Weak instability with moderate shear allowed for scattered thunderstorms to develop. A few bowing segments of thunderstorms were noted across portions of northern Indiana, with a few of these producing localized damage.
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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 episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
Weak instability with moderate shear allowed for scattered thunderstorms to develop. A few bowing segments of thunderstorms were noted across portions of northern Indiana, with a few of these producing localized damage.
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Monterey Fire Department reported several trees uprooted, with a few landing onto houses. Also power lines were reported down across the area.
Emergency management officials reported trees down in North Manchester, with some onto vehicles.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, October 2008
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 136679, 136680.