Thunderstorm Wind — Dubois, Indiana

2025-04-02 · near Schnellville, Dubois, Indiana

Event narrative

Power lines were blocking both lanes of an unknown road.

Wider weather episode

On the night of April 2nd, 2025, a cold front approached the lower Ohio Valley. Along and ahead of the cold front, numerous supercells developed over southern Illinois and western Kentucky. These storms tracked eastward and occasionally grew upscale into a QLCS with bowing segments. Storms lasted all night and into the morning hours, as the cold front began to stall over the lower Ohio Valley. These storms left behind a wake of damage in many counties in southern Indiana. Over the next few days, waves of showers and storms rode along the cold front bringing lots of rain which lead to flash and areal flooding. Showers and storms came through daily, until the evening of April 6th. Overall, 2 tornadoes touched down in south central Indiana from late evening into the overnight on April 2nd and 3rd, including one EF-2 and one EF-1.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1259661. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.