Thunderstorm Wind in Daviess County, Indiana

Thunderstorm Wind May 7, 2023 · Daviess County, Indiana

64 mph

Estimated gust (56 kt)

$100K

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 breached the wall of a barn, dislodging the remaining walls and blowing them outward from the concrete block foundation, with roofing sections then carried by the wind.

The wider storm

During the late evening and early overnight hours of May 6th a few severe storms moved into Indiana producing large to significant sized hail. Instability parameters were less than usual for an event of this magnitude, but effective shear and a buoyant elevated area of instability was enough for a few storms to produce the large hail.

Additional strong, yet decaying thunderstorms crossed central Indiana through pre-dawn hours on the 7th. Lightning from one cell caused a fire in an Elementary School in Hendricks County, before a downburst damaged a barn in Daviess County around dawn.

Began near Epsom (38.7980, -87.0430).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1093336. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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