High Wind in Lake, Indiana

Multiple reports of downed power poles and trees, including some snapped at the base, came out of the vicinity of St. John, Cedar Lake, and Crown Point. Southeast of Schererville, a few trees were downed onto homes. One vehicle was struck by a falling power pole in St. John.

A line of showers and embedded thunderstorms moved across northwest Indiana during the late morning and early afternoon of April 27th. On the back side of this precipitation, a wake low developed, producing wind gusts between as high as 60 mph, which blew down trees, tree limbs and power lines. Scattered thunderstorms moved across west central Indiana during the evening of April 27th producing isolated wind damage.