EF1 tornado in Vanderburgh County, Indiana

An EF-1 tornado began just east of Evansville Regional Airport in the Melody Hill Community as intersecting boundaries met up with a surge in the storm line. After uprooting trees near the Oak Hill School, the tornado moved east-southeastward, damaging light fixtures and destroying a structure at the Goebel Soccer Complex. The tornado crossed I-69, eventually entering into Warrick County. Estimated peak winds for the Vanderburgh County portion of the tornado were 105 mph.

A particularly explosive storm environment developed on the afternoon of the 30th. MLCAPE values rose to 3500 J/kg, 0-3 km CAPE of 100-150 J/kg, effective bulk shear of 40 kts, and 0-3 km shear of 20-30 kts. Temperatures rose to the low 90s with dew points in the upper 70s to near 80, yielding heat index values near 110. For Southwest Indiana, the storms moved through late afternoon towards sunset. A more complex setup occurred relative to Illinois and Kentucky. A robust cluster of storms moved southeastward through Gibson County towards Evansville, bringing down trees and powerlines in Patoka and Princeton while damaging corn. A semi truck was overturned at the Toyota plant south of Princeton. Meanwhile, a north-south line of storms moving into Posey County accelerated eastward into Evansville with widespread reports of wind damage in Vanderburgh County. Near Melody Hill, just east of the airport, the intersecting boundary with these two clusters spun up an EF-1 tornado that tracked southeastward into Warrick County lifting northeast of Newburgh. Straight-line wind damage occurred in Warrick County north and south of the tornado track. The following day, one person (65m) passed away due to a heart attack sustained while cleaning up tree debris in Newburgh.