NWS Confirms Tornadoes In Kosciusko And LaGrange Counties

NWS Northern Indiana has confirmed that two tornadoes struck Kosciusko and LaGrange counties during the early morning hours of July 1.  Survey results are posted below.  Note that storm surveys are not complete and the total number of tornadoes from this event is likely to increase.


.TORNADO #1 - LAGRANGE COUNTY...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  AROUND 1 MILE
MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: EST. 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: NONE
INJURIES: NONE

START DATE:              JUL 01 2014
TIME:                    EST. 138 AM EDT
START LOCATION:          1 MI WSW OF LAGRANGE, IN
START LAT/LON:           41.6414 / -85.4399

END DATE:                JUL 01 2014
END TIME:                EST. 140 AM EDT
END LOCATION:            LAGRANGE, IN
END LAT/LON:             41.6428 / -85.4218

SURVEY SUMMARY: A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF LAGRANGE ON
U.S. 20 AROUND 130 AM EDT...WHERE TREE LIMB DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED.
THE TORNADO TRACKED EAST TOWARD LAGRANGE...UPROOTING TREES AS IT
ENTERED THE TOWN SOUTH OF THE HOSPITAL. NUMEROUS TREES WERE
UPROOTED AND SNAPPED JUST WEST OF S COUNTY ROAD 00 E BETWEEN
U.S. 20 AND GRANT STREET. THE TORNADO PRODUCED MINOR STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE TO HOMES ALONG GRANT STREET BEFORE LIFTING JUST WEST OF S
MOUNTAIN STREET. THIS TORNADO WAS EMBEDDED ALONG THE NORTH FLANK OF
A MUCH LARGER ONE MILE WIDE SWATH OF INTENSE DAMAGING WINDS OF 70-80
MPH ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20 IN LAGRANGE. ESTIMATED WINDS WITH
THE TORNADO WERE 95 MPH.




.TORNADO #2 - KOSCIUSKO COUNTY...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1.9 MILES
MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: EST. 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: NONE
INJURIES: NONE

START DATE:              JUL 01 2014
TIME:                    EST. 106 AM EDT
START LOCATION:          3.5 MI W OF MILFORD, IN
START LAT/LON:           414122 / -85.9188

END DATE:                JUL 01 2014
END TIME:                EST. 108 AM EDT
END LOCATION:            2.2 MI WNW MILFORD, IN
END LAT/LON:             41.4194 / -85.8855

SURVEY SUMMARY: A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF CR 1250N AND EAST
OF CR 400W AROUND 106 AM EDT...WHERE A LARGE METAL FARM BUILDING WAS
DESTROYED. TORNADO CROSSED CR 1250N AND WENT THROUGH A CORN FIELD AND
THEN DESTROYED A BARN NEAR 200W NORTH OF CR 1250N WITH MISSILE DEBRIS
SCATTERED TO THE EAST ACROSS 200W AND INTO ANOTHER CORN FIELD WHERE THE
CIRCULATION LIFTED AND OR DISSIPATED.

Additional Tornadoes Confirmed From June 24

Two additional tornadoes have been confirmed from the storms on June 24, an EF0 in Owen county and an EF1 in Morgan county.  Also, the path length of the Plainfield-Indianapolis tornado was extended by about 1/2 mile. 

More info on Owen and Morgan counties courtesy of NWS Indianapolis:

The first tornado from this thunderstorm touched down at approximately 1:30 PM EDT, 5.4 miles northwest of the town of Gosport along Truesdel Road, just east of McFarren Road, in Owen County. This tornado was rated EF0 with winds estimated at 85 mph uprooting trees and causing minor damage to several buildings. This tornado lifted at 1:31 PM EDT after traveling one half mile.

The second tornado touched down at approximately 1:50 PM EDT, 1.5 miles southeast of the town of Eminence along County Road 500N, just east of the Craver Road / SR42 bend in Morgan County.   This tornado was rated EF1 with peak winds estimated at 94 mph that uprooted numerous trees and destroyed one barn.  This second tornado lifted at 1:51 PM EDT after traveling approximately one quarter mile.

NWS Confirms Tornado In Hendricks And Marion Counties

A weak tornado of EF1 intensity and winds estimated from 90 to 100 mph caused damage along an approximate two mile path in Plainfield and Indianapolis Tuesday afternoon June 24th.  The tornado touched down near Perry Road and US40 in Plainfield at approximately 232 PM EDT.  The first significant damage occurred at a vehicle auction facility with one building heavily damaged and over 200 cars impacted by flying debris. Minor straight-line wind tree damage was observed west of the auction facility near Township Line Road and Smith Road.  The tornado traveled northeast causing damage to nearly two dozen homes in Hendricks County with the most severe damage along County Road 200S near County Road 1050E.  At this location the tornado lofted a camping trailer into the air and tossed it approximately 175 feet to the east onto a house and also removed a substantial portion of that houses roof.  This damage was rated EF1 with winds estimated at 95 to 100 mph.

The tornado continued tracking northeast through the Bentwood subdivision in east Hendricks County and into the Cameron Meadows subdivision of Indianapolis. The most significant damage in Indianapolis was along Raceway Road near Blue Pine Drive where a couple homes had portions of their roofs removed by the tornado. This damage was rated EF1 with winds estimated near 97 mph.  The tornado lifted at approximately 240 PM EDT in this subdivision though intermittent straight-line wind damage to trees occurred from here to near Rockville Road and I-465 all the way to the town of Speedway.
Indianapolis officials estimated 75 to 100 homes received at least minor damage in Indianapolis. Also, including the automobiles damaged at the auto auction center, more than 200 vehicles sustained varying degrees of damage.

more here:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=ind&storyid=103059&source=0

NWS Confirms Tornado In Greene County

An EF0 tornado has been confirmed in Greene County on June 10.  There hasn't been a Public Information Statement (PNS) released from NWS Indianapolis but the brief touchdown occurred along Baseline Road south of Bloomfield.

NWS Confirms Tornado In Montgomery County

A third tornado has been confirmed from the February 20 storms. 

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.   

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.

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.