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Thunderstorm Wind in Carroll County, Indiana

Thunderstorm Wind October 11, 2021 · Carroll County, Indiana

60 mph
Estimated gust (52 kt)
$4K
Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Ten trees were downed across the eastern portions of the county by thunderstorm wind gusts with no specific location noted.

The wider storm

The gradient between a ridge over the Appalachians and a trough just west of the region, quickly ejecting to the north-northeast...resulted in a robust low level jet (LLJ) of 45-60 mph at the 850 mb level. Strong wind shear between the LLJ and southerly surface flow of about 15 mph combined with modest yet adequate instability, to produce multiple lines of thunderstorms from the late afternoon into the evening. The strongest embedded cells brought the LLJ's winds, as well as isolated large hail to the surface over northwestern central Indiana. An initial line of thunderstorms produced the majority of the damage with a bookend vortex causing the most intense damage within Attica. A brief and stronger updraft caused 1 inch hail to fall in Montgomery county. Later, a convective line of showers with weak rotation caused additional tree damage in Clinton and Carroll counties.

Began near Lexington (40.4900, -86.4600).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 979058. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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