EF0 Tornado — Brown, Indiana

2022-05-21 · near Taggart, Brown, Indiana

Event narrative

The first tornado to impact central Indiana on May 21st, an EF0 tornado, downed numerous trees in a convergent pattern through a densely wooded area. Peak winds estimated at 84 mph.

Wider weather episode

A warm and rather humid air mass across central Indiana, combined with an approaching cold front in the afternoon to produce a line of strong to severe thunderstorms. Wind damage was focused over the region's south-central counties; the line also spawned two brief EF0 tornadoes before a longer track EF1 lifted and touched down several times across southern Shelby County. A forth and final EF1 tornado tracked briefly over far southwestern Shelby County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1015516. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.