Thunderstorm Wind — Johnson, Indiana

2022-05-21 · near Edinburg, Johnson, Indiana

$50K

Property damage

78 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Thunderstorm produced widespread straight line winds of 80 to 90 mph that downed and uprooted numerous trees within a wide area as well as along the damage path of a nearby EF0 tornado in southeastern Johnson County. A downed tree blocked a road in Edinburgh at 1456 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 1015299. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.