High Wind, Posey
- When
- December 11, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Posey forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.022, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Indiana, December 11, 2000
A strong cold front passed through southwest Indiana. Strong gusty northwest winds in the wake of the front caused some minor damage to trees.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 PAH wrote it up.
A strong cold front passed through southwest Indiana. Strong gusty northwest winds in the wake of the front caused some minor damage to trees. A few trees were down in each county. At the Evansville Airport, the peak wind gust was clocked at 46 MPH.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Spencer
- When
- December 11, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Spencer forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.014, -87.008 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Vanderburgh
- When
- December 11, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.025, -87.586 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Warrick
- When
- December 11, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Warrick forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.092, -87.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Gibson
- When
- December 11, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.312, -87.585 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pike
- When
- December 11, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pike forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.399, -87.232 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Ohio, December 11 to 12, 2000
- Winter Storm in Kansas, December 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Kansas, December 11, 2000
- High Wind in Ohio, December 11 to 12, 2000
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Michigan, December 11 to 12, 2000
- Ice Storm in Ohio, December 11, 2000
- High Wind in Indiana, December 11 to 12, 2000
- High Wind in Ohio, December 11 to 12, 2000
- High Wind in West Virginia, December 11 to 12, 2000
- High Wind in Kentucky, December 11 to 12, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Kansas, December 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, December 11, 2000
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, December 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: 5166244, 5166245, 5166246, 5166247, 5168751, 5168752.