2014 Short/Med Range Severe Weather Disco

[wisconsinwx]

A nice little severe line segment to our north and west (severe t'storm entering Fond Du Lac County), but looks like all the action will miss just to our north for the time being.

[IWXwx]

I was thinking that heavy rain would be a bigger threat than severe due to anemic shear, although a collapsing storm could lead to some microbursts.

[wisconsinwx]

I was thinking that heavy rain would be a bigger threat than severe due to anemic shear, although a collapsing storm could lead to some microbursts.

 

I thought so too, but there was more clearing in WI than expected (certainly more than I expected), so instability away from the lake built up through much of the state.

[snowlover2]

Watch possible.

 

 

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1580
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0103 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014

AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHERN LOWER MI...NORTHERN/CENTRAL IND...PART OF
EASTERN IL AND NORTHWEST OH

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE

VALID 191803Z - 191900Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...40 PERCENT

SUMMARY...WW ISSUANCE IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SRN LOWER MI SSWWD THROUGH NRN/CENTRAL IND...NWRN OH...TO
EAST-CENTRAL IL. GREATEST SEVERE RISKS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

DISCUSSION...TRENDS IN MOSAIC RADAR IMAGERY AND LIGHTNING DATA
INDICATED AN INCREASE IN TSTM DEVELOPMENT FROM CENTRAL AND SWRN
LOWER MI THROUGH SRN LAKE MICHIGAN TO NERN IL /INCLUDING THE CHICAGO
METRO AREA/...WITH ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT IN EAST CENTRAL IL. THIS
ACTIVITY HAS FORMED EAST OF A COLD FRONT...WHICH AT 17Z EXTENDED
FROM NRN/CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN SWWD THROUGH NRN IL TO NRN MO...AND
ALONG A DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY. THE MESOSCALE-LINEAR
STRUCTURE OF THESE STORMS IS LIKELY ATTENDANT TO THE ORIENTATION OF
THE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY AND THE LEADING EXTENT OF DEEP
LAYER ASCENT SPREADING E/SEWD ACROSS THIS REGION WITH THE
APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH.

ADDITIONAL SURFACE HEATING ACROSS THE DISCUSSION AREA /EAST OF THE
DEVELOPING STORMS/...WITHIN A MOIST ENVIRONMENT /PW EXCEEDING 1.5
INCHES AND SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 F/...IS
EXPECTED TO SUPPORT A FURTHER INCREASE IN STORM DEVELOPMENT/
INTENSITY. EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR OF 25-30 KT WILL SUPPORT MULTICELL
STORMS. STORM MERGERS RESULTING IN A CONGLOMERATE OF COLD POOLS
COULD ENHANCE THE THREAT FOR STRONGER/DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AS
ACTIVITY ADVANCES INTO AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. HAIL WILL ALSO BE A
THREAT. TRENDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL WW
ISSUANCE FROM PARTS OF SRN LOWER MI THROUGH NRN/CENTRAL IND TO
EAST-CENTRAL IL.

..PETERS/THOMPSON.. 08/19/2014

 

 

[snowlover2]

New watch out

 

 

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 467
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
235 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA
SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO
LAKE ERIE

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL
900 PM EDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND INDIANA TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
DETROIT MICHIGAN. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

&&

DISCUSSION...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN THIS
AFTERNOON WHILE MOVING EWD INTO A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT.
MLCAPE OF 1500-2000 J/KG AND 30-35 KT MIDLEVEL FLOW WILL SUPPORT THE
RISK FOR A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WITH LINE
SEGMENTS AND MULTICELL CLUSTERS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING.

 

[Powerball]

Flood Advisory in effect for Wayne County (Detroit) until 9:00 PM...

[Powerball]

Just getting a torrential downpour here, not much wind.

 

EDIT: Not much thunder or lightning...

[Stebo]

We had a good amount of wind here at the airport, gusted to 51 mph. We didn't end up with too much rain though, only 0.24" thus far.

[on_wx]

The line of storms downed trees and hydro lines across Windsor, and damaged property. 62 mph gust recorded at Windsor Airport.

[nwburbschaser]

Anyone have thoughts on Friday for E IA/N IL/S WI? I'm not talking about anything widespread but I have been keeping an eye on the potential for something discreet in this region.

[wisconsinwx]

Anyone have thoughts on Friday for E IA/N IL/S WI? I'm not talking about anything widespread but I have been keeping an eye on the potential for something discreet in this region.

 

Maybe something in the southern end of that region, but the boundary may well slip far enough south that cooling lake breezes will actually affect the lakeshore counties in Wisconsin (one of the local forecast models is showing this, where just this morning NWS had my point at 90F).

[nwburbschaser]

I've noticed 7/18/96 on the analog lists this week so it caught my attention.

[Hoosier]

Forgot about Joe's thread for smaller events...

