Thunderstorm Wind in Hancock County, Indiana
Thunderstorm Wind February 28, 2024 · Hancock County, Indiana
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Several medium to large tree limbs downed by thunderstorm wind gusts.
The wider storm
An anomalously highly sheared environment combined with moderate instability, under a passing jet streak amid an approaching cold frontal zone, to produce scattered thunderstorms after midnight. Storms that had been rotating while crossing southeastern Illinois weakened slightly before entering Indiana. Severe intensity was overall isolated and limited to large hail in Knox and Vigo Counties, observed wind gusts to 58-60 MPH in Marion and Shelby Counties, and winds damaging trees along the Interstate 70 corridor from Clay County to Morgan County as well as in Rushville.
Began near Greenfield (39.7900, -85.7700).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1156883. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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