PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
106 PM EST FRI FEB 28 2014
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 02/20/2014 CRAWFORDSVILLE TORNADO EVENT
A SEVERE SQUALL LINE FEBRUARY 20 PRODUCED 3 SMALL AND BRIEF
TORNADOES ACROSS INDIANA INCLUDING THIS TORNADO NEAR
CRAWFORDSVILLE. THE OTHER TORNADOES OCCURRED NEAR ARLINGTON IN
RUSH COUNTY AND OSGOOD IN RIPLEY COUNTY.
CRAWFORDSVILLE TORNADO
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 40 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/20/2014
START TIME: 7:40 PM EST
START LOCATION: 2.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE
END DATE: 02/20/2014
END TIME: 7:48 PM EST
END LOCATION: 0.7 MILES SOUTH OF DARLINGTON
NUMEORUS OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED. NUMEROUS HOMES LOST SHINGLES.
A TRUCK STOP CANOPY WAS PARTIALLY BLOWN OFF. NUMEROUS TREES WERE
SHEARED OFF HALFWAY OR MORE ABOVE GROUND.
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Friday, February 28, 2014
NWS Confirms Tornado In Montgomery County
A third tornado has been confirmed from the February 20 storms.
Saturday, February 22, 2014
NWS Confirms Tornado In Rush County
NWS Indianapolis has confirmed that a very brief EF0 tornado touched down in Rush county on Friday. Survey information is posted below.
The line of severe thunderstorms took on a bowed structure as it entered northwest Rush County on Friday evening. Numerous areas of severe, straight-line wind damage were observed near the Arlington area. However, one homestead east of County Road 700 West on County Road 300 North did exhibit signs of damage that appeared tornadic. Based on the storm survey coupled with radar data...it has been determined that the damage at this homestead was consistent with an EF-0 tornado, with winds of approximately 85 mph. This tornado occurred at approximately 9:32 PM EST and was very short-lived...on the ground for less than a tenth of a mile and less than a minute. A few trees were downed...with one blown through the back side of a tin shed. Also, the roof was removed from an outbuilding on the premises.
The line of severe thunderstorms took on a bowed structure as it entered northwest Rush County on Friday evening. Numerous areas of severe, straight-line wind damage were observed near the Arlington area. However, one homestead east of County Road 700 West on County Road 300 North did exhibit signs of damage that appeared tornadic. Based on the storm survey coupled with radar data...it has been determined that the damage at this homestead was consistent with an EF-0 tornado, with winds of approximately 85 mph. This tornado occurred at approximately 9:32 PM EST and was very short-lived...on the ground for less than a tenth of a mile and less than a minute. A few trees were downed...with one blown through the back side of a tin shed. Also, the roof was removed from an outbuilding on the premises.
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.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
NWS Confirms Tornado In Warrick County
Well, the post below about leap day tornadoes is no longer valid as we now have our first confirmed leap day tornado on record. The NWS in Paducah has confirmed that an EF1 tornado struck Newburgh early this morning. As always, any information on possible additional tornadoes will be posted here.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
446 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012
..DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR NEWBURGH INDIANA
THE FOLLOWING IS THE PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR
NEWBURGH.
* EVENT TYPE.........EF1 TORNADO
* EVENT DATE.........TUESDAY FEBRUARY 28 2012
* EVENT TIME.........6:03AM-6:06AM
* EVENT LOCATION.....OFF OF THE OHIO RIVER INTO NEWBURGH AT THE
INTERSECTION OF STATE AND WATER AND ENDING IN OAK MOT CT.
* PEAK WIND..........90 MPH
* AVG. PATH WIDTH....100 YARDS
* PATH LENGTH........2 MILES
* INJURIES...........NONE
* FATALITIES.........NONE
* DAMAGE DETAIL......1 GARAGE LEVELED, DOZENS OF TREES UPROOTED,
15-20 HOMES WITH PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE, 2 HOMES WITH ROOFS
COMPLETELY REMOVED, 2 BUSINESSES WITH PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE, 1
BUSINESS WITH BRICK DAMAGE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, APPROX 12 PHONE
POLES BLOWN OVER.
* SURVEYORS.......KELLY HOOPER AND SHANE LUECKE
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
446 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012
..DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR NEWBURGH INDIANA
THE FOLLOWING IS THE PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR
NEWBURGH.
* EVENT TYPE.........EF1 TORNADO
* EVENT DATE.........TUESDAY FEBRUARY 28 2012
* EVENT TIME.........6:03AM-6:06AM
* EVENT LOCATION.....OFF OF THE OHIO RIVER INTO NEWBURGH AT THE
INTERSECTION OF STATE AND WATER AND ENDING IN OAK MOT CT.
