NWS Confirms Tornado In Ripley County

The NWS has confirmed a short-lived EF1 tornado occurred in Ripley county on February 20.  This is the first tornado in 2014.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
641 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014  
  
...TORNADO CONFIRMED 4 MILES NORTH OF OSGOOD IN RIPLEY  
COUNTY INDIANA...  
  
LOCATION...4 MILES NORTH OF OSGOOD IN RIPLEY COUNTY INDIANA   
DATE...02/20/2014  
ESTIMATED TIME...1014 PM EST   
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1   
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH   
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS   
PATH LENGTH...4/5 MILE   
BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.1792N / 85.2854W  
ENDING LAT/LON...39.1877N / 85.2750W  
* FATALITIES...0  
* INJURIES...0  
  
* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO  
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS  
STORM DATA.  
   
..SUMMARY  
  
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A   
TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF OSGOOD IN RIPLEY COUNTY INDIANA  
ON 02/20/2014.  
  
THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN NEAR A MOBILE HOME ON NORTH FINKS   
ROAD JUST NORTH OF WEST COUNTY ROAD 700 NORTH. THE MOBILE HOME WAS   
MOVED UP TO 15 FEET OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND IN THE PROCESS THIS   
KNOCKED DOWN TWO BRICK WALLS THAT WERE TWO FEET HIGH. WINDOWS WERE   
BLOWN OUT ON THREE SIDES OF THE MOBILE HOME. MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE ALSO   
OCCURRED TO THE HOME. INSULATION FROM THIS MOBILE HOME COVERED THE   
EAST FACING SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE...INDICATING STRONG ROTATING   
WINDS. TWO SMALL TREES WERE SNAPPED EAST OF THE HOME. BASED ON THE   
DAMAGE SURVEYED...THIS PORTION OF THE TORNADO PATH WAS CLASSIFIED AS   
EF1...WITH WINDS UP TO 90 MILES PER HOUR.   
  
JUST BEFORE THE TORNADO LIFTED...TWO POLE BARNS WERE DAMAGED. THE   
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE FIRST BARN COMPLETELY COLLAPSED. SOME SIDING   
WAS MISSING ON ALL FOUR SIDES OF THIS BARN. THE SECOND  
BARN...LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE FIRST BARN...HAD 20 TO 30 PERCENT   
OF THE ROOF MISSING AND 10 TO 20 PERCENT OF THE SIDING MISSING ON   
THREE OF ITS SIDES. ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS BARN...UP TO 40   
PERCENT OF THE SIDING WAS MISSING. THE DAMAGE SURVEYED ALONG THIS   
PORTION OF THE TRACK WAS INDICATIVE OF AN EF0 TORNADO WITH 70 MILE   
PER HOUR WINDS.