EF2 tornado in Jackson County, Indiana

A brief EF-2 tornado, with winds up to 115 mph, touched down with the tornado lifting a garage up and partially off its foundation, turning the garage about 30 degrees, and resting it on top of a pickup truck which was in the garage. A frame ranch house next to the garage lost a substantial portion of its roof which was deposited to the northeast behind the house. Insulation from the house was splattered against the entire east wall of the house and the entire remaining roof of the east side of the home. A 25 foot trailer in the driveway was lifted, turned 180 degrees, and flipped onto its side, resting against the home.

This brief EF-2 tornado was embedded within a 12 mile long downburst path, which extended from just east of Medora to just west of Crothersville. Within this downburst path, straight line winds to at least 115 mph collapsed 3 metal transmission towers, all laying to the east. These transmission towers were about 7 miles east of the tornado path.

A low pressure system brought very warm and unstable air for late February and early March to central Indiana. The result was severe thunderstorms and 7 tornadoes from the 28th of February to March 1st. A surface frontal system interacted with an unstable and high shear environment to produce the severe weather.