Thunderstorm Wind, Jay
- When
- April 20, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Jay County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -84.983
Roof damage. Power lines and trees downed.
Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 20, 2000
Synoptic and mesoscale conditions for April 20, 2000. A significant mid-latitude cyclone developed over the midwest on the 19th and 20th.
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
- $10,000
- 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 IWX wrote it up.
Synoptic and mesoscale conditions for April 20, 2000. . .A significant mid-latitude cyclone developed over the midwest on the 19th and 20th. A strong mid-level jet at 75 knots combined with a 40 knot low-level jet triggered rapid severe storm development across central and northern Illinois during the morning hours of the 20th. Storms quickly organized into a squall line with several embedded bows which then tracked across northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. Reports of damaging winds and large hail were common with the storms during the afternoon of the 20th.
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 20, 2000
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 20, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 20, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 20, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 20, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, April 20, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 20, 2000
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 20, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Michigan, April 20, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 20, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, April 20, 2000
- Tornado in Missouri, April 20, 2000
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, April 2000
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: 5139037.