A rapidly-intensifying storm is expected to bring heavy snow, blizzard conditions, and icing from the Upper Midwest through the Great Lakes and Northeast. Scattered severe thunderstorms may produce severe/damaging wind gusts and a couple of tornadoes across parts of the Midwest and lower Ohio Valley through the evening. Arctic air will expand across the central and southern U.S.. Read More >
Overview
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An intense area of low pressure brought damaging non-thunderstorm winds to central Indiana on February 24. Wind gusts over 60 mph were observed, with 66 mph at the Indianapolis International Airport. This was the highest non-thunderstorm wind gust reported there since April 6, 1988.
The winds caused damage to houses and other structures and brought down trees and power lines. Tens of thousands of people were without power. |
 Loop of Wind Gusts |
Winds
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 638 PM EST Sun Feb 24 2019 ...PEAK WIND REPORTS... Location Speed Time/Date Provider ...Indiana... ...Bartholomew County... Columbus Municipal Airport 51 MPH 0929 AM 02/24 AWOS ...Boone County... 5 NNE Zionsville 56 MPH 0559 AM 02/24 NONFEDAWOS Indianapolis Terry Airport 56 MPH 0555 AM 02/24 AWOS ...Clinton County... Frankfort 52 MPH 0315 PM 02/24 AWOS ...Daviess County... Daviess County Airport 48 MPH 0515 AM 02/24 AWOS ...Delaware County... Delaware County-johnson Fiel 64 MPH 0611 AM 02/24 ASOS Ball State University 51 MPH 0112 PM 02/24 CWOP 3 SSW Eaton 40 MPH 0645 AM 02/24 CWOP ...Hamilton County... 3 SSE Noblesville 46 MPH 0630 AM 02/24 CWOP 3 SW Westfield 44 MPH 0542 AM 02/24 CWOP 2 WSW Cicero 44 MPH 0545 AM 02/24 CWOP ...Hancock County... 4 SSE Mccordsville 55 MPH 0236 PM 02/24 NONFEDAWOS Mt Comfort Airport 55 MPH 0236 PM 02/24 AWOS 2 WNW Spring Lake 46 MPH 0500 PM 02/24 CWOP 2 ENE Spring Lake 45 MPH 0645 AM 02/24 CWOP 2 SSE Fortville 45 MPH 1232 PM 02/24 CWOP ...Hendricks County... 2 NE Plainfield 48 MPH 0601 PM 02/24 CWOP 1 S Brownsburg 43 MPH 0341 PM 02/24 CWOP ...Howard County... Kokomo Municipal Airport 58 MPH 0202 PM 02/24 AWOS 3 W Point Isabel 42 MPH 0315 PM 02/24 CWOP ...Johnson County... 1 ENE Greenwood 55 MPH 0235 PM 02/24 MESOWEST ...Lawrence County... 3 NNW Mitchell 43 MPH 0601 AM 02/24 CWOP 2 WSW Oolitic 42 MPH 0656 AM 02/24 CWOP ...Madison County... Country Club Heights 50 MPH 0825 AM 02/24 CWOP 1 WNW Pendleton 50 MPH 0300 PM 02/24 CWOP 2 NNW River Forest 48 MPH 0438 PM 02/24 CWOP Anderson Municipal Apt 47 MPH 0615 AM 02/24 AWOS 2 NW Chesterfield 41 MPH 0315 PM 02/24 CWOP 4 N Chesterfield 41 MPH 0910 AM 02/24 CWOP 1 SSE Pendleton 41 MPH 0600 PM 02/24 CWOP ...Marion County... Indianapolis, In 66 MPH 0704 AM 02/24 ASOS Eagle Creek Airpark Airport 60 MPH 0523 AM 02/24 ASOS 2 NW Crows Nest 47 MPH 0535 AM 02/24 CWOP 2 S Monument Circle 45 MPH 0230 PM 02/24 CWOP 3 ESE Beech Grove 43 MPH 0831 AM 02/24 CWOP ...Monroe County... 1 ENE Bloomington 52 MPH 0520 AM 02/24 CWOP Monroe County Airport 49 MPH 0853 AM 02/24 ASOS 1 NW Ellettsville 46 MPH 0514 AM 02/24 CWOP ...Montgomery County... 