay, Decatur, Johnson, Morgan, Owen, Putnam and 2 more	53 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.