Friday, February 28, 2014

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.   

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