Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Crawford, Orange, Perry, and Washington Counties in Indiana
This alert is no longer in effect.
NOAA issued it on May 8, 2026, 3 months ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this NWS weather alert directly from NOAA's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued by NWS Louisville KY for parts of south central Indiana until 8:30 PM EDT, with quarter-sized hail and winds up to 50 MPH expected.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Affected area
- South Central Indiana
- Issued
- May 8, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Louisville KY
Storm notices can cover different combinations of wind, hail, lightning, and rainfall. Use the original notice for the hazards and boundaries attached to this specific record.
Record status: historical. It was issued 3 months ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in South Central Indiana.
Alert Details
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) Louisville KY. It is effective from 7:52 PM EDT on April 27, 2026, until 8:30 PM EDT on April 27, 2026.
Affected Areas
The warning affects Crawford County, Northeastern Perry County, Southeastern Orange County, and Southwestern Washington County in south central Indiana. Specific locations impacted include English, Carefree Town, Marengo, Milltown, Hardinsburg, Leavenworth, Beechwood, West Fork, Taswell, and Chambersburg.
What You Should Do
For your protection, move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Expected Conditions
Hazards include quarter size hail and wind up to 50 MPH. The storm is moving east at 40 mph, as indicated by radar.
Timeline
The alert is effective from 7:52 PM EDT on April 27, 2026, and ends at 8:30 PM EDT on April 27, 2026.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this NWS weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (889 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to May 8, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.