Thunderstorm Wind — Gibson, Indiana

2015-05-30 · near Buckskin, Gibson, Indiana

Event narrative

A small child was killed when a tree limb landed on her. The incident occurred at an outdoor family reunion. The tree limb fell about 50 feet, striking a father and his daughter. The father was hospitalized with a broken neck and other injuries. The young girl died in the hospital a couple of days later. There were a couple of other downed tree limbs in the immediate area.

Wider weather episode

A few isolated damaging wind gusts occurred with bands of northeastward moving thunderstorms. Weak to moderate instability and deep, unidirectional southwesterly flow aloft helped to maintain the storms. A 500 mb shortwave trough over the Ozarks moved northeast to the vicinity of the Ohio and Mississippi River confluence by mid-afternoon. A weak surface low pressure center moved northeast from southeast Missouri into south central Illinois.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 571143. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.