Special Weather Statement
NWS Indianapolis IN ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Portions Of Northwestern Hancock, Hendricks, Northern Marion, Southern Boone And Southern Hamilton Counties Through 1115 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 1045 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Zionsville, or 17 miles northwest of Indianapolis, moving southeast at 30 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Indianapolis, Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Lawrence, Brownsburg, Lebanon, Zionsville, Speedway, Danville, Westfield, Avon, McCordsville, Fortville, Pittsboro, Whitestown, Meridian Hills, Clermont, Jamestown, and Rocky Ripple. This includes the following highways... Interstate 65 between mile markers 117 and 139. Interstate 69 between mile markers 200 and 213. Interstate 74 between mile markers 51 and 73.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Boone County, IN
- Hamilton County, IN
- Hendricks County, IN
- Marion County, IN
- Hancock County, IN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Indianapolis IN
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m6s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2S6GAMP01X17W0A4FC6Z7AD
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3c22dd759245368f7c6d6acf623b9c872cd59885.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Indianapolis IN
- AWIPS ID
- CAPIND
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.4010
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSIND |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS83 KIND 180245 |
| NWSheadline | A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Hancock, Hendricks, northern Marion, southern Boone and southern Hamilton Counties through 1115 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T02:45:00-00:00...storm...308DEG...26KT...39.97,-86.36 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Boone County, IN
- Hamilton County, IN
- Hendricks County, IN
- Marion County, IN
- Hancock County, IN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018011 |
| SAME | 018057 |
| SAME | 018063 |
| SAME | 018097 |
| SAME | 018059 |
| UGC | INZ037 |
| UGC | INZ039 |
| UGC | INZ046 |
| UGC | INZ047 |
| UGC | INZ048 |
- Polygons
- 40.02,-85.86 39.94,-85.86 39.94,-85.84 39.93,-85.84 39.66,-86.69 39.92,-86.7 40.02,-86.55 40.08,-86.29 40.02,-85.86