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EF1 tornado in Greene County, Indiana

Tornado December 28, 2025 · Greene County, Indiana

EF1
Rating
1.1 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
1
Injury
$1.5M
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 line of strong to severe storms moved across central and southern Indiana during the evening. As the line of storms approached Greene County a surge or bowing segment was noted in the line. This allowed for a quick moving tornado to impact downtown Linton. The tornado started near the corner of A Street SW and 6th Street SW and moved northeast through downtown Linton. The strongest damage was noted along Main St between West Vincennes St and A Street SW. This is where damage consistent with an EF1 tornado had occurred. This caused damage to roofs of masonry buildings in downtown Linton. Splatter of dirt and mud in a manner consistent with a tornado was found. The tornado continued to move east-northeast doing damage between A Street NE and East Vincennes Street. Additional roof damage and tree damage was found along the path. The tornado eventually weakened and lifted shortly after moving past 12th Street NE. Maximum winds were estimated at 100 mph.

The wider storm

A fast-moving Quasi-Linear Convective System (QLCS) in an anomalously warm and humid mid-winter environment led to an uncommon tornado outbreak on December 28, 2025. Over a dozen mainly-weak tornadoes occurred from central Illinois to the Ohio Valley. One brief tornado occurred in central Indiana in the town of Linton. Damaging straight-line winds were also reported in several locations across central Indiana. The tornado path was surveyed by NWS Indianapolis on Monday, December 29, 2025, and determined to be of EF-1 intensity with estimated peak winds of 100 MPH.

Began near Linton (39.0300, -87.1700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1304534. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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