EF1 Tornado — Parke, Indiana

2025-04-02 · near Numa, Parke, Indiana

Event narrative

This second tornado to impact central Indiana began in a rural field just east of the Numa community. High end EF1 damage was caused to a home and two other buildings along West County Road 900 South where tree damage also occurred. Damage was scattered to the northeast, east, and southeast. The tornado continued northeast passing south of Coxville and then south of Catlin. Only tree damage occurred across these rural areas. The funnel was likely skipping for last few miles before lifting, which confined much of the damage to tree tops. Peak wind gusts were 105 mph.

Wider weather episode

A strong low pressure system generated a line of strong to severe thunderstorms that started in Illinois and moved across central Indiana. Multiple severe storms were embedded within the line and some of these produced tornadoes. Eleven tornadoes impacted central Indiana, ten of which occurred along an overall west-southwest to east-northeast area from north of Terre Haute to north of Muncie. Four of these events, from Hendricks County to Delaware County, were secondary tornadoes that tracked parallel to longer duration tornadoes. Three tornadoes combined to impact western and northern portions of the Indianapolis Metro area, including an EF2 in Hendricks County that caused the episode's only injury. In addition to the tornadoes widespread wind damage occurred with gusts over 80+ mph reported.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1248888. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.