F3 Tornado — Howard, Indiana

1998-06-11 · near Greentown, Howard, Indiana

Wider weather episode

This strong tornado originated from a supercell which initially produced several funnel clouds beginning northeast of Crawfordsville, passing over Frankfort to Kokomo's south side. This supercell finally produced its tornado just south of Kokomo near Oakford and Center. The tornado damaged a school near Center and caused its most extensive damage in Greentown where over two dozen buildings were destroyed and nearly 200 buildings were damaged. The tornado continued tracking ENE along the N & W train tracks and into WC Grant County west of Swayzee.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5655575. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.