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EF1 tornado in Ripley County, Indiana

Tornado March 30, 2025 · Ripley County, Indiana

EF1
Rating
4.8 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
$200K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The first signs of concentrated damage were found along State Road 48 between North County Road 100 East and North County Road 200 East, where several trees and outbuildings were damaged on the southern side of State Road 48. The tornado then crossed State Route 48, damaging additional trees and continued east, where it destroyed an outbuilding.

Uprooted trees and minor home damage were then observed along North County Road 200 East. A barn was destroyed and multiple trees were snapped in this area. The tornado then continued eastward, causing additional tree and outbuilding damage near North County Road 500, 550, and 600 East. The tornado likely dissipated south of State Road 48 and east of North County Road 600 East.

The wider storm

A low pressure system moved through the Great Lakes region, bringing showers and thunderstorms.

Began near Lookout (39.1936, -85.2296).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1239937. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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