Power Outage in New Albany, IN

The survey team found straight-line wind damage at The Sporting Club at the Farm on State Road 111. A large pole barn on the south end of the property had its roof peel off and blown downwind towards the south-southeast. Parts of the roof struck a wooden farm fence which brought down multiple sections of the fence. Some of the debris then crossed 5 mile lane and took out a power pole bringing down the pole and power lines. Some of the roof went as far as 150 yards from the barn. All of the roof blew in the same general direction. The east wall of the pole barn, which is one of the short sides of the barn, blew out falling towards State Road 111. The base of the wall remained near it original location. ||An approximate 90 to 95 mph out of the north-northwest wind got under the roof's overhang and was able to peel the roof off, and push the east side wall out. The only other damage in the area was minor tree damage.

The tornado first touched down on the Indiana University Southeast campus, on the west side of the Natural Science and Nursing building. There was roof and siding damage to the building. Trees between the parking lot and Grenadier Drive were |facing east, north, and to the northwest. | Power poles were snapped along Highway 111 (Grant Line Road). Apartments along Countryside Drive had shingle, gutter and downspout damage. However, one of the apartments had a large section of its roof removed with debris being thrown in all |directions. Two people in the apartment building were injured with head lacerations. Shingles were thrown several hundred yards. Trees were uprooted, snapped and twisted along Countryside Drive and Melvyn Drive. Trees were facing from the northwest to the southeasterly direction. Wind speeds in this area were 100 mph |with a width of 125 yards. One house on Melvyn Drive had no damage except for a piece of gutter that was thrown as a missile in a northerly direction through a window into their living room. Thankfully no one was injured at this location. | One outbuilding was thrown to the south, while another outbuilding was thrown to the north, three houses apart. Powerlines were snapped, and one large piece of roofing material from the apartment was impaled into the ground. There was numerous wooden and metal fence damage between Melvyn Drive and Preswick Square. A |very big, healthy oak tree was uprooted and was facing an east northeasterly direction. Wind damage in this area was consistent with an EF1 tornado, winds of 105 miles per hour, and a width of 100 yards. | The last damage was just on the other side of Klerner Lane, which was some low-end EF1 90 mph topped tree damage. In addition to a ground survey, drone photography was used, and there were several videos of a funnel on social media.

The first damage point towards the western end of McCarthy Knob Road was some straight-line wind damage of some cedars and maple trees of 75 mph. Shortly east of there was more widespread tree damage on the west side of the road and up the hill. There were softwood and hardwood trees twisted, snapped, topped, and uprooted for almost a half a mile which ended near the intersection of Budd Road. | A tree fell on the back side of the house, causing some gutter and fascia damage. There were several power lines down and two power poles pushed over. The maximum tornado winds were 90 mph.

Numerous reports of trees and power lines down were received across Floyd County. South Skyline Drive was temporarily closed due to trees and power lines down across the roadway.

Duke Energy reported that approximately 4,200 customers were without power on the morning of the 15th.

The Louisville media reported several trees and power lines down in New Albany.

Several trees fell across River Road just southwest of New Albany. One tree downed a power line which fell across the road. This road was closed for several hours.

Quite a few trees fell across roads in New Albany. Downed power lines obstructed North Tucker and Old Hill Roads.

Power lines were downed in New Albany.

Power poles were downed by high winds along Scottsville Road near Floyds Knobs.

Numerous tress and power lines downed across the county. Trained spotter estimated winds of 60 mph in Floyds Knobs. Broadcast media also reported a family trapped in a car from a fallen tree on Highway 11 near New Albany and also reported that part of the roof of Crestview Hall at Indiana University Southeast had blown off. Other structural damage in New Albany was also reported.

Power lines down along Village Drive.

Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines. Several roads were blocked by downed trees.

Trees and power lines were downed.

Trees and power lines were downed.

An off duty NWS employee estimated a 60 MPH wind gust, along with power lines downed.

Power lines were downed.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours on June 9 through June 13 during a stagnant, hot and humid weather pattern. Some of the strongest storms produced damaging winds and brought down trees and power lines around Paoli, Indiana and near Georgetown, Indiana.

A MCS that formed in Illinois dove southeast through the day. This complex entered southern Indiana as a broken line with numerous damaging wind reports upstream. This system continued to produce widespread damaging wind gusts across southern Indiana and central Kentucky as it continued to progress in an unstable environment with 3500-4000 J/kg of CAPE. Numerous trees were toppled and power lines were downed leaving some residents without power.