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EF0 Tornado — Hamilton, Indiana

2024-07-29 · near Walnut Grove, Hamilton, Indiana

$15K

Property damage

0.5 mi

Path length

15 yds

Path width

Event narrative

The tornado began as an EF0 with damage to the roof of a metal barn and uprooted trees along Strawtown Road, just west of Indiana State Road 13 in Hamilton County. The tornado skipped over SR 13 into Madison County where it continued for another 2.6 miles while intensifying to an EF2. The tornado's maximum width of 50 yards occurred in Madison County.

Wider weather episode

Scattered to numerous evening thunderstorms tracking mainly eastward across central Indiana, included 5 severe cells that altogether produced widely scattered wind damage. More pronounced rotation was exhibited by a few storms crossing northeastern central Indiana, with a funnel cloud near the ground in Henry County, before a tornado that started as an EF0 in Hamilton County, which tracked for 3 miles into Madison County, peaking at EF2 intensity just before dissipating.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1189026. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.