NWS Louisville has posted an update regarding the Dubois county EF1 tornado from January 17. The path length has been extended to 9 miles.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
547 PM EST THU JAN 19 2012
..UPDATE TO EF-1 TORNADO IN DUBOIS COUNTY INDIANA
DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO
DATE: JAN 17 2012
START TIME: 9:54 AM EST
END TIME: 10:03 AM EST
WIND SPEED: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 9 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 100 YARDS
NARRATIVE: AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HUNTINGBURG, DESTROYING A BARN AND BLOWING SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS OFF
THEIR FOUNDATION ON A FARM ON COUNTY ROAD 350S. THE TORNADO SKIPPED
EAST-NORTHEAST FOR NEARLY 9 MILES, ACROSS PRIMARILY OPEN FIELDS.
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG INDIANA HIGHWAY 162, WHERE OVER 50
FEET OF A 600 FOOT LONG COMMERCIAL OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED.
ONE-HALF MILE EAST OF HIGHWAY 162, SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED
ON A FARM AND A SMALL GRAIN HOPPER WAS TOPPLED. CONTINUING
EAST-NORTHEAST, A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF ONE BARN, AND ANOTHER BARN HAD
ROOF SECTIONS PEELED OFF ON ST. ANTHONY ROAD WEST. THREE TREES WERE
BLOWN ONTO A HOME AT THE SAME LOCATION. OCCASIONAL UPROOTED AND
SNAPPED TREES OCCURRED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 5 MILES BEFORE THE TORNADO
DISSIPATED AFTER DESTROYING A 40 BY 50 FOOT TOOL SHED 1.6 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CELESTINE.
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