1 N New Market 48 MPH 0255 PM 02/24 MESOWEST ...Morgan County... 2 NNW Lake Hart 44 MPH 0448 PM 02/24 CWOP ...Putnam County... 1 ESE Greencastle 45 MPH 0415 PM 02/24 MESOWEST ...Rush County... Rushville 43 MPH 0815 AM 02/24 CWOP ...Shelby County... Shelbyville Municipal Airpor 56 MPH 0835 AM 02/24 ASOS 1 SSE New Palestine 51 MPH 0246 PM 02/24 CWOP ...Sullivan County... 3 ESE Sullivan 41 MPH 0510 AM 02/24 RAWS ...Tippecanoe County... W. Lafayette - Purdue Univ. 59 MPH 0513 AM 02/24 ASOS 3 NE Lafayette 47 MPH 0211 PM 02/24 CWOP ...Tipton County... 2 E Sharpsville 50 MPH 0611 AM 02/24 CWOP ...Vermillion County... Fairview Park 53 MPH 0416 AM 02/24 CWOP ...Vigo County... 2 NNW Terre Haute 63 MPH 0614 AM 02/24 CWOP Hulman Regional Airport 61 MPH 0425 AM 02/24 ASOS 2 E Shepardsville 40 MPH 0420 AM 02/24 CWOP Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.
Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
635 PM EST SUN FEB 24 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0416 AM NON-TSTM WND GST FAIRVIEW PARK 39.69N 87.41W
02/24/2019 M53 MPH VERMILLION IN MESONET
0420 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 ENE BLOOMINGTON 39.17N 86.50W
02/24/2019 M48 MPH MONROE IN MESONET
0425 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 SW SEELYVILLE 39.45N 87.31W
02/24/2019 M61 MPH VIGO IN ASOS
ASOS STATION HUF, HULMAN REGIONAL AIRPORT.
0444 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SW PURDUE UNIVERSITY 40.41N 86.94W
02/24/2019 M58 MPH TIPPECANOE IN ASOS
ASOS STATION LAF, W. LAFAYETTE - PURDUE
UNIVERSITY AIRPORT.
0450 AM NON-TSTM WND GST GREENCASTLE 39.64N 86.84W
02/24/2019 M54 MPH PUTNAM IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0452 AM NON-TSTM WND GST INDIANAPOLIS INT`L AIRP 39.72N 86.29W
02/24/2019 M47 MPH MARION IN ASOS
ASOS STATION IND, INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
0513 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SW PURDUE UNIVERSITY 40.41N 86.94W
02/24/2019 M58 MPH TIPPECANOE IN ASOS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS NON-TSTM WND GST REPORT
FROM 2 SW PURDUE UNIVERSITY. ASOS STATION
LAF, W. LAFAYETTE - PURDUE UNIV. ARPT.
0514 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 NW ELLETTSVILLE 39.24N 86.63W
02/24/2019 M46 MPH MONROE IN MESONET
MESONET STATION AR596, 1 NW ELLETTSVILLE.
0514 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 N INDIANA STATE UNIVE 39.50N 87.40W
02/24/2019 M63 MPH VIGO IN MESONET
0515 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 NE WASHINGTON 38.70N 87.13W
02/24/2019 M48 MPH DAVIESS IN AWOS
AWOS STATION DCY, DAVIESS COUNTY AIRPORT.
0515 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 W FRANKFORT 40.27N 86.56W
02/24/2019 M49 MPH CLINTON IN AWOS
AWOS STATION FKR, FRANKFORT.
0523 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 SSE EAGLE CREEK RESER 39.83N 86.29W
02/24/2019 M59 MPH MARION IN ASOS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS NON-TSTM WND GST REPORT
FROM 1 SSE EAGLE CREEK RESERVOIR. ASOS
STATION EYE, EAGLE CREEK AIRPARK.
