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EF2 tornado in Montgomery County, Indiana

Tornado August 24, 2016 · Montgomery County, Indiana

EF2

Rating

5.4 mi

Path length

125 yd

Path width

$75K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 125 yards (0.07 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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

This EF-2 tornado, with maximum wind speeds of 120 mph, largely tracked over open country. Major damage to homes and barns occurred near Linnsburg. Numerous trees damaged. Emergency responders reported 30 homes with damage as a result of this tornado.

The wider storm

Multiple supercell thunderstorms produced a total of 7 tornadoes across central Indiana on August 24th. Significant damage occurred in Kokomo, where 20 people suffered injuries. There were no fatalities from this event. The 7 tornadoes ratings were: 1 EF-3, 1 EF-2, 2 EF-1s and 3 EF-0s.

Four additional tornadoes were reported in northern Indiana.

Began near Crawfordsville (40.0018, -86.8735).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

6 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF3 Howard County EF1 Howard County EF1 Carroll County EF0 Marion County EF0 Howard County EF0 Howard County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 658557. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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