High Wind — Clinton, Indiana

2022-11-05 · Clinton, Indiana

Event narrative

Mesonet site at the interchange between I-65 and Indiana Route 28, 1.3 miles east of Fickle, recorded a peak gradient wind gust of 56 kts. The Frankfort AWOS, FKR (4.9 miles to the east) recorded a peak gust of 50 kts at 835 EST.

Wider weather episode

A deep, occluded mid-latitude storm system tracking north-northeastward from the Quad Cities area, featured a strengthening upper-level wave. The wave's negatively-tilting trough axis created a strong wind field about 1 mile above the surface at the 850 millibar pressure level. This caused generally 50-60 mph wind gusts at the surface across central Indiana during mainly morning and midday hours on the 5th. The strongest, isolated wind gusts reached 58-65 mph, mainly across Tippecanoe County and Clinton County. Isolated damage reports were led by several counties east of Indianapolis that each reported multiple downed trees and/or numerous power outages.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1056183. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.