0533 AM NON-TSTM WND GST INDIANAPOLIS INT`L AIRP 39.72N 86.29W
02/24/2019 M54 MPH MARION IN ASOS
ASOS STATION IND, INDIANAPOLIS, IN.
0535 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 NNE ZIONSVILLE 40.03N 86.25W
02/24/2019 M49 MPH BOONE IN AWOS
AWOS STATION TYQ, INDIANAPOLIS TERRY
AIRPORT.
0537 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 5 NE KOKOMO 40.53N 86.06W
02/24/2019 M58 MPH HOWARD IN AWOS
AWOS STATION OKK, KOKOMO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
0552 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 ESE FAIRLAND 39.58N 85.80W
02/24/2019 M49 MPH SHELBY IN ASOS
ASOS STATION GEZ, SHELBYVILLE MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT.
0555 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 NNE ZIONSVILLE 40.03N 86.25W
02/24/2019 M56 MPH BOONE IN AWOS
AWOS STATION TYQ, INDIANAPOLIS TERRY
AIRPORT.
0556 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 5 SSE MCCORDSVILLE 39.84N 85.90W
02/24/2019 M49 MPH HANCOCK IN AWOS
AWOS STATION MQJ, MT COMFORT AIRPORT.
0601 AM NON-TSTM WND GST DANVILLE 39.76N 86.52W
02/24/2019 M46 MPH HENDRICKS IN TRAINED SPOTTER
MEASURED WITH HANDHELD ANEMOMETER.
0603 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 NNW RIVER FOREST 40.15N 85.75W
02/24/2019 M47 MPH MADISON IN MESONET
0610 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG NOBLESVILLE 40.06N 86.03W
02/24/2019 HAMILTON IN PUBLIC
CHIMNEY PULLED AWAY FROM HOME NEAR
NOBLESVILLE.
0610 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 NW CROWS NEST 39.87N 86.20W
02/24/2019 M46 MPH MARION IN MESONET
0611 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 E SHARPSVILLE 40.38N 86.05W
02/24/2019 M50 MPH TIPTON IN MESONET
0611 AM NON-TSTM WND GST DELAWARE COUNTY AIRPORT 40.24N 85.39W
02/24/2019 M64 MPH DELAWARE IN ASOS
0611 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SW ROYERTON 40.24N 85.39W
02/24/2019 M65 MPH DELAWARE IN ASOS
DELAWARE COUNTY AIRPORT.
0612 AM NON-TSTM WND GST BALL STATE UNIVERSITY 40.20N 85.41W
02/24/2019 M51 MPH DELAWARE IN MESONET
0615 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 WSW CHESTERFIELD 40.10N 85.62W
02/24/2019 M47 MPH MADISON IN AWOS
AWOS STATION AID, ANDERSON MUNICIPAL APT.
0626 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG MERIDIAN HILLS 39.88N 86.16W
02/24/2019 MARION IN AMATEUR RADIO
TWO HEALTHY TREES DOWNED BLOCKING THE
SOUTHBOUND LANES OF MERIDIAN STREET.
0628 AM NON-TSTM WND GST NEW WHITELAND 39.56N 86.10W
02/24/2019 M40 MPH JOHNSON IN PUBLIC
0630 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG ZIONSVILLE 39.95N 86.27W
02/24/2019 BOONE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES DOWNED. REPORTED BY BOONE COUNTY
SHERIFF.
0630 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 NW ELWOOD 40.31N 85.88W
02/24/2019 TIPTON IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TRANSFORMER FIRE REPORTED BY TIPTON COUNTY
SHERIFF.
0630 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 SSE NOBLESVILLE 40.02N 86.01W
02/24/2019 M46 MPH HAMILTON IN MESONET
0632 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 SSW VINCENNES 38.64N 87.53W
02/24/2019 M46 MPH KNOX IN EMERGENCY MNGR
MEASURED GUST AT KNOX COUNTY EOC.
