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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Benton, IN

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At 259 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Oxford, or 8 miles south of Fowler, moving southeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Fowler, Otterbein, Oxford, Boswell,...

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For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

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Bulletin details

At 259 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Oxford, or 8 miles south of Fowler, moving southeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Fowler, Otterbein, Oxford, Boswell, Ambia, Dunnington, Templeton, and Swanington.

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3 captured
  1. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 11 at 2:59PM EDT until August 11 at 3:15PM EDT by NWS Chicago IL

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  2. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 11 at 2:46PM EDT until August 11 at 3:15PM EDT by NWS Chicago IL

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  3. Alert

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 11 at 2:30PM EDT until August 11 at 3:15PM EDT by NWS Chicago IL

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Chicago IL. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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