Overview
On April 29, a line of severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds that damaged buildings and knocked down power poles and power lines. Later that day, more storms developed and produced large hail and damaging winds. On April 30, scattered storms produced large hail. |
Storm Reports
Below are storm reports received by NWS Indianapolis for these 2 days.
April 29
Preliminary Local Storm Report National Weather Service Indianapolis IN ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0845 AM Lightning 4 N Daleville 40.17N 85.57W 04/29/2025 Delaware IN Broadcast Media A car was struck by lightning on Interstate 69 with significant damage to the vehicle. Location and time estimated. 1041 AM Hail Lyons 38.99N 87.08W 04/29/2025 M1.00 Inch Greene IN Trained Spotter 1041 AM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 S Linton 39.01N 87.16W 04/29/2025 Greene IN Emergency Mngr Delayed report. A horse trailer was lifted and thrown with nearby power lines and tree damage. Several other structures had damage in the area. 1138 AM Tstm Wnd Gst Martinsville 39.43N 86.42W 04/29/2025 M65 MPH Morgan IN Trained Spotter 1214 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 3 ESE Fairland 39.59N 85.81W 04/29/2025 M64 MPH Shelby IN ASOS 56KT gust recorded at KGEZ. 1230 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 S New Salem 39.49N 85.36W 04/29/2025 Rush IN Emergency Mngr 4 structures damaged between 950 East and 1000S to an area from 900N to 700 East. 1230 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 S New Salem 39.49N 85.36W 04/29/2025 Rush IN Emergency Mngr 5 power poles and a tree down on 450 E south of 244. 1240 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 ENE Sandusky 39.43N 85.44W 04/29/2025 Decatur IN Emergency Mngr Tree down. Time approximated form radar. 1235 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Greensburg 39.34N 85.48W 04/29/2025 Decatur IN Public Tree snapped onto garage. 0455 PM Hail Fairland 39.60N 85.86W 04/29/2025 M0.75 Inch Shelby IN Amateur Radio 0458 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Wheatland 38.66N 87.31W 04/29/2025 Knox IN Emergency Mngr Tree across Enley Road. 0458 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 WSW Monroe City 38.60N 87.42W 04/29/2025 Knox IN Emergency Mngr Tree down on Hart Street Road. 0503 PM Flash Flood 3 E Odon 38.85N 86.93W 04/29/2025 Daviess IN Public Water across a road and flowing through fields. 0504 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Decker 38.52N 87.52W 04/29/2025 Knox IN Emergency Mngr Reported structural collapse of the front side of the town hall. 0511 PM Hail 2 W Hayden 38.97N 85.77W 04/29/2025 M0.75 Inch Jennings IN Public Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.).
April 30
Preliminary Local Storm Report National Weather Service Indianapolis IN ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0536 PM Hail 3 N Glendale 38.62N 87.07W 04/30/2025 E1.50 Inch Daviess IN Public Public report received from X. 0539 PM Hail 5 NW Glendale Fishery 38.59N 87.11W 04/30/2025 M1.00 Inch Daviess IN Public Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). 0540 PM Hail 5 SE Washington 38.61N 87.11W 04/30/2025 M1.00 Inch Daviess IN Public 0622 PM Hail 1 NW Loogootee 38.68N 86.92W 04/30/2025 M1.25 Inch Martin IN Public 0628 PM Hail Shoals 38.67N 86.79W 04/30/2025 E1.75 Inch Martin IN Emergency Mngr 0632 PM Hail Loogootee 38.68N 86.92W 04/30/2025 E2.00 Inch Martin IN Emergency Mngr Received pictures of report. 0712 PM Hail 1 ENE Williams 38.81N 86.63W 04/30/2025 E1.00 Inch Lawrence IN CO-OP Observer Williams Dam CO-OP observer reports 1 inch hail. 0753 PM Hail 3 W Pleasant View 38.88N 86.26W 04/30/2025 E0.50 Inch Jackson IN Public Report from mPING: Half-inch (0.50 in.). 0830 PM Hail Burns City 38.82N 86.89W 04/30/2025 E1.00 Inch Martin IN Amateur Radio 0858 PM Hail 5 E Brownstown 38.87N 85.95W 04/30/2025 E0.75 Inch Jackson IN Public Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.). 0903 PM Hail 4 S Seymour 38.90N 85.88W 04/30/2025 E1.25 Inch Jackson IN Broadcast Media Report from Media. Time based upon radar.
Radar
Selected images from April 29. A loop is available.
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Radar/Velocity at 11:29 AM EDT | Radar/Velocity at 12:29 PM EDT | Radar/Velocity at 5:03 PM EDT |
Selected images from April 30
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Radar at 5:36 PM EDT | Radar at 6:25 PM EDT |
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