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EF1 tornado in Hancock County, Indiana

Tornado May 30, 2008 · Hancock County, Indiana

EF1

Rating

11.6 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

Injuries

$29.8M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Marion County → Hancock County → Hancock County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Wind speeds with this tornado were around 100 mph based on damage indicators. Multiple structures had damage including farm buildings and houses.

The wider storm

A warm front moved through through the area earlier in the day allowing for warm temperatures over central Indiana. Severe storms formed in advance of a cold front that moved through later at night. These storms contained hail and damaging thunderstorm winds. Three tornadoes also formed with these storms including one that moved through the east side of Indianapolis. Heavy rain caused flash flooding across many locations.

Began near Mc Cordsville (39.8827, -85.8808).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Carroll County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 100488. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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