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EF0 tornado in White County, Indiana

Tornado March 31, 2023 · White County, Indiana

EF0
Rating
1.3 mi
Path length
125 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 125 yards (0.07 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

A tornado touched down in an open field south of West Smithson Road

and west of South CR 75W. A wind turbine blade was bent over and

another snapped off as it moved quickly NNE causing significant

damage to a pole barn and throwing 2 empty silos into a field

north of Smithson Rd. The tornado paralleled CR 75 causing minor

tree damage before lifting south of CR 100 S. Maximum winds are

estimated at 80 to 85 mph with a width of 125 yards. A wind speed

rating cannot be assigned to the turbine blade, but the speed

could be higher than the estimated range.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developing in the evening of March 31 resulted in multiple weather hazards. Hail nearly 2 inches in diameter was observed, trees were downed from thunderstorm wind, and flooding occurred from heavy rain rates. In the days that followed, storm damage surveys teams confirmed multiple tornadoes has moved through.

Began near Smithson (40.7151, -86.8893).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

7 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF3 Grant CountyEF2 Allen CountyEF2 Benton CountyEF2 Grant CountyEF1 Cass CountyEF0 Jay CountyEF0 Jay County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1086294. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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