Thunderstorm Wind — Blackford, Indiana

2015-07-18 · near Hartford City, Blackford, Indiana

Event narrative

Several trees and power lines down in town.

Wider weather episode

Weak shortwave trough moving through upper Michigan combined with retreating outflow boundary from morning/early afternoon storms, which moved through northern Indiana/northwest Ohio, spurned new storm development from southern Wisconsin southeast through northeast Illinois by later afternoon. Storms were initially sub-severe and disorganized, but two main bowing segments, one along and north of the Interstate 80/90 corridor and another along the US-30 corridor, developed as cold pool strengthened, causing widespread damaging winds and flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 595465. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.