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EF0 tornado in Wayne County, Indiana

Tornado April 2, 2024 · Wayne County, Indiana

EF0
Rating
3.4 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
$200K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 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

The tornado developed near the intersection of Garr and Pleasant View Roads, where trees were broken off and uprooted on either side of Pleasant View Road. From there, the tornado caused mainly tree damage as it traveled northeast across Buttermilk Road, Weiss Road, and Interstate 70. After the tornado crossed Interstate 70, it widened briefly as it crossed Reservoir Road and Smyrna Road, where it caused tree and some structural damage on Smyrna Road. Here, several barns, outbuildings, and residential structures suffered damage and debris was thrown a considerable distance. One barn was very heavily damaged and several other barns lost some or major portions of their roofs, trailers were tipped over, and a porch was damaged on

a home. This represented the highest wind speed along the path, estimated at 80 mph based on numerous damage indicators on Smyrna Road. The tornado continued over open fields and then crossed Turner and Porterfield Roads before dissipating as it approached the Ohio/Indiana State line.

The wider storm

A low pressure system moving through the Ohio Valley produced widespread showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours.

Began near Spring Grove (39.8503, -84.8690).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Ohio County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1168663. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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