EF0 tornado in Lawrence County, Indiana
Tornado March 15, 2025 · Lawrence County, Indiana
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A weak tornado began three-quarters of a mile southwest of the Silverville community, and tracked in an overall east-northeast direction before ending about 1.5 miles west-northwest of the Feldun Purdue Agircultural Center. Several farm buildings were impacted amid sporadic tree damage through and east-northeast of Silverville. The tornado then tracked through wooded areas north of Indiana Route 158 before impacting mostly wooded areas on the north side of the Fayetteville area. Southwest of Old Farm Road an old shed was destroyed along with some minor barn roof damage. The tornado skipped around causing sporadic damage between Old Farm Road and Tripleton Pike before ending a quarter-mile east-southeast of the intersection of Tripleton Pike and Indiana Creek Camp Road.
There was clear evidence of trees blown to the southwest along the northern portion of Old Farm Road, but otherwise it was often difficult to differentiate straight line wind and tornado damage. The vortex also likely skipped along its track, and may have been just off the ground for some of the path. Maximum winds estimated at 80 mph.
The wider storm
A potent low pressure system generated a line of strong to severe thunderstorms that moved across central Indiana. Storms ahead of the line also become severe. Widespread wind damage along with a few tornadoes occurred. Tens of thousands of people were without power.
Began near Silverville (38.8499, -86.6756).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1245389. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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