We continue to add to our record setting tornado season as the NWS in Louisville has confirmed that an EF1 tornado touched down in Spencer and Perry counties on June 26. Here are the details:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
620 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...EF-1 TORNADO IN SPENCER AND PERRY COUNTIES IN INDIANA SUNDAY JUNE
26 2011...
DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO
BEGIN TIME: 2:12 AM CDT
END TIME: 2:17 AM CDT
BEGIN POINT: 0.7 MILE SOUTH OF ST. MEINRAD
END POINT: 2.3 MILES EAST OF ST. MEINRAD
EF SCALE: EF-1
WIND SPEED: 95-100 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 2.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 200 YARDS (MAXIMUM)
INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0
NARRATIVE: THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE ST.
MEINRAD SEMINARY GROUNDS...DESTROYING A CINDER BLOCK OUTBUILDING AND
TAKING 100 FEET OF ROOFING OFF A LARGE METAL OUTBUILDING. THE
TORNADO ALSO UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES AND RIPPED SECTIONS OF ROOFING
OFF SEVERAL OTHER BUILDINGS BEFORE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST.
IT WEAKENED AS IT MOVED INTO FORESTED HILLS WHERE IT SNAPPED AND
UPROOTED TREES ON A NARROWING PATH BEFORE LIFTING OFF CATNIP ROAD.
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