Van Buren storm history

A car with 2 occupants was swept off Mooneyham Lonewood Road. The passenger, a 67 year old male, died and the female driver was injured.

Snow and sleet accumulations up to 1.0 fell during the late afternoon on February 20, followed by freezing rain with ice accumulations up to 1 from the evening on February 20 into the early morning hours on February 21. TEMA and local emergency management reported numerous trees …

Estimated ping pong size hail was reported near Spencer from a tornado-warned thunderstorm.

Very strong non-thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph across Van Buren County. Several trees were reported to be downed. Damages are a rough estimate.

Severe drought conditions from January 2025 improved to abnormally dry to moderate drought across Van Buren County in February.

Severe drought conditions from December 2024 continued in January 2025 across Van Buren County.

Severe drought conditions from November 2024 continued into December across Van Buren County.

Despite improving in October 2024, drought conditions worsened again in November with severe drought conditions developing across all of Van Buren County.

Extreme drought conditions from September 2024 improved in October with abnormally dry to moderate drought conditions across Van Buren County.

Drought conditions deteriorated across Van Buren County during the month of September 2024 with extreme drought conditions present across the entire county.

Flash flooding reported over several roads in southern Van Buren County. Roads included Old State Highway 111, Howard, Brockdell, and Fall Creek Road. Several pictures received from local emergency manager. Received a couple reports of rainfall over 5 inches in the vicinity, all …

Drought conditions worsened across Van Buren County during the month of July 2024, peaking to severe drought conditions in mid-July. By the end of the month, drought conditions improved to moderate drought conditions.

Heavy snow fell across Van Buren County with an estimated 4 to 6 inches of snow. The heavy snow and winter weather conditions caused water utility issues across Van Buren County with the Fall Creek Falls Water Department issuing a Water Boil Advisory.

Strong winds with gusts up to 50 mph downed a few trees across Van Buren County, including on Captain Carter Road and Cane Creek Cumminsville Road in Spencer and Lakeside Drive near Fall Creek Falls. Power outages resulted from these downed trees. Damages are a rough estimate.

Extreme drought conditions from December 2023 improved to abnormally dry conditions in January 2024.

Extreme drought conditions from November 2023 across Van Buren County continued in December.

Extreme drought conditions from October 2023 continued across Van Buren County in November.

Drought conditions across Van Buren County quickly deteriorated through the month of October with extreme drought conditions observed across the entire county by the end of the month.

Severe thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Spencer. Damages are a rough estimate.

Satellite imagery along with damage photos indicate a large and very damaging 10 mile wide downburst struck eastern Van Buren County. Scattered trees were snapped and uprooted in this large downburst with winds estimated from 60 to 75 mph. Within the downburst area, a smaller but…

Severe thunderstorm winds uprooted two large oak trees along Old State Highway 111 about 6 miles away from Fall Creek Falls State Park southern entrance. Damages are estimated.

Several hours of severe non-thunderstorm winds led to numerous reports of downed and uprooted trees, downed powerlines, and roof and property damage across all of Van Buren County. Damages are estimated.

A weather station near Phiferes measured a minimum wind chill of -28 degrees.

Severe drought conditions from November 2022 improved to no drought conditions in December.

Severe drought conditions developed across Van Buren County in November 2022.

A Facebook photo from the Piney Fire Department indicated lightning struck an outbuilding on Old Highway 111 and the resulting fire destroyed it.

Up to 1 inch of snow and up to 0.1 of ice fell across the county. The COOP observer at Fall Creek Falls measured 1 inch of snow.

Multiple trees were reportedly blown down in Fall Creek Falls State Park.

Cane Creek Road and Highway 30 near Fall Creek Falls State Park are impassable in some places due to flooding.

Several reports of flash flooding and roads closed throughout eastern Van Buren County, including Park Road near the Rockhouse, and Highway 30E between Van Buren County Head Start and Cane Creek Road.

Large tree down on SR 285.

Up to 4 inches of snow fell across Van Buren County. Social media reports indicated 3.5 inches of snow fell on Baker Mountain around 4 miles WSW of Spencer.

Up to 3 inches of snow fell across Van Buren County. Social media reports indicated 2.5 inches of snow fell in Fall Creek Falls State Park.

Up to two inches of snow fell across Van Buren County. The COOP observer at Fall Creek Falls measured 1.7 inches of snow.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Van Buren County.

A very large tree was uprooted.

A tree fell through a large metal barn.

Media photos showed around 2 inches of snow fell in Spencer.

Up to one half inch of snow fell across Van Buren County. Social media reports indicated 0.5 inches of snow fell in Spencer.

Trees were blown down across Van Buren County.

CoCoRaHS, social media, and COOP observer reports indicated up to 1.5 inches of snow fell across Van Buren County. CoCoRaHS station Pikeville 9.5 NW measured 1.5 inches of snow. A Twitter report indicated 1.5 inches of snow fell near Spencer. The Fall Creek Falls COOP observer me…

Quarter size hail was reported at the Fall Creek Falls campground.

A Facebook report indicated dime size hail fell in Fall Creek Falls State Park.

Fall Creek Falls State Park manager estimated one to two hundred trees were blown down across the park with three cabins and several campers and vehicles damaged from fallen trees.

Fall Creek Falls Golf Course reported the ground was covered by nickel to quarter size hail.

COOP observer and social media reports indicated up to 1 inch of snow fell across Van Buren County. The COOP observer at Fall Creek Falls measured 1 inch of snow, and a Twitter report indicated 1 inch of snow fell in Spencer.

Twitter reports indicated Caney Creek was out of its banks along Cane Creek-Cummingsville Road and flooded parts of the roadway.

Facebook reports and photos showed numerous trees were blown down at Fall Creek Falls with many falling onto campers and vehicles. No injuries were reported.