Thunderstorm Wind — Kosciusko, Indiana

2009-05-14 · near Mentone, Kosciusko, Indiana

Event narrative

Emergency management officials reported two livestock barns, containing chickens, suffered damage. One building suffered severe damage with roughly 200,000 chickens having to be relocated. Debris from the barns was thrown up to a half mile northeast of the location, with a barn on 900 West south of 100 North suffering some damage. Damage by the business owners is estimated in excess of five million dollars due to structural damage, costs to move the chickens to other facilities and other expenses.

Wider weather episode

Several lines of strong to locally severe thunderstorms affected portions of Illinois during the evening hours of May 13th and moved east into western Indiana into the early morning hours of the 14th. While instability was marginal, very strong wind fields were in place with a few of the strongest storms able to bring the strong winds to the surface.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 159084. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.