Tornado watch extended for much of central Indiana – Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | Indiana Traffic

UPDATE: The tornado watch has expired.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A tornado watch, expected to end at 9 p.m. Thursday in Indiana, was extended to 11 p.m.

The extended watch includes Indianapolis. Counties under the extended tornado watch are: Bartholomew, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Knox, Lawrence, Marion, Martin, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Rush, Shelby, Sullivan and Vigo.

Tornado damage was reported in Bloomington to the Monroe County Airport, and some homes and businesses.

Sullivan County Emergency Management also reported damage to homes and cars from fallen trees.

Here are the tornado warnings that were issued Thursday night:

• Tornado warning for northern Bartholomew, western Decatur and southern Shelby counties until 8:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 2026.
• Tornado warning for northwestern Bartholomew County, Brown County, southeastern Johnson County, and southwestern Shelby County until 8 p.m. Feb. 19, 2026.
• Tornado warning for western Brown and central Monroe counties until 7:30 p.m.
• Warning for large and extremely dangerous tornado in Bloomignton at 7:01 p.m. Feb. 19, 2026.
• Tornado warning for northeastern Greene, western Monroe, and southeastern Owen counties until 7:15 p.m. Feb. 19, 2026.
• Tornado warning for northeastern Morgan County until 7 p.m. Feb. 19, 2026.
• Tornado warning for south central Clay, northern Greene, and southwestern Owen counties until 6:45 p.m. Feb. 19, 2026.
• Tornado warning for northwestern Clay and east central Vigo counties until 6:45 p.m. Feb. 19, 2026.
• Confirmed-tornado warning near Sullivan, moving east at 35 mph. Issued 6:06 p.m. Feb. 19, 2026.
• Confirmed-tornado warning near Sullivan, moving east at 35 mph. Issued at 5:55 p.m. Feb. 19, 2026.
• Tornado warning for northwestern Greene County and southern Sullivan counties until 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 2026.
• Tornado warning for north central Sullivan and southwestern Vigo counties until 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 2026.
• Tornado warning for northwestern Sullivan County, Indiana, until 6:15 p.m. Feb. 19, 2026.
• Tornado warning for southwestern Sullivan County, Indiana, until 6 p.m. Feb. 19, 2026.

Previous coverage

Much of the southern half of Indiana, including Indianapolis, was under a tornado watch from the National Weather Service until 9 p.m. Thursday, and at least 12 tornado warnings were issued in the state.

Indianapolis was among five counties added to the watch area about 6:21 p.m. Six other counties near Indianapolis were added to the watch area shortly after 4:20 p.m. Thursday. The initial watch was issued shortly after noon Thursday.

Counties in the watch area were: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, Dubois, Floyd, Franklin, Gibson, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Hendricks, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson, Knox, Lawrence, Marion, Martin, Monroe, Morgan, Ohio, Orange, Owen, Parke, Perry, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Ripley, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Sullivan, Switzerland, Vanderburgh, Vigo, Warrick and Washington. Parts of Kentucky and Illinois were also in the watch area.

Some Indiana counties along the Ohio River — Clark, Floyd and Harrison — had been removed from the watch area as of 6:21 p.m. Thursday.