Fountain storm history

An 18-year-old Covington man is dead after being swept through the Coal Creek low head dam Saturday, July 13th. Indiana Conservation Officers were called to the area just after 7:00 PM EDT after Fountain County Dispatch received a report of a man that had been swept through the C…

A 24 year old male was hit by lightning on a baseball field and died shortly thereafter.

Temperatures on the morning of the 14th were as low as -9F, with sustained winds around 10 mph...resulting in extreme wind chills as low as -27F through 1100 EST. Marginally extreme low wind chills returned on the 15th at 600 EST amid temperatures as low as -12F and sustained win…

Snowfall amounts up to 5.0 inches reported. A Travel Advisory was issued for the county due to the impacts of snow on road conditions.

Snowfall ranged from 4.2 to 6.1 inches. A Travel Advisory was issued for the county due to the impacts of snow on road conditions.

Thunderstorm winds downed power poles on West Public Service Road and blew metal roofing into fields on both sides of US Highway 136, one-eighth to one-quarter mile west of Interstate 74 overpass.

Multiple large tree branches and trunks snapped by thunderstorm wind gusts.

Hail was mostly 0.50 inches in diameter one-half mile west of US Highway 41.

Multiple reports of trees downed by thunderstorm wind gusts.

A tree of unknown size was downed by thunderstorm wind gusts onto a house.

Dozens of trees and power poles downed by thunderstorm wind gusts across the county.

Temperatures on the morning of the 21st were as low as -5F, with sustained winds around 14 mph...resulting in marginally extreme wind chills as low as -25F.

Snowfall ranged from 0.2 to 6.7 inches. A Travel Advisory was issued for the county due to the impacts of snow on road conditions.

Severe Drought that began on October 29, 2024 in extreme northeastern Fountain County continued into November. 4-week rainfall totals around 2.75 inches led to an improvement to Moderate Drought on November 26, 2024.

Less than 0.15 inches of rainfall since late September caused Severe Drought intensity to begin on October 29, 2024 in extreme northeastern Fountain County.

Snowfall ranged from 3.4 to 5.3 inches, with criteria snowfall confined to far northeastern parts of the county.

Temperatures early on the 14th were as low as -9F, while robust winds gusted as high as 30-40 mph...resulting in extreme wind chills as low as -33F.

Criteria was reached from maximum heat index values exceeding 110 degrees on the afternoon of August 23rd. Heat index values were estimated from reported maximum temperature at the nearby Perrysville 4 WNW COOP station and dewpoint data at the LAF ASOS.

Large tree downed by thunderstorm winds on a house.

Tree branches downed by thunderstorm wind gusts.

Large tree downed by thunderstorm wind gusts on a house. Numerous other reports of downed trees across the county with over 2500 power outages.

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Thunderstorm winds downed multiple power lines around Cates and towards Kingman.

Temperatures early on the 23rd were as low as -12F, while strong winds gusted as high as 47 mph...resulting in extreme wind chills as low as -38F. Snowfall as great as 1.0 inch combined with the strong winds to produce blowing snow and drifting snow, with visibility as low as 1/2…

Temperatures early on the 23rd were as low as -12F, while strong winds gusted as high as 47 mph...resulting in extreme wind chills as low as -38F.

Thunderstorm winds blew off shingles and broke 1 inch tree limbs.

Snowfall ranged from 7.0 to 13.5 inches with the greatest reported total in Veedersburg. A Travel Warning was issued for the county which is the highest level of local travel advisory due to the extreme impacts of the snow on road conditions.

Trees down by thunderstorm wind gusts across Fountain County.

Grain bins blown over by thunderstorm wind gusts.

Significant tree damage across the town of Attica due to strong straight line winds associated with a bookend vortex. 3 houses had damage from trees falling on them with one minor injury in one of the residences. Near the golf course on the south side of the town, a free standing…

Heavy rains washed out a section of State Road 32 in far eastern Fountain county along the border with Montgomery county.

State Road 32 closed due to water flowing over the road near the Montgomery Fountain county line. Additional roads closed across the area.

Snowfall amounts ranged from 9.0 to 10.0 inches with the heaviest amounts in Covington. A travel warning was issued for the county which is the highest level of local travel advisory due to the extreme impacts of the snow on road conditions.

A 70 mph wind thunderstorm wind gust was estimated at this location.

A tree of unknown size was blown over due to thunderstorm wind gusts.

A 67 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at this location.

Trees downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts near Pine Street and also on Brady Street.

A 60 mph non-thunderstorm wind gust was measured by a personal automated weather station in rural east Fountain County.

Tree partially snapped due to thunderstorm wind gusts. Snapped portion fell and damaged an automobile.

Multiple large tree limbs downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts.

Multiple large tree limbs snapped due to thunderstorm wind gusts.

Trees were downed, including on to power lines, in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.

This was a public report of an estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust in this location.

A measured 62 mph thunderstorm wind gust was reported near Attica.

A tree was blown down on State Road 28 near Ruppert Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.