Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- August 22, 4:15 PM CST to 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County, South Bend
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -86.250
Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 22, 1996
Strong winds damaged 11 trailers and destroyed 3. Winds also downed 6 to 8 inch limbs and 18 inch trees just south of the airport.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LOT wrote it up.
Strong winds damaged 11 trailers and destroyed 3. Winds also downed 6 to 8 inch limbs and 18 inch trees just south of the airport.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 22, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 22, 1996
- Flood in Nebraska, August 22, 1996
- Flood in Colorado, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 22, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5563387.