EF0 Tornado — Clark, Indiana

2024-09-24 · near Cementville, Clark, Indiana

Event narrative

A National Weather Service damage survey team confirmed an EF0 tornado tracked between Clarksville and Sellersburg in southern Clark County. The tornado touched down just northeast of the intersection of Interstate 65 and Interstate 265. The majority of the damage was in the Silver Lake Trailer Park. Trees were uprooted and topped, hitting two different mobile homes; the trees were facing from the north to the

northeast. There were nine power poles and seven cross members heavily

damaged. The foundations of some of the mobile homes had shifted as a result of the tornado. Tornado wind speeds were estimated to be 80 miles per hour, with a width of up to 100 yards.

A railroad arm at Apple Leaf Lane and U.S. Route 31 was bent significantly.

The tornado damaged a couple of trees in fields as it moved to the

northeast towards Charlestown Pike. Near the Prather Schoolhouse and Ladies Union Club on Charlestown Pike, there were several trees twisted and topped. Tornado wind speeds were estimated to be 75 miles per hour, with a width of up to 50 yards. The

tornado lifted just northeast of Charlestown Pike.

Wider weather episode

During the day on September 24th, an area of low pressure moved across the lower Great Lakes region. A cold front extending to the south of the surface low moved across the Ohio Valley during the afternoon and evening hours on the 24th. Along and ahead of the cold front, surface temperatures warmed into the upper 70s and low 80s with dewpoint temperatures rising into the upper 60s, providing sufficient instability for thunderstorms to develop. A dominant cluster of thunderstorms formed just north of the Ohio River during the early afternoon hours, producing scattered wind damage on both sides of the river. An EF0 tornado also formed within this area of severe thunderstorms, moving across southern Clark County and producing minor damage. By mid-to-late afternoon, the cold front pushed through southern Indiana, bringing an end to the severe weather risk.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1215498. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.