0645 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 ENE SPRING LAKE 39.79N 85.82W
02/24/2019 M45 MPH HANCOCK IN MESONET
MESONET STATION AU689, 2 ENE SPRING LAKE.
0650 AM NON-TSTM WND GST LAFAYETTE 40.42N 86.87W
02/24/2019 E60 MPH TIPPECANOE IN PUBLIC
0651 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 E BLANFORD 39.66N 87.47W
02/24/2019 M52 MPH VERMILLION IN PUBLIC
0655 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 E BLANFORD 39.67N 87.46W
02/24/2019 VERMILLION IN PUBLIC
ROOFING MATERIAL BLOWN OFF FIRE STATION.
0703 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 WNW MERIDIAN HILLS 39.90N 86.20W
02/24/2019 MARION IN AMATEUR RADIO
TREE DOWNED INTO POWER LINES. ROAD BLOCKED.
0704 AM NON-TSTM WND GST INDIANAPOLIS INT`L AIRP 39.72N 86.29W
02/24/2019 M65 MPH MARION IN ASOS
0730 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 ENE MARTINSVILLE 39.43N 86.40W
02/24/2019 MORGAN IN PUBLIC
POWER LINE DOWN AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS OUT AT
STATE ROAD 37 AND STATE ROAD 44.
0752 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG CAMBY 39.65N 86.31W
02/24/2019 MARION IN PUBLIC
GENERAL LOCATION OF REPORT. LARGE TREE LIMBS
DOWN.
0825 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 SSE COUNTRY CLUB HEIG 40.12N 85.68W
02/24/2019 M50 MPH MADISON IN MESONET
MESONET STATION AR814, COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS.
0831 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 WSW HELMSBURG 39.25N 86.34W
02/24/2019 BROWN IN PUBLIC
REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. SR 45 WAS CLOSED
DUE TO LARGE TREE DOWN. AS OF 930AM, ROAD IS
REPORTED OPEN.
0835 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 ESE FAIRLAND 39.58N 85.80W
02/24/2019 M56 MPH SHELBY IN ASOS
0845 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG INDIANAPOLIS 39.78N 86.15W
02/24/2019 MARION IN EMERGENCY MNGR
OVER 11,000 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER, ALL
APPARENTLY DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES FROM
HIGH WINDS.
0853 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 SW WHITEHALL 39.14N 86.62W
02/24/2019 M49 MPH MONROE IN ASOS
ASOS STATION BMG, MONROE COUNTY AIRPORT.
0929 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SW CLIFFORD 39.26N 85.90W
02/24/2019 M51 MPH BARTHOLOMEW IN AWOS
AWOS STATION BAK, COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT.
1024 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 ESE BROAD RIPPLE 39.85N 86.09W
02/24/2019 MARION IN PUBLIC
TWO HEALTHY 10 TO 12-INCH TREES DOWN,
PARTIALLY IN ROADWAY SB EMERSON AT
MILLERSVILLE ROAD.
1029 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 SW GASTON 40.28N 85.56W
02/24/2019 DELAWARE IN NWS EMPLOYEE
REPORT OF SEMI-BLOWN OVER ON I-69, NEAR MILE
MARKER 245. EVENT OCCURRED NEAR 1000AM.
1034 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 N COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHT 40.15N 85.69W
02/24/2019 MADISON IN PUBLIC
WIND IS PEELING FASCIA FROM ROOF LINES, AND
SOME SHINGLES.
1113 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 SSE FISHERS 39.93N 86.01W
02/24/2019 HAMILTON IN PUBLIC
MODERATE SIZE TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN NEAR 96TH
STREET AND LANTERN ROAD...STRIKING DECK
RAILING AND HOT TUB.
1200 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 NE CARMEL 39.99N 86.10W
02/24/2019 HAMILTON IN PUBLIC
TWELVE-INCH DIAMETER 56-FOOT TALL EVERGREEN
TREE WAS UPROOTED BY HIGH WINDS...CAUSING
HOUSE GUTTER AND MINOR SIDING DAMAGE.
REPORTED BY RETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE. TIME
INDICATED IS THE APPROXIMATE TIME RECEIVED.
