Storm Alert: Tornado watch issued in Central & Southern Indiana
- The area around Bloomington, Franklin, and Martinsville is under a severe thunderstorm warning until 3:45 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Wind speeds reaching up to 70 miles per hour. There is a possibility of hail measuring quarters. One could experience a tornado.
As a powerful storm system began to move into the region, the National Weather Service in Wilmington issued a tornado watch for certain areas of western Ohio late on Tuesday night.
The counties of Brown, Clark, Darke, Highland, Montgomery, Warren, Butler, Clermont, Greene, Logan Preble, Champaign, Clinton, Hamilton, Miami, and Shelby in the state of Ohio are included in the watch, which will continue to be in place until six o’clock in the morning.
The city of Indianapolis As the possibility of severe weather continues to loom, a tornado watch has been issued for Marion County, as well as the majority of central Indiana and the entirety of southern Indiana, until six o’clock in the morning.
- Up until 3:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, a severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Greenfield, New Castle, and New Whiteland. Wind speeds reaching up to sixty miles per hour. There is a possibility of hail measuring quarters. One could experience a tornado.
The National Weather Service has reported that a tornado watch has been issued for the counties of Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Putnam, Rush, and Shelby County until 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
According to the alert, there is a probability that a few tornadoes will form, as well as the likelihood of scattered hail measuring up to two inches in diameter and wind gusts that could potentially reach 70 miles per hour. In addition, portions of the states of Illinois, Kentucky, and Ohio were included in the watch.
Since eleven thirty in the morning, there have been forecasts. Beginning on Tuesday evening and continuing into the early morning hours of Wednesday, the risk of severe weather in southern Indiana could be upgraded to level 3 beginning and continuing through Wednesday. It is possible that tornadoes, winds, and hail will be present in the central and southern regions of Indiana. Previous indications indicate that a cold front is likely to move through, and this has a high potential to cause fire-up storms. Previous forecasts stated that the storms might linger until approximately four o’clock in the morning on Wednesday.
There is an eighty percent possibility that storms will arrive in the Columbus area by one o’clock on Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service’s revised estimate for Franklin County. Earlier estimates predicted that storms would start between 10 and 11 o’clock at night. Several of the storms can be of a severe nature.
Low temperatures of approximately 59 degrees are forecasted, and southwest winds with gusts of up to 30 miles per hour are expected to blow. The tornado siren warning test that was set to take place in Franklin County has been cancelled in preparation for the severe weather that is expected to occur.
During the storm, what are the easiest ways to check for power outages?
On a map that AEP Ohio maintains online, power outages in the area are visible. Keeping its own outage map is something that the Columbus Division of Power does. If your address is displayed on the map, there is no requirement for you to report a power loss at your premises. This is already known to the city.
