Fatalities, wind damage, power loss. How Sunday's severe weather storm affected Indiana
From the South to the Midwest, millions of Americans were affected by the storms that swept through Sunday causing widespread damage and fatalities, and Indiana was no exception to the destruction.
The storms left tens of thousands of Hoosiers without power. As of 7:50 a.m. Monday, more than 50,000 outages are being reported statewide, with the majority being from northern parts of the state, including St. Joseph, Elkhart and Porter counties. St. Joseph has more than 20,000 customers without power.
That wasn't immediately clear early Monday morning.
"We have survey teams who are getting ready to head out now and determine potential tornado touchdowns," National Weather Service (NWS) Indianapolis meteorologist Jason Puma told IndyStar. "We have lots of reports of tree and pole damage. We're still gathering data and finding out more information."
The storm prompted multiple thunderstorm and tornado watches and warnings on Sunday.
Damage stretched across Indiana, from as far north as St. Joseph County, as far south as Warrick County, as far west as Vermillion County, and as far east as Randolph County, according to early reports.
The thunderstorm threat continues. Damaging wind gusts remain the main threat with a tornado risk for Bartholomew county over the next 30 minutes. These storms have a history of both large hail and damaging winds. #INwx pic.twitter.com/H0RHOlfEEM
— NWS Indianapolis (@NWSIndianapolis) March 30, 2025
Lightning, heavy rain as thunderstorms reach Indianapolis metro area
The National Weather Service received several reports of storm damage across northern Indiana, with most damage from the storm resulting from gusts of wind reaching speeds as high as 60 mph in several counties. A gust of 80 mph was reported in Valparaiso. Roseland saw multiple trees knocked down by the storm.
Winds brought down eight utility poles in Osceola.
In Mishawaka, there was a report of a large uprooted pine tree that fell on a home. Another report said numerous trees were down in the area, with at least one building sustaining “significant shingle loss.” The same thing happened in Granger.
To the northwest, Gary Airport reported a wind gust of 74 mph. Near Hebron, a construction trailer overturned.
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Bartholomew, Brown, and Monroe counties were among the hardest-hit areas to the south and also experienced power outages.
There were numerous reports of trees and utility poles down in Columbus along with 1-inch hail.
A tree fell into a home in the 1500 block of OBrien in South Bend, Indiana. No injuries were reported. Taken March 30, 2025.
Fatalities have been reported in the northern part of the state.
In Valparaiso, strong winds tipped over a semi-tractor-trailer, killing a driver. Porter County deputies found the truck and trailer on its side and the man was pronounced dead at the scene according to a report from WGN.
In Elkhart County, strong winds from a thunderstorm knocked over an Amish buggy killing a man, according to a report from WNDU.
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Indianapolis and the surrounding area reported hail damage, according to the NWS Indianapolis.
Power outages were affecting more than 4,000 customers in Hamilton and Marion counties by 7 p.m. on Sunday as severe storms rumbled through the Indianapolis area.
Nearly 3,900 of those affected lived in Carmel along the U.S. Highway 31 corridor near Main and 136th streets, according to Duke Energy's outage map. The worst outage was in the Rohrer Road area, where 3,572 customers didn't have power.
Marion County's provider, AES, reported that 287 customers were without power at the same time.
To the south, Duke Energy noted 1,268 customers without power in Johnson County's Smith Valley community.
Most power was restored by Monday morning to areas around Indianapolis, according to outage maps.
NWS Indianapolis expected the chance of precipitation to grow from 60% in the daytime Sunday to 80% Sunday night.
They counted an inch of rain with the highest being 1.2 inches over in Clark County in southern Indiana.
Jade Jackson is a Public Safety Reporter for the Indianapolis Star. You can email her at [email protected] and follow her on X, formerly Twitter @IAMJADEJACKSON.
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