Thunderstorm Wind in Gibson County, Indiana
Thunderstorm Wind May 30, 2015 · Gibson County, Indiana
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
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.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Buckskin (38.2300, -87.4016).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 571143. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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