Thunderstorm Wind in Scott County, Indiana
Thunderstorm Wind August 7, 2023 · Scott County, Indiana
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The survey team went across the west northwest side of Scottsburg over to Lake Iona. There was sporadic straight line wind damage of 60 mph. Trees were all facing towards the east northeast.
The wider storm
Several individual storms moved across Missouri and Illinois before combining into a line of convection as it moved across southern Indiana. The line interacted with the low level jet to produce 6 tornadoes across 4 Indiana counties, including a long track tornado that traveled 25.89 miles through Dubois and Orange Counties. This set the record for the longest known tornado track for the month of August within the NWS Louisville County Warning Area. Other parts of the line surged and caused tree and power line damage along and north of Interstate 64 across southern Indiana and into the greater Louisville, Kentucky area. Additional wind and hail reports were received from the Bluegrass region of Kentucky.
Began near Scottsburg (38.6896, -85.7863).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1119058. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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