Weather alerts in Putnam County, Indiana, 2026

219 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Putnam County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 219
Warnings: 77
Watches: 34
Advisories: 49
Busiest month: August50 alerts
Busiest day: June 18, 20269 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

1 of 3 tornado warnings covering Putnam County in 2026 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 0 minutes after it went out.

Putnam County, 2026

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	3	1	67%	2	50%	0 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	48	35	27%	15	93%	19 min
Flash flood warnings	2	0	100%	0

Each office's whole area, 2026

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Indianapolis, IN: tornado warnings	78	17	78%	26	62%	14 min
NWS Indianapolis, IN: severe thunderstorm warnings	355	231	35%	493	81%	22 min
NWS Indianapolis, IN: flash flood warnings	87	58	33%	81	95%	120 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 8, 10:22 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	38 min
Jan 8, 10:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	39 min
Jan 16, 8:28 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	32 min
Jan 16, 9:00 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	15 min
Jan 16, 9:15 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	30 min
Jan 18, 2:52 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	IND	54 hr
Jan 22, 1:54 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	IND	58 hr
Jan 22, 2:01 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	IND	25 hr
Jan 23, 2:42 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	IND	3 days
Jan 24, 1:39 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	IND	53 hr
Jan 25, 3:47 AM EST	Extreme Cold Warning	IND	31 hr
Jan 25, 3:28 PM EST	Extreme Cold Warning	IND	42 hr
Jan 27, 2:53 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	IND	33 hr
Jan 27, 2:44 PM EST	Extreme Cold Warning	IND	21 hr
Jan 28, 2:37 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	IND	31 hr
Jan 30, 3:00 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	IND	18 hr
Jan 31, 2:38 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	IND	18 hr
Feb 15, 7:39 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	IND	14 hr
Feb 19, 12:34 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Feb 19, 1:20 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr
Feb 19, 5:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	51 min
Feb 19, 6:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	43 min
Feb 19, 6:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	27 min
Feb 19, 6:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	38 min
Feb 19, 8:12 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	3 hr
Feb 20, 4:23 AM EST	Wind Advisory	IND	14 hr
Mar 1, 1:02 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IND	20 hr
Mar 3, 1:38 PM EST	Flood Watch	IND	20 hr
Mar 3, 9:58 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	13 hr
Mar 4, 10:10 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	IND	3 hr
Mar 4, 1:34 PM EST	Flood Watch	IND	22 hr
Mar 4, 9:45 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	IND	7 hr
Mar 6, 12:54 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	IND	9 hr
Mar 7, 6:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	63 min
Mar 7, 6:40 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 11, 12:06 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	IND	17 hr
Mar 11, 5:23 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 11, 6:22 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Mar 11, 7:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	52 min
Mar 11, 8:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	49 min
Mar 12, 2:10 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	IND	42 hr
Mar 14, 12:07 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	IND	25 hr
Mar 15, 1:29 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	IND	9 hr
Mar 15, 1:29 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	IND	19 hr
Mar 15, 8:07 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	53 min
Mar 15, 8:26 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Mar 15, 9:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 15, 9:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	39 min
Mar 15, 10:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	17 min
Mar 16, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	53 min
Mar 22, 4:50 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 22, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Mar 22, 8:20 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Mar 22, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	41 min
Mar 22, 8:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	25 min
Mar 22, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	49 min
Mar 22, 9:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	52 min
Mar 26, 3:48 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Mar 26, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Mar 26, 8:21 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	54 min
Mar 31, 11:55 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 1, 12:53 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	IND	30 hr
Apr 2, 6:11 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Apr 2, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	44 min
Apr 2, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	118 min
Apr 2, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	26 min
Apr 2, 8:21 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Apr 5, 1:31 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	IND	20 hr
Apr 6, 9:42 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	IND	24 hr
Apr 14, 2:55 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 14, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	28 min
Apr 14, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Apr 17, 10:44 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	3 hr
Apr 17, 11:19 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Apr 18, 2:32 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	IND	18 hr
Apr 18, 2:32 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	IND	12 hr
Apr 19, 2:06 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	IND	31 hr
Apr 27, 12:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Apr 27, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	44 min
Apr 27, 2:37 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Apr 27, 3:21 PM EDT	Flood Watch	IND	11 hr
Apr 27, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	50 min
Apr 27, 8:09 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Apr 27, 8:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Apr 27, 9:08 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Apr 27, 10:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	54 min
Apr 27, 10:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	52 min
Apr 27, 10:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	5 hr
Apr 27, 10:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	59 min
May 1, 3:04 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	IND	30 hr
May 16, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	33 min
May 16, 2:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	3 hr
May 16, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	31 min
May 18, 11:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 18, 12:33 PM EDT	Flood Watch	IND	10 hr
May 18, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	31 min
May 18, 1:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	44 min
May 18, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	55 min
May 18, 2:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	56 min
May 18, 3:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	9 hr
May 18, 11:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	11 hr
May 19, 1:31 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
May 19, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	28 min
May 19, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	25 min
May 19, 4:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	64 min
May 27, 9:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	9 hr
