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EF1 tornado in Jennings County, Indiana

Tornado April 25, 2019 · Jennings County, Indiana

EF1
Rating
0.3 mi
Path length
30 yd
Path width
$50K
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

An EF1 tornado, with maximum winds estimated at up to 100 mph, destroyed a garage at a home on County Road 25 East. Debris strewn to the north and northeast and across the road. Several concrete anchors ripped out from the garage foundation. Trailer flipped and rolled 15 feet. Two cars pushed short distances, one with window blown out. Air conditioner moved on the west side of the adjacent house. Glass patio table tossed back south and damaged. Multiple trees and limbs twisted and downed. Second home on County Road 400 South sustained substantial loss of roofing including removal of all three dormers. Underside of roof of north facing front porch blown out with insulation debris caked on the north and east sides of the house. Wicker chair from front porch tossed to the left with two legs impaled into the windshield of a nearby SUV. This tornado occurred 4 miles south 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 Lovett (38.9213, -85.6090).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 818638. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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