Thunderstorm Wind — White, Indiana

2025-05-16 · near Monticello, White, Indiana

$100K

Property damage

70 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

White County has several trees and power poles down. Reports of damage to houses and buildings. A church in Reynolds lost its steeple. A tree fell into the front room of a house. Siding was blown off a house in Reynolds. A tree fell onto a car in Monticello.

Wider weather episode

A unique event impacted the region on Friday May 16th. Showers and thunderstorms developed across central Illinois and tracked into northern Indiana. Rain cooled downdrafts in a dry environment allowed strong gusty winds of 40 to 70 mph to spread out in advance of the precipitation. These strong winds resulted in numerous reports of tree damage and power outages. In addition, these strong winds preceding the rain led dust and dirt being kicked up into the atmosphere with limited visibility at times.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1265041. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.