Tornado Warning 17, NWS Indianapolis, IN

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WWUS53 KIND 242147
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
547 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

INC059-242156-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-260424T2215Z/
Hancock IN-
547 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3987 8522 3987 8555 3989 8556 3995 8556
      4008 8522 4008 8521 4000 8521 3988 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 249DEG 29KT 3991 8551 

$$

INC065-242215-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-260424T2215Z/
Henry IN-
547 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
HENRY COUNTY...

At 546 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles west of New Castle, or 15 miles southeast of
Anderson, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This dangerous storm will be near...
  New Castle, Cadiz, and Greensboro around 550 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include
Mount Summit, Mooreland and Summit Lake State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3987 8522 3987 8555 3989 8556 3995 8556
      4008 8522 4008 8521 4000 8521 3988 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 249DEG 29KT 3991 8551 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Nield

589 
WWUS53 KIND 242154
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
554 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

INC065-242215-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-260424T2215Z/
Henry IN-
554 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL 
AND EASTERN HENRY COUNTY...

At 553 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near New Castle, or 16 miles northwest of Cambridge City,
moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This dangerous storm will be near...
  New Castle and Mount Summit around 600 PM EDT.
  Mooreland and Summit Lake State Park around 605 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3990 8520 3988 8548 3994 8551 4008 8522
      4008 8521 4000 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 248DEG 29KT 3993 8544 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Nield

246 
WWUS53 KIND 242203
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
603 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

INC065-242212-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-260424T2215Z/
Henry IN-
603 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for 
southwestern Randolph, southern Delaware, and Henry counties until 
630 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 3990 8520 3988 8548 3994 8551 4008 8522
      4008 8521 4000 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 246DEG 29KT 3996 8535 

$$

Nield

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
416 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Showers with a few storms this afternoon and evening

- Warm and dry this weekend

- Severe storms a concern from mid afternoon Monday into Monday night

- Gradually cooler temperatures by late next week

&&

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...
Issued at 415 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

More active spread of rain showers are now steadily crossing central
Indiana from SSW to NNE ahead of a weak cold front curling back
across Illinois from Chicago to STL.  Decent instability along and
east of I-69 corridor featuring 500-1200 J/kg of surface based CAPE
has allowed moderately strong showers to grow into weak t-storms.
Stronger elongated cell leaving Putnam County into western portions
of Hendricks/Morgan Counties has the potential to produce
marginally severe winds as it moves into smaller area where
better wind shear to the west overlaps with greater instability to
the east.

Moderate confidence in no organized severe cells today thanks to
widespread overcast limiting further heating, and any DCAPE greater
than 600 J/kg just ESE of the local region...however, any cells
across SE and E-cent zones late today could briefly sport stronger
updrafts and heavier rain with more impressive lower-level lapse
rates of 8-9 deg/km east of a line from Nashville to New Castle.
Strong to possibly damaging winds and lightning will be the greatest
hazards into early evening.

&&

.DISCUSSION (This Evening through Friday)...
Issued at 140 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

REST OF TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT

Instability to this point has been minimized with the remnant
convective cloud debris across the region. This has kept convection
widely scattered with only a handful of lightning strikes. Breaks in
the clouds has allowed for some surface heating focused especially
across the southeast half of the forecast area. 17Z temperatures
ranged from the upper 60s in the northern Wabash Valley to the mid
and upper 70s over south central Indiana.

The cold front is currently across east central Illinois and will
continue to progress east through the afternoon. While instability
has been limited to this point...there is likely to a subtle
increase in CAPE values during the second half of the afternoon
aided by the filtered sunshine. The expectation remains an uptick in
convective coverage ahead of the front as a result...likely by 19-20Z
and persisting into the early evening. There remains an isolated
risk for damaging winds with any stronger cell as model soundings
show the presence of dry adiabatic flow below 850mb...but largely
anticipate subsevere convection with intensity levels pulsing as BL
shear and SRH levels remain minimal. Convection will shift east out
of the forecast area shortly after sunset.

High pressure will build in tonight with skies clearing after
midnight as progressively deeper subsidence advects south front he
Great Lakes. The high will serve as the prevalent weather feature
for the weekend as it drifts east into New England by Sunday. There
is potential for scattered diurnal cu Saturday but strengthening
subsidence will promote largely clear skies by afternoon and evening
as ridging aloft builds in. Breezy northerly winds Saturday will
veer to easterly Sunday as the high moves east. Abundant sunshine is
expected once again Sunday with dry air and subsidence persisting
over the ohio Valley. Highs both Saturday and Sunday will largely
reside in the low and mid 70s.

MONDAY SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL

The extended model suite continues to show a consistent signal
supporting a higher impact threat for severe weather across the Ohio
and mid Mississippi Valleys Monday and Monday night. A vigorous and
negatively tilted wave aloft will eject out of the Four Corners
region on Sunday prompting rapid surface cyclogenesis over the High
Plains by Sunday night. Further intensification of the surface low
will take place Monday as it tracks into the Upper Midwest by late
day at a 990-995mb strength. A rich surge of Gulf moisture will
advect northward into the region in response to the deepening
surface low with dewpoints rising into the low and mid 60s
immediately ahead of the associated cold front.

Much of the day Monday will be dry for the forecast area with robust
convective development erupting in the vicinity of the nose of a
60+kt low level jet in the mid Mississippi Valley by mid afternoon.
Scattered convection is possible across the western half of the
forecast area by late afternoon but the bulk of the concern for
severe weather and heavy rainfall will focus into the evening and
early overnight as the low level jet moves across the region ahead
of the cold front. The propagation of the low level jet into the
area will contribute to enlarged and curved hodographs in the 0-3km
layer by late day into the evening. 0-1 km SRH values exceeding 250
to 300 m2/s2 are present which would be more than sufficient for a
tornado threat if convection can remain discrete through the
evening. CAPE values in the 2000-3000 J/kg range appear plausible
given the warm advection regime in the prefrontal environment.

