National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 22, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY.  SOME OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS INCLUDE NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF VANDERBURGH AND PIKE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA, WHERE PEAK WINDS WERE AT LEAST 90 MPH.  NEWBURGH INDIANA HAD A MEASURED WIND GUST TO 87 MPH, WHICH CAUSED SPOTTY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE (MAINLY TO SHINGLES) AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.  STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS ALSO OCCURRED NEAR MORGANFIELD AND DAWSON SPRINGS KENTUCKY.  CONDITIONS THAT DAY WERE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURSTS, OWING TO THE VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND RELATIVELY DRY AIR IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE.  THE COLLAPSE OF EACH STORM RESULTED IN AN ACCELERATING DOWNDRAFT OF RAIN AND WIND THAT SPREAD OUT LATERALLY ONCE IT HIT THE GROUND.  BELOW IS MORE INFORMATION ON THE JUNE 22 DOWNBURST ACTIVITY.

...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR NORTHEAST VANDERBURGH COUNTY...

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR A DOWNBURST THAT
OCCURRED NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA ON MONDAY.

* EVENT DATE - MONDAY JUNE 22 2009

* EVENT TIME - APPROX. 510-530 PM CDT

* EVENT TYPE - DOWNBURST

* EVENT LOCATION - 3 MILES SE HAUBSTADT /12 MILES NNE EVANSVILLE/
  TO JUST EAST OF DAYLIGHT /7 MILES NE EVANSVILLE/

* PEAK WIND - 95 MPH

* AVERAGE PATH WIDTH - 1 MILE

* PATH LENGTH - 6 MILES

* INJURIES - NONE

* FATALITIES - NONE

* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE - MANY DOZENS OF TREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN.
  SEVERAL HOMES WITH MAINLY ROOF DAMAGE...TYPICALLY PARTIAL
  SHINGLE LOSS. 2 BARNS DESTROYED. FARM BUILDING DAMAGED. METAL
  FARM BINS PARTIALLY BLOWN OVER. DAMAGE NEAR NORTH END OF TRACK
  WAS NOTICEABLY DIVERGENT...WITH TREES DOWNED TO THE SOUTHWEST
  AND SOUTHEAST.

* NOTE - THIS IS PART OF THE SAME STORM THAT SHORTLY AFTERWARDS
  PRODUCED AN 87 MPH WIND GUST IN NEWBURGH ALONG WITH SEVERAL
  DOWNED TREES.

...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR NORTHEAST PIKE COUNTY INDIANA...

THE FOLLOWING IS THE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR A DOWNBURST THAT
OCCURRED EAST OF PETERSBURG INDIANA ON MONDAY.

* EVENT DATE - MONDAY JUNE 22 2009

* EVENT TIME - APPROX. 530-545 PM EDT

* EVENT TYPE - DOWNBURST /MICROBURST/

* EVENT LOCATION - ALONG HWY 257 FROM 10 MILES NE PETERSBURG
  /5 MILES NNW OTWELL/ TO 9 MILES SE PETERSBURG /1.5 MILES W OTWELL/

* PEAK WIND - 90 MPH

* AVERAGE PATH WIDTH - 1 1/4 MILES

* PATH LENGTH - 5 MILES

* INJURIES - NONE

* FATALITIES - NONE

* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE - 1 MOBILE HOME OVERTURNED. SEVERAL HOMES AND
  BUILDINGS WITH MINOR ROOF DAMAGE...TYPICALLY PARTIAL SHINGLE
  LOSS. DOZENS OF TREES AND LIMBS DOWN. SEVERAL POWER LINES DOWN.
  CARPORT DESTROYED.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     DOWNBURST        3 SE HAUBSTADT          38.17N 87.54W
06/22/2009                   VANDERBURGH        IN   NWS STORM SURVEY

            DOWNBURST WITH PEAK WIND OF 95 MPH AFFECTED AN AREA 1
            MILE WIDE AND 6 MILES LONG FROM 3 MILES SE HAUBSTADT TO
            JUST EAST OF DAYLIGHT. EVENT LASTED FROM APPROX 510-530
            PM. MANY DOZENS OF TREES/TREE LIMBS DOWN. SEVERAL HOMES
            WITH MAINLY ROOF DAMAGE. 2 BARNS DESTROYED...OTHER FARM
            BUILDINGS DAMAGED. METAL FARM BINS PARTIALLY BLOWN OVER.
            DAMAGE NEAR NORTH END OF TRACK WAS NOTICEABLY DIVERGENT.

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N EVANSVILLE          38.03N 87.54W
06/22/2009                   VANDERBURGH        IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HWY 57 - KANSAS RD - WIRES AND TREES DOWN IN THE AREA.
            STRUCTURE FIRE POSSIBLY CAUSED BY LIGHTNING.

0530 PM     DOWNBURST        5 NNW OTWELL            38.52N 87.13W
06/22/2009                   PIKE               IN   NWS STORM SURVEY

            MICROBURST WITH PEAK WIND OF 90 MPH AFFECTED AN AREA 1
            1/4 MILES WIDE AND 5 MILES LONG FROM 5 MILES NNW OTWELL
            TO 1.5 MILES W OTWELL. EVENT LASTED FROM APPROX 530-545
            PM EDT. 1 MOBILE HOME OVERTURNED. SEVERAL HOMES AND
            BUILDINGS WITH MINOR ROOF DAMAGE...TYPICALLY PARTIAL
            SHINGLE LOSS. DOZENS OF TREES AND LIMBS DOWN. SEVERAL
            POWER LINES DOWN. CARPORT DESTROYED.

0535 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NNW OTWELL            38.49N 87.11W
06/22/2009                   PIKE               IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            AROUND INTERSECTION OF HWY 257 AND CR 400 - MOBILE HOME
            TIPPED ON ITS SIDE. ROOFS OFF OF OTHER STRUCTURES IN THE
            AREA - TREES DOWN.

0540 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST NEWBURGH                37.95N 87.40W
06/22/2009  E60.00 MPH       WARRICK            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIND GUST ESTIMATED AT 60+ MPH AND HEAVY RAIN AT NEWBURGH
            ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

0545 PM     TSTM WND GST     NEWBURGH                37.95N 87.40W
06/22/2009  E60.00 MPH       WARRICK            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STRONG WINDS WITH TREE BRANCHES DOWN.

0548 PM     TSTM WND GST     NEWBURGH                37.95N 87.40W
06/22/2009  M87.00 MPH       WARRICK            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN.

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E MOUNT VERNON        37.94N 87.86W
06/22/2009                   POSEY              IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MEASURED 61 MPH GUST NEAR LAMONT RD AND LOWER MT VERNON
            RD. POLE BUILDING ON SITE DESTROYED.

0740 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N MORGANFIELD         37.73N 87.91W
06/22/2009                   UNION              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STRONG WINDS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.

0745 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 E MORGANFIELD         37.68N 87.83W
06/22/2009  M57.00 MPH       UNION              KY   MESONET

0822 PM     TSTM WND GST     DAWSON SPRINGS          37.17N 87.69W
06/22/2009  E60.00 MPH       HOPKINS            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STREET SIGNS BLOWN DOWN WITH TREE DEBRIS IN ROADWAY.

0900 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 SW HOPKINSVILLE       36.80N 87.55W
06/22/2009  M55.00 MPH       CHRISTIAN          KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            55 MPH WIND - HEAVY RAIN - TREE BRANCHES AND DEBRIS IN
            ROAD.