EF0 Tornado — Martin, Indiana

2024-07-09 · near Dover Hill, Martin, Indiana

Event narrative

The tornado was spawned along Dover Hill Road, about 500 feet northeast of the intersection with Rama Dye Road, where large tree limbs and small trees were downed in multiple directions. The tornado skipped while tracking from southeast to northwest for almost 2 miles, with further small trees and tree limbs downed at Killion Mill Road about 0.4 miles east of the intersection with Crane Road, near Lark Ranch. Eyewitness accounts, photos, and Doppler radar data indicated a weak tornado in both areas. Only tree damage was reported.

Wider weather episode

The extratropical remnants of Hurricane Beryl tracked from far southern Illinois into southwestern portions of central Indiana through evening hours. Immediately following several (EF1-EF3) tornadoes over far southwestern Indiana, a rotating cell within the system's right-front quadrant spawned a weak EF0 tornado in central Martin County. A separate funnel cloud was also observed in Martin County, southeast of Loogootee, with no evidence of a tornado.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1180669. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.