Local News

More storms possible Thursday evening

Flooding is a concern across Indiana because of the recent rainfall and more rain is on the way, says the National Weather Service in Indianapolis.  Rain and storms will likely arrive around 4 pm.

 

“We’re mainly concerned about areas of Linton to the Noblesville line. There’s a marginal risk of severe weather where they could see isolated damaging winds and isolated large hail. We could see localized flooding as well,” says Mike Koch, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Indianapolis. “But whatever area gets under the heaviest thunderstorms could see some localized flooding.”

 

The Storm Prediction Center says a marginal risk means isolated severe storms are possible, with the threat of isolated damaging winds, small hail, and maybe a tornado. Storms in a marginal risk are typically limited in organization, longevity, coverage and/or intensity.

 

“It’s a marginal risk, so yes it’s a small risk, but it’s still possible,” says Koch.

 

 

ndianapolis or south of there, Koch says you need to be keeping an eye on the weather tonight.

 

“They’ll start seeing storms develop after 4 pm. They could see damaging winds and large hail, but it’s only a marginal risk. They could see flooding. In the northern part of the state, there is a little bit less of a chance of severe storms. But they could still see some localized flooding as well,” says Koch.

 

He also advises you to be on the lookout for lightning.

 

“The warmer it gets, the more you tend to get the cloud to ground lightning. We certainly saw a lot of that Wednesday night and we could see more of that today,” says Koch.

 

Storms clear out by the weekend, but then by early next week, Koch says Indiana will be seeing some rain from Tropical Storm Cristobal. Forecasters are predicting Cristobal could turn north and start heading for Louisiana as soon as tomorrow.

Search

Weather


Obits

Entertainment