Thunderstorm Wind — Monroe, Indiana

2024-04-02 · near Fleener, Monroe, Indiana

Event narrative

Thunderstorm winds in an apparent microburst on the north side of Lake Lemon, lifted a small boat and blew it into softwood pine trees, damaging them.

Wider weather episode

A very favorable environment along and south of a slowly advancing warm frontal zone, included ample vertical wind shear and increasing instability, which was all ahead of a very strong cyclone slowly approaching central Indiana from the west. Three rounds of scattered to numerous thunderstorms ranged from a pre-dawn, mainly heavy rain event to a midday cluster of cells, with finally late afternoon storms over southern central Indiana. Despite several strong and at times rotating thunderstorms, each group of storms contained only 1-2 reports of severe weather, with each round of severe weather focused on Monroe County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1161168. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.