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F3 tornado in Jennings County, Indiana

Tornado April 9, 1999 · Jennings County, Indiana

Rating

3.0 mi

Whole path

400 yd

Path width

$350K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 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 strong F3 tornado moved across the extreme southeastern part of the county significantly damaging 2 homes and destroying 4 barns. 2 high tension power line towers were toppled as well. The tornado then moved northeast out of the Indianapolis CWA.

Began near San Jacinto (38.9200, -85.4500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5686976. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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