EF0 tornado in Harrison County, Indiana

A National Weather Service storm damage survey determined that a brief EF0 tornado with peak winds around 75 mph touched down near the intersection of Lickford Bridge Road and Hill Grove Road northwest of Central in southern Harrison County. The tornado was on the ground for just over one-tenth of one mile with a maximum width estimated at 60 yards.

During the evening hours on December 28th, a strong cold front moved across the Ohio Valley, bringing a line of showers and thunderstorms through the region ahead of the front. Before the front passed through, temperatures were able to warm into the 70s during the day on December 28th, with southerly flow also helping to increase moisture as dewpoint temperatures rose into the upper 50s and low 60s. As the line of storms began to push across southern Indiana, the instability began to greatly decrease as the line pushed from west to east across the area. Still, there was enough instability to sustain storms across much of the area, with scattered wind damage and strong wind gusts observed. One spin-up EF0 tornado occurred in southern Harrison County near the Central community, with maximum wind speeds estimated around 75 to 80 mph.