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.