EF1 tornado in Adams County, Indiana

A ground survey and eyewitness reports along with an aerial survey by Emergency Management indicated a funnel cloud was skipping along this path and occasionally touching down. The aerial survey indicated several touch downs within the middle of bean and corn fields. Ground survey found several taller barn structures with partial roofs torn off and lofted several hundred yards in pieces. Larger trees had large limbs broken off while smaller trees were knocked down or uprooted.

A unique combination of extreme low level moisture and a passing upper level disturbance provided the trigger for severe storms. Even though the clouds remained in place for most of the day and it did not get very warm, there was just enough instability to allow storms to develop. There was also a high degree of shear in the lowest levels of the atmosphere, which allowed multiple tornadoes to form. No other forms of severe weather occurred during the event.