1232 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SSE FORTVILLE 39.90N 85.83W
02/24/2019 M45 MPH HANCOCK IN MESONET
MESONET STATION D7754, 2 SSE FORTVILLE.
0117 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 NW INGALLS 39.99N 85.83W
02/24/2019 MADISON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
SEMI TRUCK WAS BLOWN OFF INTERSTATE 69 AT
MILE MARKER 215, JUST EAST OF THE STATE ROAD
13 EXIT. TIME IS THE TIME OF REPORT. TIME OF
OCCURRENCE IS UNKNOWN.
0153 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 SSE CLOVERDALE 39.51N 86.79W
02/24/2019 PUTNAM IN EMERGENCY MNGR
HIGH WIND HAS CAUSED A PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF A
BUILDING AT 5 NORTH MAIN STREET IN DOWNTOWN
CLOVERDALE ON US 231...PROMPTING CLOSURE OF
THE NORTHBOUND LANE.
0211 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 NNE LAFAYETTE 40.45N 86.83W
02/24/2019 M47 MPH TIPPECANOE IN MESONET
MESONET STATION AT573, 3 NE LAFAYETTE.
0215 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 N NEW MARKET 39.98N 86.92W
02/24/2019 M45 MPH MONTGOMERY IN MESONET
MESONET STATION KCFJ, 1 N NEW MARKET.
0230 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 S MONUMENT CIRCLE 39.73N 86.16W
02/24/2019 M45 MPH MARION IN MESONET
MESONET STATION E0483, 2 S MONUMENT CIRCLE.
0235 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 ENE GREENWOOD 39.63N 86.09W
02/24/2019 M55 MPH JOHNSON IN MESONET
MESONET STATION KHFY, 1 ENE GREENWOOD.
0246 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SSE NEW PALESTINE 39.70N 85.88W
02/24/2019 M51 MPH SHELBY IN MESONET
MESONET STATION AV182, 1 SSE NEW PALESTINE.
0300 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 WNW PENDLETON 40.01N 85.77W
02/24/2019 M50 MPH MADISON IN MESONET
MESONET STATION AU584, 1 WNW PENDLETON.
0358 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 NNE ANDERSON 40.11N 85.68W
02/24/2019 MADISON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS THAT THE PART OF
THE ROOF OF THE COURTHOUSE WAS DAMAGED BY
THE WIND. ACROSS THE COUNTY MANY HOMES
EXPERIENCED ROOF DAMAGE. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL
HAVE RESPONDED TO NUMEROUS REQUESTS OF TREES
AND POWER LINES ACROSS ROAD THROUGH THE DAY.
0400 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 NNW DALEVILLE 40.18N 85.58W
02/24/2019 MADISON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
40X80 FOOT POLE BARN ROOF COMPLETELY BLOWN
OFF WITH DAMAGE TO ONE VEHICLE.
0415 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 ESE GREENCASTLE 39.64N 86.82W
02/24/2019 M45 MPH PUTNAM IN MESONET
MESONET STATION KGPC, 1 ESE GREENCASTLE.
0446 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 SSE AVON 39.73N 86.36W
02/24/2019 M46 MPH HENDRICKS IN MESONET
MESONET STATION E8045, 2 NE PLAINFIELD.
0451 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 SSW ELWOOD 40.22N 85.86W
02/24/2019 MADISON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
SR 37 BETWEEN SR 128 AND SR 13 CLOSED DUE TO
TREES DOWN. ONE TREE DOWN WAS OVER 3 FEET IN
DIAMETER.
0500 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 WNW SPRING LAKE 39.80N 85.90W
02/24/2019 M46 MPH HANCOCK IN MESONET
MESONET STATION AU410, 2 WNW SPRING LAKE.
Environment
Video Loops: Below are loops of data from this event. All loops are from NWS Quad Cities
| Figure 1: GOES 16 Water Vapor | Figure 2: MSAS Mean Sea Level Pressure | Figure 3: MSAS 3-hr Pressure Change |
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