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EF1 tornado in Jennings County, Indiana

Tornado April 25, 2019 · Jennings County, Indiana

EF1

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

$3K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 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

This EF1 tornado, with winds estimated at up to 95 mph, snapped and uprooted several trees along County Road 1000 North, west of County Road 740 East. This tornado occurred 12 miles northeast of North Vernon.

The wider storm

An area of low pressure moved along a front across southern parts of central Indiana during the late afternoon and evening of April 25th. The system brought two tornadoes, damaging winds, and heavy rain which caused flooding. The system had shear and instability to work with to produce the tornadoes. In addition, plenty of moisture was available, which lead to the heavy rain.

Began near Zenas (39.1322, -85.4821).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Jennings County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 818634. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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