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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Louisville, KY
736 PM EDT Thu Apr 4 2024 /636 PM CDT Thu Apr 4 2024/

...NWS Damage Survey for 04/02/2024 Straight-Line Wind Event...

..Crawford County, IN Straight-Line Wind Damage...

Estimated Peak Wind:    90 mph
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Date:             04/02/2024
Time:             12:41 PM EDT
Location:         1 SSW Carefree / Crawford County / IN
Lat/Lon:          38.2378 / -86.3611

Survey Summary:

On Wednesday April 3rd at approximately 1:20 PM EDT, the National
Weather Service in Louisville conducted a damage assessment
survey in Carefree, Indiana for damage caused by an afternoon
storm on Tuesday.

Wind damage was observed at the firehouse east of State Road 66.
Metal siding between the top of a block wall and the roof was
blown in near the fascia. The bottom of the metal siding remained
attached to the building above the block wall. Once the wind was
able to enter the structure, the northern half of the roof was
completely blown off the building. Some of the roof struck the
newly installed outdoor warning siren which sits next to the north
side of the building. Pieces of roofing and insulation blew up to
170 yards to the east-southeast before coming to rest on a tree
and fence. Within this 170 yards, a trail of debris remained on the
ground, in trees, and against trailers and a building on private
property along the northern extent of the debris field.

After reviewing radar data, survey points, and detailed drone
images from the Milltown Police Department, it`s determined that
a collapsing storm core produced the approximate 90 mph wind that
caused the damage to the firehouse.

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NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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