Wednesday storms bring damage to our area

(WANE) – Severe storms moved through northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio on Wednesday. We started off the day with thunderstorms bringing plenty of hail and ended the day with thunderstorms bringing high winds.

Below is a look at all the storm reports we have received through 11:30 PM Wednesday.

Here are all the storm reports through 11:30 PM Wednesday.

Focusing on the morning hail reports, the greatest concentration of reports came from northwest Fort Wayne. Hail up to ping pong ball size was reported, but hailstones around quarter size were more commonplace.

Hail took place across parts of the area with storms Wednesday morning.

For more coverage on the morning hail producing storms, click the link below.

Turning to the evening round of severe storms, plenty of wind damage reports have come in. Most of these reports have been for tree damage, but some structural damage and power line damage has also been reported.

Wind damage was scattered around from Wednesday evening’s storms.

One report to make particular note of was in Blackford County near Mill Grove. A barn was blown into a house causing a minor injury.

One injury was reported from Blackford County, unfortunately.

Below is a map of all the measured wind gust reports we have received through 11:30 PM Wednesday. At the Fort Wayne International Airport, our top gust was 53 mph.

Strong wind gusts were widespread from the Wednesday evening storms.

It was much higher though in Orland up in Steuben County. Winds were clocked at a whopping 98 mph by a trained spotter, undoubtedly causing damage there. Other severe thunderstorm wind gusts in the 60 mph range happened in Van Wert and in Dunkirk.

  • A whopping 98 mph wind gust was reported in Orland.
  • Van Wert recorded a gust of 65 mph.
  • Dunkirk saw a 62 mph gust.

We’re also watching the Bourbon area outside of our viewing area for a possible tornado. The National Weather Service will likely be conducting surveys in the coming days, not just here, but in other areas that could have seen tornadic damage. We will keep you up to speed with the latest.

Plenty of damage occurred around Bourbon, Indiana, indicating a possible tornado.

What reports to you have to share? Let us know by emailing your photos and videos when it is safe to do so at [email protected]. We are thinking of those impacted by Wednesday’s thunderstorms.

We next turn our attention to flooding concerns in the coming days. For the latest on this, visit our WANE 15 Forecast Page. Be safe!

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