Attention friends in Madison and Delaware counties. And maybe around Kokomo, Marion, and New Castle. You could see a few sprinkles or a passing light shower this morning. All of central Indiana will see plenty of puffy cumulus clouds, knit closely together, with winds gusting to 30 mph. It’ll feel like March. Canadian high pressure […]
UPDATE: Here is the Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect until 9pm Eastern time: The Storm Prediction Center has bumped up the severe risk later this afternoon and evening to “slight” for much of the state. The slight risk area is south of a line from Terre Haute through Indy through New Castle. North of that […]
Severe storms are possible early this morning, mainly west of Indianapolis. Storms have already produced torrential rainfall in Vigo Couny, where a flood warning was issued. This thunderstorm complex will lose intensity in the morning, but more storms will fire through the day. Storms this afternoon could be severe, mainly to the south and southeast […]
As the map shows, the Flood Watch runs until Thursday afternoon in the eastern edge of Indiana, from around Richmond to Connersville to Batesville. An inch or two of rain is possible. There is also still a slight risk of severe weather today in that general area. The Storm Prediction Center’s specific area is that […]
March 11, 1917 – A tornado tore through New Castle, Indiana and killed 22 people. Seventy-five buildings were destroyed with an additional 275 damaged. The path of the tornado was 1-2 blocks wide. Two railroad freight cars loaded with iron were picked up and hurled. A tornado in Cincinnati, Ohio killed 3 people. March 11 […]
