Thunderstorm Wind — Hendricks, Indiana

2024-02-28 · near Westwood, Hendricks, Indiana

Event narrative

A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was estimated at this location.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1156886. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.