The NWS in Louisville has confirmed 3 tornadoes struck far southern Indiana this morning. Two of them were rated EF0 and one was rated EF1. I will have more on these tornadoes shortly, but for now, here are the results of the storm surveys:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
0514 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012
..EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY INDIANA
DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO
DATE: JAN 17 2012
START TIME: 10:40 AM EST
END TIME: 10:40 AM EST
EF SCALE: 0
WIND SPEED: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 0.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 60 YARDS
NARRATIVE: AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT THE MADISON COUNTY
AIRPORT. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO IMS LANE. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
BRIEFLY ALONG THIS PATH AND MOVED AN AT LEAST 500 POUND DUMPSTER 35
FEET SOUTHEAST. IT ALSO MOVED A BEECHCRAFT/KING AIR PLANE 10 DEGREES
AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS BROKEN. THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS BUILDING HAD A
DISABLED AWNING AND POST. PART OF A HANGAR'S SIDING CAME OFF WITH
SIDING AND INSULATION UP IN TREES. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG
THE NARROW PATH. A WITNESS SAW THE SWIRL AS THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
0649 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012
..EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN CLARK COUNTY INDIANA
DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO
DATE: JAN 17 2012
START TIME: 11:06 AM EST
END TIME: 11:07 AM EST
WIND SPEED: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 1.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 30 YARDS
NARRATIVE: AN EF-0 TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN AT THE WAL-MART
PARKING LOT ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE VETERAN'S PARKWAY NEAR
I-65. A VEHICLE WAS TURNED OVER ON I-65, THEN THE TORNADO SKIPPED
OVER AN AREA BEFORE COMING DOWN AGAIN ON A SUBDIVISION TO THE EAST,
WITH DAMAGE OCCURRING ALONG BELMAR DR AND MEADOWS DR AS WELL AS AT
THE INTERSECTION OF KINGSFIELD ST AND CROWN CT. IT TOOK DOWN SEVERAL
FENCES, WITH EVIDENCE OF CYCLONIC CIRCULATION. IT LIFTED AGAIN
BEFORE COMING DOWN AND TAKING THE ROOF OF A BARN ON ARMSTRONG RD.,
WHERE THE TORNADO ENDED.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
0742 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012
..EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN FLOYD COUNTY INDIANA
DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO
DATE: JAN 17 2012
START TIME: 11:00 AM EST
END TIME: 11:02 AM EST
WIND SPEED: 95-100 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 1.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 50 YARDS
NARRATIVE: EF-1 TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ON EAST RILEY RD. IN
FLOYDS KNOBS, WHERE A GARAGE WAS DESTROYED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
EAST ACROSS THE KNOBS TOWARD BINFORD RD, WHERE IT TOOK MULTIPLE
TREES DOWN. THE TORNADO CROSSED PAOLI PIKE JUST NORTH OF I-265 AND
CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE AT THE KNOB POINT APARTMENTS.
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