Thunderstorm Wind — La Porte, Indiana

2025-03-30 · near Mill Creek, La Porte, Indiana

Event narrative

Numerous trees and powerlines down across the Fish Lake area. Debris on roads, some trees in houses. There are several trees that were snapped at the base or midway up. One power pole was snapped.

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 1244206. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.