Thunderstorm Wind — Shelby, Indiana

2022-05-21 · near Mt Auburn, Shelby, Indiana

Event narrative

Widespread thunderstorm straight line winds of 75 to 90 mph downed or uprooted numerous trees near and along the track of the brief EF1 tornado in far southern Shelby County. Thunderstorm winds also downed large tree limbs onto house per a report from Twitter.

Wider weather episode

A warm and rather humid air mass across central Indiana, combined with an approaching cold front in the afternoon to produce a line of strong to severe thunderstorms. Wind damage was focused over the region's south-central counties; the line also spawned two brief EF0 tornadoes before a longer track EF1 lifted and touched down several times across southern Shelby County. A forth and final EF1 tornado tracked briefly over far southwestern Shelby County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1015289. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.