Thunderstorm Wind — Bartholomew, Indiana

2022-05-21 · near Riverview Acres, Bartholomew, Indiana

$5K

Property damage

62 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs on northeast side of Columbus through 1456 EST, with multiple pictures via social media. Also, the Columbus Bakalar Municipal Airport (KBAK) AWOS recorded a maximum wind gust of 62 kts at 1505 EST.

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 1015290. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.