Thunderstorm Wind in Jennings County, Indiana

Thunderstorm Wind September 21, 2022 · Jennings County, Indiana

64 mph

Estimated gust (56 kt)

$60K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Thunderstorm downburst winds caused damage along Base Road from County Road 575 North to County Road 850 North, and to the northeast from that area. Several large trees were uprooted while winds downed power lines, broke off power poles, and bent flagpoles to the ground. Residences were impacted, as well as a plant farm where winds leveled a greenhouse and ripped plastic off of 2 others.

The wider storm

A southward-advancing cold front combined with unseasonably hot and humid conditions and marginal vertical wind shear late on the 21st to produce a broken line of strong thunderstorms across southern central Indiana. Isolated downbursts produced wind damage in Rushville and portions of Decatur and Jennings Counties.

Began near Brewersville (39.1000, -85.6100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1048024. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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