EF0 Tornado — Scott, Indiana

2025-04-02 · near Leota, Scott, Indiana

Event narrative

An EF2 tornado, with peak winds of 115 mph, tracked across a little over a 15-mile stretch of southern and eastern Washington County late Wednesday night. It likely dissipated over the heavily forested area along the Washington/Scott county border.

It was on the ground for 13 minutes and had a peak width of 600 yards.

The tornado ended in the woods northeast of the eastern end of Calloway Rd, or

somewhere near the Washington/Scott County border.. The survey also found some sporadic straight line wind damage along the storm's path into Scott County south of Scottsburg.

Wider weather episode

On the night of April 2nd, 2025, a cold front approached the lower Ohio Valley. Along and ahead of the cold front, numerous supercells developed over southern Illinois and western Kentucky. These storms tracked eastward and occasionally grew upscale into a QLCS with bowing segments. Storms lasted all night and into the morning hours, as the cold front began to stall over the lower Ohio Valley. These storms left behind a wake of damage in many counties in southern Indiana. Over the next few days, waves of showers and storms rode along the cold front bringing lots of rain which lead to flash and areal flooding. Showers and storms came through daily, until the evening of April 6th. Overall, 2 tornadoes touched down in south central Indiana from late evening into the overnight on April 2nd and 3rd, including one EF-2 and one EF-1.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1259408. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.