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Tornado in Jackson County, Indiana

Tornado July 16, 2025 · Jackson County, Indiana

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Not rated

0.2 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

An EFU tornado with path length of 0.17 miles and path width of 10 yards. Video received showing brief touchdown in open field.

The wider storm

The day began with a warm and humid airmass in place across Central Indiana with scattered showers ongoing. The first weather event occurred in southern Indiana where a brief, non-mesocyclonic tornado, rated EF-U (Unknown), touched down in an open field just south of the Freeman Municipal Airport. The tornado was captured on video and had a path length of less than a quarter-mile and a width of about 10 yards. No damage was reported, as the tornado dissipated quickly. A weak cold front moving into the hot and humid airmass across Central Indiana during the afternoon and evening hours resulted in scattered thunderstorm development. While most of the storms remained below severe limits, isolated wind damage occurred in Parke County.

Began near Freeman Arpt (38.9028, -85.8974).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1280337. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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