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EF1 tornado in Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Tornado July 17, 2015 · Tippecanoe County, Indiana

EF1

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$35K

Damage as recorded

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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 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

NWS survey revealed EF1 damage with approximately 100 mph winds affecting a residence south of Newcastle Road, between County Road 775 East and County Road 900 East in southeast Tippecanoe County. Numerous trees, west of the affected residence, had tops sheared off or were downed completely and a garage at the residence was destroyed.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed in a hot and unstable atmosphere across central Indiana during the afternoon and early evening of July 17th. The storms produced 2 tornadoes in southeast Tippecanoe County along with some hail and strong winds elsewhere. The storms also brought very heavy rain, which resulted in flash flooding in some areas, including parts of the Indianapolis Metro Area.

Began near Stockwell (40.3105, -86.7519).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Tippecanoe County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 597336. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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