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EF1 tornado in Carroll County, Indiana

Tornado June 6, 2010 · Carroll County, Indiana

EF1

Rating

12.6 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

Injuries

$600K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through White County → Carroll County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

Numerous structures were damaged along the path of this tornado, including several homes, a church, and at least 13 barns. Some of the more significant damage occurred at US Highway 421 and County Road 875 N, with the church receiving roof damage and a boat storage facility having a structure destroyed. This tornado also caused some minor damage to the facility that hosts the transmitter for the NOAA Weather Radio that serves the Lafayette area, WXK-74. The generator on site was damaged. Numerous trees were downed as well. Based on the damage, it appears this was an EF1 tornado with winds near 100 mph. A couple of minor injuries were reported by WLFI.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed ahead of an area of low pressure and a cold front during the late evening of June 5th and the early morning of June 6th. These storms brought multiple tornadoes to northern sections of Indiana, including two in Carroll County. These two tornadoes originated from the same thunderstorm. One tornado was reported near Yeoman in western Carroll County and the other was reported in eastern Carroll County.

Began near Yoeman (40.6754, -86.7451).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Carroll County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 238251. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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