Thunderstorm Wind in Fountain County, Indiana
Thunderstorm Wind May 9, 2000 · Fountain County, Indiana
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
The wider storm
A squall-line moved across central Indiana producing widespread tree damage, localized structural damage and one death and three injuries. A weak F0 tornado also briefly touched down in a farm field near Brownsburg doing no propery damage. A 42 year old woman was killed as a tree fell on her moving vehicle near Hillsboro in Fountain county, while three people were injured near Waynetown in Montgomery county when a tree fell on their car. Meanwhile, thunderstorm gusts up to 80 mph damaged the roofs to a grocery store and hotel near Terre Haute and four homes at Clarks Hill in Tippecanoe county. Fallen trees also damaged two cars near Brazil in Clay county. Otherwise, there were numerous reports of trees down and golfball size hail across central Indiana .
Began near Hillsboro (40.1167, -87.0833).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5140473. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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