The NWS in Louisville has confirmed a second tornado - albeit much weaker - struck Henryville shortly after the EF4. Here are the results of the storm survey.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
558 PM EST MON MAR 05 2012
...A SECOND TORNADO WITH EF-1 DAMAGE CONFIRMED JUST SOUTH OF THE
SOUTHERN INDIANA EF-4...
DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO EF-1
DATE: MAR 02 2012
BEGIN TIME: 3:30 PM EST
END TIME: 3:36 PM EST
BEGIN POINT: 6 WSW HENRYVILLE
END POINT: 0.5 E HENRYVILLE
WIND SPEED: MAXIMUM 110 MPH
INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0
NARRATIVE:
PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN DURING A CIVIL AIR PATROL FLIGHT CORROBORATE
INTERVIEWS WITH RESIDENTS ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH INDICATE THAT THERE
WERE INTERMITTENT TOUCHDOWNS OF A WEAKER TORNADO WITH THE SECOND
SUPERCELL TO PASS OVER THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
THE SECOND STORM, WHICH PUMMELED THE RECENTLY DEVASTATED AREA WITH
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF SOFTBALLS, FOLLOWED NEARLY THE SAME PATH AS
THE FIRST SUPERCELL. AT LEAST THREE LOCATIONS ALONG THE PATH OF THIS
STORM SUPPORT THE OCCURRENCE OF A TORNADO OF EF-1 INTENSITY, WITH
MAXIMUM WINDS APPROACHING 110 MPH, AN INTERMITTENT PATH LENGTH OF
6.5 MILES, AND A DAMAGE PATH WIDTH OF 60 YARDS.
THE FIRST OBSERVED DAMAGE WAS NEAR ROUND KNOB IN THE CLARK STATE
FOREST. DAMAGE WAS AGAIN OBSERVED ALONG AND WEST OF SPEITH ROAD, 1/4
OF A MILE NORTH OF HENRYVILLE-BLUE LICK ROAD JUST SOUTHWEST OF
HENRYVILLE. FINALLY, THE TORNADO LIFTED AFTER DOING DAMAGE FROM THE
SOUTH SIDE OF HENRYVILLE NEAR ROBYN AVENUE TO THE EAST SIDE OF
HENRYVILLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 60 AND HADDOX ROAD.
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