May 27, 2:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	5 hr
May 28, 3:37 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	IND	5 hr
Jun 8, 3:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	3 hr
Jun 9, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	41 min
Jun 9, 7:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	3 hr
Jun 9, 8:05 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Jun 9, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	46 min
Jun 9, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	50 min
Jun 9, 8:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	3 hr
Jun 9, 9:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	3 hr
Jun 11, 7:38 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jun 11, 9:25 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
Jun 11, 9:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	33 min
Jun 11, 9:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	46 min
Jun 11, 9:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 11, 9:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	46 min
Jun 11, 10:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	49 min
Jun 11, 11:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	56 min
Jun 16, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 16, 5:50 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Jun 16, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	36 min
Jun 16, 6:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	30 min
Jun 16, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	37 min
Jun 16, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	25 min
Jun 16, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	45 min
Jun 16, 8:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	47 min
Jun 16, 8:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	30 min
Jun 17, 1:18 PM EDT	Flood Watch	IND	15 hr
Jun 17, 5:37 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jun 17, 8:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	30 min
Jun 17, 8:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	47 min
Jun 17, 9:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	3 hr
Jun 17, 10:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	3 hr
Jun 18, 12:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	3 hr
Jun 18, 1:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	3 hr
Jun 18, 3:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	2 hr
Jun 18, 5:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	3 hr
Jun 18, 8:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	4 hr
Jun 20, 2:58 AM EDT	Flood Watch	IND	49 hr
Jun 21, 5:23 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jun 21, 5:43 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 21, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	39 min
Jun 21, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	41 min
Jun 21, 7:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jun 28, 3:15 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	IND	46 hr
Jun 30, 12:55 AM EDT	Extreme Heat Warning	IND	4 days
Jul 3, 12:30 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	IND	43 hr
Jul 4, 1:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 4, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	34 min
Jul 4, 6:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	4 hr
Jul 4, 8:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	3 hr
Jul 15, 1:47 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	IND	30 hr
Jul 27, 3:10 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	IND	17 hr
Jul 27, 2:08 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jul 27, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 27, 8:09 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Aug 1, 11:38 AM EDT	Flood Watch	IND	14 hr
Aug 1, 1:31 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 1, 3:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	6 hr
Aug 1, 4:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	6 hr
Aug 1, 9:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	7 hr
Aug 1, 11:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	44 min
Aug 2, 12:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	2 hr
Aug 7, 5:59 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	IND	3 hr
Aug 11, 1:38 AM EDT	Flood Watch	IND	6 days
Aug 11, 11:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr
Aug 11, 3:28 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 11, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	45 min
Aug 11, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	25 min
Aug 11, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	59 min
Aug 11, 5:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	3 hr
Aug 11, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	28 min
Aug 11, 6:24 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 11, 8:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	2 hr
Aug 11, 8:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	34 min
Aug 11, 9:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	39 min
Aug 11, 9:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	3 hr
Aug 12, 10:04 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Aug 12, 11:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Aug 12, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	32 min
Aug 12, 1:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	36 min
Aug 12, 1:52 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Aug 13, 3:30 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	IND	6 hr
Aug 13, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 13, 4:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	3 hr
Aug 13, 4:22 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Aug 13, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	57 min
Aug 13, 5:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	6 hr
Aug 14, 12:03 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Aug 14, 2:30 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 14, 4:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	4 hr
Aug 14, 8:13 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	4 hr
Aug 16, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	2 hr
Aug 16, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	52 min
Aug 16, 6:00 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	60 min
Aug 19, 4:07 AM EDT	Flood Watch	IND	28 hr
Aug 19, 11:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	16 hr
Aug 20, 12:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	4 hr
Aug 20, 1:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	33 min
Aug 20, 1:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	37 min
Aug 20, 1:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	51 min
Aug 20, 2:55 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	6 hr
Aug 26, 1:22 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Aug 26, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	42 min
Aug 26, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	27 min
Aug 31, 12:51 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	IND	5 days
Sep 5, 4:01 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Sep 5, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	37 min
Sep 16, 6:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	3 hr
Sep 17, 2:08 PM EDT	Flood Watch	IND	20 hr
Sep 18, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	40 min
Sep 18, 4:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	3 hr
Sep 20, 7:38 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	48
Tornado Warning	3
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	15
Tornado Watch	6
Mesoscale Discussion	39
Special Weather Statement	20
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	15
Flash Flood Warning	2
River Flood Warning	1
Flood Watch	10
Areal Flood Advisory	21
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	1
Winter Weather Advisory	1
Heat
Extreme Heat Warning	1
Heat Advisory	5
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning	3
Freeze Warning	2
Freeze Watch	2
Cold Weather Advisory	7
Frost Advisory	2
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
Wind Advisory	6
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	7

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2025

Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.