 

Huge slight risk area for day 2

 

 

   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK     NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK   1124 PM CDT TUE SEP 30 2014   VALID 021200Z - 031200Z   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE MIDWEST TO CNTRL TX...   ...SUMMARY...   BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD FORM ALONG COLD FRONT AS IT PROGRESSES   ACROSS THE PLAINS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.  DAMAGING WIND GUSTS   ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.   ...MIDWEST TO CNTRL TX...   LOW LATITUDE SHORT-WAVE TROUGH WILL EJECT ACROSS THE SRN   ROCKIES/HIGH PLAINS EARLY IN THE PERIOD BEFORE EJECTING RAPIDLY NEWD   INTO THE LOWER OH VALLEY AFTER MIDNIGHT.  PRIMARY FEATURE   RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS RAPID EJECTION IS AN INTENSIFYING SPEED MAX   THAT WILL DIG INTO THE CNTRL PLAINS BY 03/12Z.  THIS SECONDARY   FEATURE SHOULD AID DEEPENING CYCLONE/SHARPENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY   OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES LATE.   ALTHOUGH FRONTAL INTENSIFICATION IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL LATE IN THE   PERIOD...CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG PROGRESSIVE   BOUNDARY BEGINNING FAIRLY EARLY IN THE PERIOD.  LATEST MODEL   GUIDANCE SUGGEST AMPLE BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL ADVANCE AS FAR   NORTH AS NRN IL BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH PW VALUES AOA 1.5 INCHES.    WHAT LITTLE CINH IS OBSERVED AT 12Z AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL DIMINISH   BY 17-18Z SUCH THAT THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD READILY DEVELOP ALONG WIND   SHIFT ACROSS ERN KS/OK.  THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD MATURE INTO A   EXTENSIVE SQUALL LINE STRETCHING FROM THE MID MS VALLEY...SWWD INTO   NERN TX BY LATE AFTERNOON.  GREATEST BUOYANCY IS EXPECTED TO RESIDE   FROM THE OZARK PLATEAU SWWD INTO TX AND HAIL IS MOST LIKELY ALONG   THIS PORTION OF THE SQUALL LINE.  MEAN SWLY WIND WILL BE ON THE   ORDER OF 30-35KT...MORE THAN ADEQUATE FOR PROGRESSIVE SQUALL LINE   THAT SHOULD ADVANCE TOWARD THE MS RIVER DURING THE EVENING HOURS.    WHILE DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE FOR DEEP   ROTATION...STORM MODE FAVORS LINEAR DEVELOPMENT AND DAMAGING WINDS   ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT.   ..DARROW.. 10/01/2014

 

 

[Hoosier]

Surface low deepens pretty rapidly starting tomorrow evening but overall the setup looks pretty meh.  Main threat looks like damaging winds with some isolated tornado potential given decent low level shear. 

[Hoosier]

New watch for eastern Missouri/southern Illinois.

[andyhb]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1822
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1220 PM CDT TUE OCT 07 2014

AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHERN OHIO...SOUTHERN INDIANA...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY...WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...TORNADO WATCH LIKELY

VALID 071720Z - 071915Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...80 PERCENT

SUMMARY...THE AREA IS BEING MONITORED FOR AN INCREASE IN THE RISK
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING TORNADOES FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THE EVENING. THE ISSUANCE OF A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE LIKELY WITHIN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR LOOPS INDICATE THE EXIT REGION OF A STRONG
MID-LEVEL JET STREAK IMPINGING ON THE IL/INDIANA BORDER. RELATED
ASCENT IS ENCOURAGING AN UPTICK IN CONVECTION SW OF BLOOMINGTON
INDIANA...WHICH HAS RECENTLY SHOWN SIGNS OF SUPERCELLULAR
CHARACTERISTICS. THIS STORM LIES ALONG A NW/SE-ORIENTED WAVY SFC
WARM FRONT...WHOSE BAROCLINICITY IS BEING ENHANCED BY CROSS-BOUNDARY
DIFFERENTIAL HEATING OWING TO INSOLATION OVER PORTIONS OF THE LOWER
OH VALLEY. AS THE MID-LEVEL SPEED MAX CONTINUES TO ADVANCE THROUGH
LARGER-SCALE CYCLONIC FLOW...FORCING FOR ASCENT WILL CONTINUE TO
OVERSPREAD THE AREA CONCURRENT WITH A DIURNALLY ENHANCED UPTICK IN
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

