NWS Confirms Tornado In Perry County

The NWS in Louisville has confirmed an EF1 tornado struck the Tell City area on June 26.  Here are the survey details:


PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED PATH WIDTH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
0512 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2013   
..DAMAGE REPORT

DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO

DATE: JUN 26 2013
BEGIN TIME: 8:29 PM CDT
END TIME: 8:38 PM CDT

EF SCALE: 1 
WIND SPEED: 60-95 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 5.15 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 100 YARDS 


NARRATIVE: THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN SOUTHWEST OF TROY AND 
PROCEEDED SOUTHEAST THROUGH TELL CITY, FINALLY LIFTING JUST NORTH OF
CANNELTON. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE FELLED ALONG THE PATH WITH MINOR 
ROOF DAMAGE AND SMALL OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED. DAMAGE ALSO INCLUDED A 
CARNIVAL SITE AT 10TH AND WATT STREET WHERE A LARGE SEMI TRAILER WAS 
OVERTURNED AND A FEW RIDES WERE BLOWN SIDEWAYS. TREE BRANCHES 
WERE SNAPPED ALONG THE ENTIRE PATH.  

NWS Confirms Tornado In Benton County

0730 PM     TORNADO          1 N TEMPLETON           40.53N 87.21W 
05/31/2013                   BENTON             IN   EMERGENCY MNGR   
 
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY IN AN OPEN FIELD NEAR  
COUNTY ROAD 500S AND COUNTY ROAD 600E. THE TORNADO WAS ON 
THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILE AND WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO.  
THERE WAS NO DAMAGE.