Thunderstorm Wind — Vanderburgh, Indiana

2025-09-04 · near Howell, Vanderburgh, Indiana

$10K

Property damage

56 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

A hardwood tree with a trunk of approximately two feet diameter was uprooted, causing damage to a barn. Small tree limbs of 3 to 5 inches in diameter were also downed. Time estimated from radar.

Wider weather episode

As a front pushed into northern portions of the Quad State, a SW to NE oriented line of storms organized in Southern Illinois late evening and tracked through Southwest Indiana around midnight CST. A storm developed behind that line in Posey County which went on to blow down a hardwood tree onto a barn in southwestern Evansville. MLCAPE was around 250J/kg while effective bulk shear was 30kts.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1293698. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.