Thunderstorm Wind — Howard, Indiana

2024-05-24 · near Kappa Corner, Howard, Indiana

Event narrative

An 18 inch diameter and 40 foot fall healthy tree was snapped by thunderstorm wind gusts. Several other reports of damage across the county.

Wider weather episode

A decaying Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) pushed north into Indiana during the late afternoon hours of May 24th and interacted with a line of thunderstorms moving across Illinois. Initially these storms produced pockets of damaging winds with widespread sub-severe winds. Later into the evening, outflow boundaries from these storms initiated one larger storm that produced isolated large hail across the southern Indianapolis metro.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1168994. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.