Thunderstorm Wind — La Porte, Indiana

2025-03-30 · near Tracy, La Porte, Indiana

Event narrative

Numerous reports of damage including trees down and a roof blown off. Metal siding is hanging from power lines in one video. Damage to a silo as well. Power is out.

Wider weather episode

A cold front pushed into the area during the afternoon and evening hours, interacting with decent shear and MLCAPE to allow for numerous thunderstorm development. Pockets of damaging winds occurred along with a total of six confirmed tornadoes (three in far southern Lower Michigan and three in northern Indiana).

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1243474. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.