EFU Tornado — Jay, Indiana

2024-09-22 · near Blaine, Jay, Indiana

Event narrative

Drone footage shows evidence of a short track tornado in a corn field just east of the Salamonie river south of CR W 75 before it dissipated. Given the lack of an defined DI, the tornado will be classified as an EFU.

Wider weather episode

An EF1 tornado occurred late in the day on September 22nd. No lightning was detected from this very shallow shower, but debris was detected on doppler radar. A storm damage survey was completed the following day. An additional tornado was noted just upstream of the EF1's location.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1208330. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.