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EF0 tornado in White County, Indiana

Tornado July 23, 2017 · White County, Indiana

EF0

Rating

1.7 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$40K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

The tornado touched down in a grove of trees northwest of the intersection of CR 1150 E and 475 N. The tornado proceeded rapidly southeast impacting the edge of residence near the same intersection. Shingle damage was noted on all sides of the house with several tree limbs down. A garage suffered damage as the winds moved through a north facing door. The tornado crossed 1150 E and uprooted or snapped several trees with the winds picking up a porch and most of a roof on a 1 story home. The porch was thrown to the other side of the house and the roof lifted roughly 3 feet up and then set back down. Wall and roof damage has made house unsafe to be in. Damage was noted in corn field behind property with some tree and barn roof damage on 1250 E where the tornado appears to have lifted. Maximum winds were estimated at 85 mph.

The wider storm

A southeastward moving cold front interacted with a marginally unstable and sheared environment to produce scattered thunderstorms. A few of these storms became severe with isolated reports of wind damage, hail and even a brief tornado.

Began near Idaville (40.8223, -86.6550).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 715885. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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