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EF1 tornado in Wayne County, Indiana

Tornado May 7, 2024 · Wayne County, Indiana

EF1

Rating

2.9 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

The tornado began in Fayette County at 1908EST, about 3 miles northeast of Bentonville. The tornado moved northeast and entered Wayne County along Paul Road at 1910EST. The most concentrated area of damage was found along Wagner Road on the west side of Milton. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped, consisting of low-end EF-1 damage. Minor tree damage was observed along South State Route 1 north of Milton and is considered to be the end of the tornado.

The wider storm

Showers and thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon and evening hours ahead of a low pressure system moving through the Ohio Valley.

Began near Mt Auburn (39.7820, -85.1840).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Franklin County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1172507. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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