DESPITE MODEST BOUNDARY-LAYER MOISTURE S OF THE WARM FRONT
CHARACTERIZED BY SFC DEWPOINTS AROUND 60F...COLD AIR ALOFT -- E.G.
H5 TEMP AROUND -19C PER WILMINGTON OHIO RAOB -- WILL AMPLIFY
BUOYANCY ESPECIALLY S OF THE WARM FRONT. AND...WITH 50-70 KT
MID-LEVEL WLYS SAMPLED BY AREA VWPS...DEEP SHEAR WILL BE
SUFFICIENTLY STRONG FOR SUSTAINED SUPERCELL STORMS WITH SVR
HAIL/WIND. FURTHERMORE...A 35-50-KT LLJ WILL SUPPORT SUFFICIENT
LOW-LEVEL SHEAR FOR A FEW TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY STORMS
INTERACTING WITH THE WARM FRONTAL ZONE. POLEWARD MASS FLUXES WILL
ENCOURAGE NWD RETREAT OF THE WARM FRONT THROUGH THE DAY...ALLOWING
THE SVR-TSTM/TORNADO RISK TO EXTEND AS FAR N AS SRN SECTIONS OF
CNTRL/E-CNTRL OHIO BY LATE AFTERNOON -- MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
DAYTON TO COLUMBUS TO ZANESVILLE.

..COHEN/DARROW.. 10/07/2014

[yoda]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 523  

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  

205 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014  

 

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A  

 

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF  

SOUTHEAST INDIANA  

CENTRAL AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY  

SOUTHERN OHIO  

WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA  

 

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL  

900 PM EDT.  

 

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...  

A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE  

ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE  

ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE  

 

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE  

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE  

KENTUCKY TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PARKERSBURG WEST  

VIRGINIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE  

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).  

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  

 

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR  

TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH  

AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR  

THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS  

AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.  

DISCUSSION...FOCUSED LARGE SCALE ASCENT WITHIN EXIT REGION OF  

MID-LEVEL SPEED MAX WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE OH VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON.  

DISCRETE SUPERCELLS MAY EVOLVE WITHIN RECOVERING AIR MASS AS  

MOISTURE ADVANCES INTO SOUTHERN OHIO. A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE  

WITH THIS ACTIVITY...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  

[andyhb]

Circulation near Maysville, KY is tightening.

 

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1825
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0250 PM CDT TUE OCT 07 2014

AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF NRN KY AND FAR SRN OH

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 523...

VALID 071950Z - 072045Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 523 CONTINUES.

SUMMARY...THE TORNADO RISK WILL BE MAXIMIZED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NRN
KY AND FAR SRN OH IN THE SHORT TERM.

DISCUSSION...RADAR IMAGERY INDICATES AN INCREASE IN CONVECTIVE
INTENSITY AND ORGANIZATION NEAR AND S OF THE OHIO RIVER...WITH A MIX
OF QLCS/SUPERCELL MODES EVOLVING OVER N-CNTRL KY. THE VWPS AT LVX
AND JKL INDICATE AMPLE LOW-LEVEL SRH -- OVER 300 M2/S2 IN THE 0-1-KM
LAYER -- WHICH WILL FAVOR A TORNADO POTENTIAL WITH THE ONGOING
CONVECTION THAT WILL SPREAD EWD TO SEWD. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR
A SVR/TORNADO RISK TO BUILD N OF THE OH RIVER AS POLEWARD MOISTURE
FLUXES -- SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 50S -- ALLOW FOR MARGINAL
INSTABILITY TO EXTEND INTO THE LOWER SCIOTO RIVER VALLEY.

..COHEN.. 10/07/2014

[1234snow]

Look at the rotation now with that cell:

[Chinook]

Strong rotation near Frankfort and MIdway, KY

 

[Hoosier]

baseball size hail in October...not bad.

 

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY  726 PM EDT TUE OCT 07 2014     .TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON     .DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.                ..REMARKS..    0723 PM     HAIL             GEORGETOWN              38.20N  84.55W  10/07/2014  E2.75 INCH       SCOTT              KY   PUBLIC      

[andyhb]

Strong circulation WNW of Paintsville, KY. These things are riding right through the 3/2/12 wheelhouse.

[illinois]

This photo was from Clay County l, illinois this morning around 9 am. As this storm passed through Flora there was some reported damage. I also experienced some quarter sized hail.

[IWXwx]

We had some exciting severe action here in Huntington this evening and I witnessed my first VERY strong gustnado. I watched it take a section of roof off of a warehouse and destroy two storage units. It also uprooted dozens of trees, many very large. I didn't have a dash cam to record it as it crossed the road in front of me. I am posting several pictures below. If IWX sends a survey team down, I'll give them a guided tour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The last picture is a random dude who agreed to have his pic taken to get an idea of the size of the trees taken down.

[Chicago WX]

Nice pics. I had no idea there was anything "exciting" happening in northern IN today.

[Hoosier]

We had some exciting severe action here in Huntington this evening and I witnessed my first VERY strong gustnado. I watched it take a section of roof off of a warehouse and destroy two storage units. It also uprooted dozens of trees, many very large. I didn't have a dash cam to record it as it crossed the road in front of me. I am posting several pictures below. If IWX sends a survey team down, I'll give them a guided tour.