* PEAK WIND..........90 MPH
* AVG. PATH WIDTH....100 YARDS
* PATH LENGTH........2 MILES
* INJURIES...........NONE
* FATALITIES.........NONE
* DAMAGE DETAIL......1 GARAGE LEVELED, DOZENS OF TREES UPROOTED,
15-20 HOMES WITH PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE, 2 HOMES WITH ROOFS
COMPLETELY REMOVED, 2 BUSINESSES WITH PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE, 1
BUSINESS WITH BRICK DAMAGE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, APPROX 12 PHONE
POLES BLOWN OVER.
* SURVEYORS.......KELLY HOOPER AND SHANE LUECKE
Leap Day Tornadoes
Today is February 29, or leap day, a day that usually comes around once every 4 years (except in years that are divisible by 100 but not 400, if that makes sense). I checked the records to see if we've had any leap day tornadoes over the years. I could not find any tornadoes on leap day but there are some that occurred close to that day. The closest event occurred on February 27, 1876 when at least 3 tornadoes struck southern Indiana and again on February 27, 1948 when an F2 tornado struck Morgan county. In the post-1950 era, the tornadoes closest to leap day happened on Feburary 25, 1956 when an outbreak of tornadoes occurred in central and southern portions of the state.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
February 22, 1971 Greensburg Tornado
On this date in 1971, a tornado struck the Greensburg area of Jennings county. It had an intermittent path length of approximately 10 miles. Damage included an overturned airplane at the Greensburg Airport.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Friday, December 30, 2011
2011 Year In Review
As we move toward the end of 2011, I thought it would be prudent to post a summary of this year's tornadoes. Here it is month by month.
February:
6 tornadoes occurred, all of them on the last day of the month. An EF2 tornado cut a 14 mile swath in Dubois county, injuring 1 person. A separate EF2 struck portions of Gibson and Pike counties.
April:
This was a quiet month for tornadoes until the 19th. 29 tornadoes struck the state on the 19th and into the 20th, the second most in a single outbreak. This event was followed up on the 23rd by an EF0 tornado in Jackson county. Three additional tornadoes struck the state on the 26th and 27th, one of them an EF2 which had a 5 mile path through Warrick county. There were 33 tornadoes in total during April, making it our second most active month on record.
May:
May followed a similar trend as April with a quiet early and middle part of the month. Then an EF1 tornado in Jasper county kicked things off on May 22. EF0 tornadoes struck Huntington and Ripley and Dearborn counties on the 23rd. After a 1 day break, another significant outbreak happened on May 25. This outbreak produced 22 tornadoes, including several EF2's and an EF3 in Lawrence county. The Lawrence county tornado began east of Bedford and moved northeast for about 7 miles before lifting. In all, there were 25 tornadoes in May.
June:
Like the preceding months, much of June was quiet. The first tornado was a brief EF0 in Perry county on the 19th. Another tornado struck Harrison county on the 22nd. Two more tornadoes occurred during the early morning hours of the 26th, bringing the monthly total to 4.
July:
Only 1 tornado happened in July, a brief EF0 in Newton county on the 23rd.
September:
After nearly 2 months without a tornado, an EF1 hit Jennings county early on the 26th. An EF0 struck Elkhart county the following day.
November:
An EF1 tornado touched down in Orange county on the 14th, the only tornado during November. This was the last tornado of the year, bringing the 2011 total to 72.
February:
6 tornadoes occurred, all of them on the last day of the month. An EF2 tornado cut a 14 mile swath in Dubois county, injuring 1 person. A separate EF2 struck portions of Gibson and Pike counties.
April:
This was a quiet month for tornadoes until the 19th. 29 tornadoes struck the state on the 19th and into the 20th, the second most in a single outbreak. This event was followed up on the 23rd by an EF0 tornado in Jackson county. Three additional tornadoes struck the state on the 26th and 27th, one of them an EF2 which had a 5 mile path through Warrick county. There were 33 tornadoes in total during April, making it our second most active month on record.
May:
May followed a similar trend as April with a quiet early and middle part of the month. Then an EF1 tornado in Jasper county kicked things off on May 22. EF0 tornadoes struck Huntington and Ripley and Dearborn counties on the 23rd. After a 1 day break, another significant outbreak happened on May 25. This outbreak produced 22 tornadoes, including several EF2's and an EF3 in Lawrence county. The Lawrence county tornado began east of Bedford and moved northeast for about 7 miles before lifting. In all, there were 25 tornadoes in May.
June:
Like the preceding months, much of June was quiet. The first tornado was a brief EF0 in Perry county on the 19th. Another tornado struck Harrison county on the 22nd. Two more tornadoes occurred during the early morning hours of the 26th, bringing the monthly total to 4.
July:
Only 1 tornado happened in July, a brief EF0 in Newton county on the 23rd.
September:
After nearly 2 months without a tornado, an EF1 hit Jennings county early on the 26th. An EF0 struck Elkhart county the following day.
November:
An EF1 tornado touched down in Orange county on the 14th, the only tornado during November. This was the last tornado of the year, bringing the 2011 total to 72.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Map Of February 28 Tornadoes
I will be posting maps of our significant 2011 tornado outbreaks in the next several days. Kicking things off, here is the February 28 outbreak:
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