Thunderstorm Wind, Elkhart
- When
- December 6, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Elkhart County, Elkhart
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.680, -85.970
SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN.
Damaging Winds in Indiana, December 6, 1998
8 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $110,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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.
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:58 UTC.
Event by event
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Miami
- When
- December 6, 9:45 PM EST
- Where
- Miami County, Bunker Hill
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.670, -86.100
SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN. ONE BARN LOST A THIRD OF ITS ROOF.
Thunderstorm Wind, Whitley
- When
- December 6, 10:11 PM EST
- Where
- Whitley County, Columbia City
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -85.480
NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN. ONE BARN COMPLETELY LOST ITS ROOF.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wabash
- When
- December 6, 10:13 PM EST
- Where
- Wabash County, Wabash
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -85.820
SEVERAL TREES...POWER POLES AND LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN TOWN.
Thunderstorm Wind, Huntington
- When
- December 6, 10:15 PM EST
- Where
- Huntington County, Huntington
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -85.480
SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED IN TOWN.
Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb
- When
- December 6, 10:20 PM EST
- Where
- De Kalb County, Auburn
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.370, -85.050
LOTS OF TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wells
- When
- December 6, 10:25 PM EST
- Where
- Wells County, Bluffton
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.730, -85.170
MANY TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN.
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- December 6, 10:45 PM EST
- Where
- Adams County, Williams to 2 mi of Williams
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -84.980
SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED.
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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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: 5673471, 5673472, 5673473, 5673474, 5673475, 5673476, 5673477, 5673568.