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EF1 tornado in Noble County, Indiana

Tornado March 30, 2025 · Noble County, Indiana

EF1
Rating
1.4 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
$100K
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

A tornado embedded in a line of severe thunderstorms touched down near the corner of 400 S and 600 E in LaOtto, snapping several large trees. The tornado hit a large barn, pealing the roof off and causing a partial collapse of the trusses. The debris was scattered up to 1/4mi away in a 45deg arch to the east and north. A very old barn just to its north also collapsed. To the northeast, further tree damage occurred. The tornado reached maximum strength of EF-1 when it destroyed the northern half of a pole barn, leading to collapsed walls and damage to vehicles. The tornado continued through an open field before causing additional tree damage along 700 E, before dissipating.

The wider storm

A cold front pushed into the area during the afternoon and evening hours, interacting with decent shear and MLCAPE to allow for numerous thunderstorm development. Pockets of damaging winds occurred along with a total of six confirmed tornadoes (three in far southern Lower Michigan and three in northern Indiana).

Began near Ege (41.2900, -85.3100).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1241357. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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