Thunderstorm Wind, Whitley
- When
- July 7, 4:00 PM EST to 4:10 PM EST
- Where
- Whitley County, South Whitley
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -85.620
Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 7, 1996
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS DESTROYED A GARAGE AND BARN JUST EAST OF SOUTH WHITLEY ALONG SR 205. ALSO, TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN, A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A GARAGE AND HOUSE AND A HOUSE WAS DAMAGED WHEN A TREE WAS BLOWN ON IT.
Where it happened
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- 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 IWX wrote it up.
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS DESTROYED A GARAGE AND BARN JUST EAST OF SOUTH WHITLEY ALONG SR 205. ALSO, TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN, A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A GARAGE AND HOUSE AND A HOUSE WAS DAMAGED WHEN A TREE WAS BLOWN ON IT. A MOBILE HOME WAS OVERTURNED ON THE NORTHSIDE OF SOUTH WHITLEY. CROP DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT $50,000 DUE TO THE WINDS.
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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- Hail in Nebraska, July 7, 1996
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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: 5557674.