Power Outage in Lafayette, IN

Trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust at this location. Power was out at his location as well.

Morehouse Road between County Roads 250 West and 500 North were closed due to downed power lines from damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.

This EF-0 tornado, with a max wind speed of 85 mph, affected one homestead and a thin band of trees. Damage at the homestead included barn skylights being blown out from wind entering an east-facing opening, debris from half an outbuilding`s roof and collapsed wall sent into an adjacent field to the northeast, downed tree branches with one breaking the garage window, and the top horizontal portion of a power pole being broken off. Also, straight-line wind damage was noted south and east of Buck Creek including downed trees and an outbuilding shifted off its foundation.

A large burr oak tree, four feet in diameter, lost half of its crown due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. A three-foot diameter chunk of the tree snapped and took out power lines approximately 1.5 miles north of the intersection of Highway 52 and Klondike Road. There was partial rot in the heartwood, otherwise, it was a healthy tree.

A tree fell on a power line, due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts, causing the power to go out.

Damaging thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 50 to 60 mph were observed for several minutes in this location. The power was flickering as well.

A nearby report of a semi-truck blown over on Interstate 65, west of Frankfort, due to high, non-thunderstorm damaging wind gusts. A good number of power outages were reported from the northern half of the county, especially across the northeast.

Power poles were snapped at Yeager and Northwestern Roads due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.

Trees, tree limbs, and power lines were reported down in Lafayette due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. A few homes lost a some shingles and siding as well.

Tree limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. The limbs knocked power lines down as well.

A power line was reported down on a street in front of Lynnwood School. The street was closed. The time this event occurred is estimated.

The rain and flash flooding created high water on numerous streets around Greater Lafayette Tuesday morning. It also forced the Lafayette Parks Department to close Munger Park and the city's aquatic facilities for the day. Power companies reported power outages scattered across the area that continued into the afternoon.

A lightning strike ignited a fire on South Third Street in Lafayette and reports of other possible strikes were received by fire department dispatch personnel. Power outages occurred around the city with a peak of about 1,500 powerless customers county-wide.

Power lines and trees were knocked down due to wind gusts from a strong low pressure system.

Broadcast media in Lafayette reported a quarter of an inch of ice on trees and power lines.

Trees and power lines were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down on top of a mobile home, destroying the dwelling and injuring the occupant. Power outages were caused by wind in the area as well.

Trees and power lines were downed.

Power lines were downed.

Power lines and trees were downed.

Thunderstorms developed near a warm front in an unstable environment, with plenty of low level shear/helicity, during the evening of Memorial Day, May 27th. This allowed the storms to rotate and rapidly became severe, producing tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds. The storms and tornadoes damaged homes, brought down many trees and power lines, and produced heavy rain as well.

Instability and shear developed in between an area of rain and an approaching cold front. This allowed a line of strong to severe thunderstorms to developed ahead of the cold front during the afternoon of May 19th and move across central Indiana. The storms brought damaging winds, which downed trees and power lines. A pole barn was damaged in Shelby County.

A line of showers and thunderstorms pushed into west-central Indiana during the early morning hours of the 19th. These thunderstorms produced severe wind gusts and damage across a couple counties in west-central Indiana. Portions of Clinton County had power outages due to the thunderstorms.

Lightning struck equipment or trees that damaged power lines when they fell.

A powerful storm system moved through central Indiana on the night of May 30th. Rain on the night of the 30th was not widespread, but fell in certain hilly areas of central Indiana so that lowland flooding quickly returned to the Wabash. This flooding lasted from May into June.

A powerful storm system moved through central Indiana on the night of May 30th. Rain on the night of the 30th was not widespread, but fell in certain hilly areas of central Indiana so that lowland flooding quickly returned to the Wabash.

An ice storm caused sporadic power outages and travel difficulties over northern portions of central Indiana on the evening of 24 February 2007.

Isolated severe thunderstorms caused wind damage to trees and power lines in a few areas of northwest and southwest central Indiana on the afternoon of 5 July 2004.

A line of thunderstorms knocked down numerous trees and power lines across west central Indiana.

An area of thunderstorms knocked down numerous trees and power lines and blew over a semi on Interstate 65 at milemarker 164.