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Tornado in Jay County, Indiana

Tornado September 22, 2024 · Jay County, Indiana

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Not rated

3.0 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

$500K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Blaine (40.4270, -85.0383).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1208330. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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