F2 tornado — Clark County, Indiana

F2 tornado in Clark County, Indiana

Tornado May 27, 2004 · Clark County, Indiana

Rating

25.9 mi

Whole path

75 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 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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

A tornado moved from Washington County, Indiana into western Clark County in the vicinity of Borden. It briefly reached F2 intensity in the Borden area, blowing the roofs off several homes. The roof was blown off an elementary school while a graduation was in progress, but no injuries were reported. In all, the tornado destroyed or damaged 10 homes in the Borden area. The tornado continued moving east southeast across Clark County, lifting intermittently. Several witnesses spotted the tornado as it moved south of Charlestown. It caused some F1 damage in the Stacy Road and Bethany Road areas, before lifting southeast of Charlestown.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5397492. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F2 tornado in Clark County, Indiana

What the National Weather Service wrote

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