Convection along the front is likely to grow upscale into more of a
linear mode by late evening with heavy rainfall and localized flash
flooding increasingly becoming a threat with PWATS rising into the
1.50 to 1.75in range which is near 200% of normal for late April.
The front will pivot through the forecast area after 06Z Tuesday
with convection moving away to the east in the predawn hours.

TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

In the wake of the cold front...a quasi-zonal regime aloft will
develop with a broad upper level trough setting up over the eastern
half of the country. Deeper moisture will shift well to the south of
the region with a noticeably cooler and drier airmass for the
region. Much of the rest of the week should be dry but the approach
of an upper level wave by late next week will bring a threat for
rain. Near seasonal temperatures for the middle of next week will
gradually slide back to readings in the upper 50s and lower 60s to
open up May. Depending on timing of any rain and associated
clouds...there does appear to be some potential for patchy frost
over parts of the forecast area by next Friday and Saturday.

The overall cooler regime is likely to persist through the first
week of May with multiple opportunities for rain.

&&

.AVIATION (18Z TAF Issuance)...
Issued at 1234 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Impacts:

- Wind gusts peaking at 20 to 25 kt through the afternoon
- Rain with embedded thunderstorms focused especially from mid
  afternoon through early evening
- Wind shift to northerly tonight, becoming gusty on Saturday

Discussion:

Widely scattered convection was moving across the northern half of
central Indiana with a broader area of lighter rain over eastern
Illinois. As the area of rain moves into western Indiana over the
next few hours...expect an uptick in convective coverage with
embedded thunder moving across the terminals through late afternoon
and early evening. Will maintain the prob30s at all sites to
highlight the uncertainty in thunderstorm potential. Gusty southwest
winds will continue through the afternoon.

Convection will be east of the terminals between 23Z and 01Z with
the passage of a cold front. Winds will veer to northwest behind the
front then northerly overnight as skies clear and high pressure
builds in. A tighter pressure gradient in tandem with modest mixing
through the boundary layer will support peak gusts into the 20 to
25kt range at times by midday Saturday.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...None.
&&

MESOSCALE...AGM
AVIATION...Ryan
DISCUSSION...Ryan

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
307 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-251915-
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-
307 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana.

.DAY ONE...Through Tonight.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms through late today will linger
this evening. A few marginally strong to severe storms are
possible...with damaging winds and lightning the greatest hazards.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

There is a greater potential for strong to severe thunderstorms
Monday afternoon through Tuesday morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated...but spotters are encouraged
to monitor forecast trends for Monday.

&&

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

AGM

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
413 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

INZ046-047-054-055-242045-
Johnson IN-Morgan IN-Hendricks IN-Marion IN-
413 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Morgan,
northwestern Johnson, southeastern Hendricks and Marion Counties
through 445 PM EDT...

At 413 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Mooresville, or 19 miles southwest of Indianapolis, moving northeast
at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Indianapolis, Greenwood, Plainfield, Beech Grove, Speedway,
Mooresville, Southport, Avon, Warren Park, Clermont, Monrovia,
Homecroft, Rocky Ripple, Wynnedale, Spring Hill, Crows Nest, North
Crows Nest, Monument Circle, Indianapolis Int'l Airport, and Lake
Hart.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 65 between mile markers 100 and 123.
 Interstate 70 between mile markers 55 and 86.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 70 and 100.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3969 8595 3965 8595 3952 8651 3961 8659
      3992 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 236DEG 46KT 3962 8646

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

KF

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
442 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

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

0437 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     Indianapolis Int'l Airp 39.72N 86.29W
04/24/2026  M59 MPH          Marion             IN   ASOS

&&

AGM

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
446 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

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

0414 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 N Monrovia            39.62N 86.48W
04/24/2026                   Hendricks          IN   911 Call Center

            Semi truck blown over.

&&

AGM

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
510 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

INZ039>041-048-049-056-057-242215-
Rush IN-Henry IN-Shelby IN-Madison IN-Delaware IN-Hancock IN-
Hamilton IN-
510 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Madison, northwestern
Shelby, Hancock, western Delaware, northwestern Rush, western Henry
and southeastern Hamilton Counties through 615 PM EDT...

At 509 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Fishers to 6 miles northwest of Greenfield
to 9 miles southeast of Beech Grove. Movement was northeast at 40
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Muncie, Anderson, Fishers, Noblesville, Greenfield, New Castle,
Alexandria, Yorktown, Cumberland, McCordsville, Pendleton, Fortville,
Chesterfield, Ingalls, Knightstown, Lapel, New Palestine, Edgewood,
Daleville, and Carthage.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 69 between mile markers 208 and 249.
 Interstate 70 between mile markers 95 and 124.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 101 and 102.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4009 8532 3976 8542 3964 8595 3989 8593
      3993 8594 3993 8595 4004 8601 4038 8551
      4038 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 238DEG 33KT 4000 8595 3984 8586 3966 8593

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Nield

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
513 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

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

0444 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 NW Monument Circle    39.79N 86.18W
04/24/2026                   Marion             IN   Public

            Tree downed at 16th Street and Montcalm.
            Time estimated from radar.

&&

AGM

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
526 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

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

0444 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 WNW Monument Circle   39.77N 86.17W
04/24/2026                   Marion             IN   Public

            Several reports of wind damage and or downed
            trees from Military Park and IU Indy campus
            to east side of downtown and into near
            northside. Time estimated from radar.

&&

AGM