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F1 tornado in Washington County, Indiana

Tornado May 27, 2004 · Washington County, Indiana

Rating

25.9 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

$2.5M

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The tornado touched down initially in western Washington County, where it destroyed a home and a garage. It skipped across Washington County, with the next reported damage in the vicinity of Pekin. Several homes and farm buildings were damaged or destroyed there. A total of nine homes were destroyed in Washington County, and 31 homes were damaged to some degree. The tornado then continued southeast and crossed into Clark County, Indiana.

Began near Salem (38.5167, -86.1500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Floyd County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5397491. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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