 

 

 

How big was it and how long would you say it lasted?

[IWXwx]

How big was it and how long would you say it lasted?

 

When I saw it, is was about 25-30 yards wide. The strange thing is, there is an intermittent damage path through town. The first place that it created damage, where I saw it, was about 300 yards long. That was where most of the structural damage occurred. After watching it hit the structures, it crossed the highway I was on, littering it with debris (mostly insulation and tin), then seemed to dissipate.

 

Then a few blocks to the southeast, it appeared to create more damage, once again only about 30 yards wide and about 250 yards long. This area had several very large trees uprooted in a convergent pattern. Finally, nearly a mile to the southeast, another damage path a city block wide and two city blocks long occurred. All of the trees here appeared to be laying in a straight line.

[Hoosier]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN  

153 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2014  

   

..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 10/07/14 TORNADO EVENT  

 

   

CLOVERDALE AREA TORNADO  

 

RATING: EF-0  

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH  

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.1 MILES  

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS  

FATALITIES: 0  

INJURIES: 0  

 

START DATE: OCT 7 2014  

START TIME: 635 PM EDT  

START LOCATION: 1.9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLOVERDALE / PUTNAM COUNTY/ IN  

 

END DATE: OCT 7 2014  

END TIME: 636 PM EDT  

END LOCATION: 2.0 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLOVERDALE / PUTNAM COUNTY / IN  

 

SURVEY REVEALED ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO A COUPLE OF TREES. THE TORNADO  

WAS SIGHTED BY TRAINED STORM SPOTTER / PUTNAM COUNTY OFFICIAL  

OBSERVING SWIRLING CORN STALKS IN THE AIR NEAR HIS LOCATION.  

 

THE REPORT OF THREE TORNADOES BY OFFICIALS WAS ACTUALLY THIS  

SINGLE TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHING DOWN AND LIFTING SEVERAL TIMES  

OVER A VERY SHORT DISTANCE AND BRIEF TIME SPAN.  

[Hoosier]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  

147 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2014  

 

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR NEAR NEW COLUMBUS IN OWEN COUNTY  

KENTUCKY...  

 

LOCATION...NEAR NEW COLUMBUS IN OWEN COUNTY KENTUCKY  

DATE...OCTOBER 7 2014  

ESTIMATED TIME...340 PM EDT  

MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0  

ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH  

MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...200 YARDS  

PATH LENGTH...3.5 MILES  

BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.4620N / 84.6908W  

ENDING LAT/LON...38.4620N / 84.6257W  

* FATALITIES...0  

* INJURIES...0  

 

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO  

CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS  

STORM DATA.  

   

..SUMMARY  

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A  

TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR NEAR NEW COLUMBUS IN OWEN COUNTY  

KENTUCKY ON OCTOBER 7 2014.  

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE SENT OUT LATER TODAY.  

[Hoosier]

When I saw it, is was about 25-30 yards wide. The strange thing is, there is an intermittent damage path through town. The first place that it created damage, where I saw it, was about 300 yards long. That was where most of the structural damage occurred. After watching it hit the structures, it crossed the highway I was on, littering it with debris (mostly insulation and tin), then seemed to dissipate.

 

Then a few blocks to the southeast, it appeared to create more damage, once again only about 30 yards wide and about 250 yards long. This area had several very large trees uprooted in a convergent pattern. Finally, nearly a mile to the southeast, another damage path a city block wide and two city blocks long occurred. All of the trees here appeared to be laying in a straight line.

 

 

Were you in on this?  There's no mention of a gustnado.

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  533 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2014     ..STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IN HUNTINGTON INDIANA    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA CONDUCTED A STORM   SURVEY IN HUNTINGTON INDIANA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. RESULTS FROM THE   STORM SURVEY INDICATE THAT ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED DUE TO   STRAIGHT LINE WINDS FROM A MICROBURST. ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS   WERE IN THE 60 TO 65 MPH RANGE. SPORADIC WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED   ALONG A 3 MILE PATH FROM ROUGHLY 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON  TO ABOUT 1.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUNTINGTON. DAMAGE ALONG THIS PATH   WAS ISOLATED IN NATURE AND MAINLY CONSISTED OF TREE DAMAGE OR   STRUCTURAL DAMAGE RESULTING FROM FALLEN TREES. ROOF DAMAGE TO A   STORAGE UNIT WAS ALSO OBSERVED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH STATE   ROAD 9 AND COMMERCE ROAD NORTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON. NO INJURIES OR   FATALITIES WERE REPORTED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO   THANK HUNTINGTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR ASSISTANCE DURING   THIS STORM SURVEY AND DURING THE COURSE OF THE EVENT.