Thunderstorm Wind — Daviess, Indiana

2023-05-07 · near Epsom, Daviess, Indiana

$100K

Property damage

56 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1093336. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.