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EF3 tornado in Fulton County, Indiana

Tornado May 27, 2019 · Fulton County, Indiana

EF3
Rating
13.7 mi
Whole path
800 yd
Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Miami County → Fulton County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 800 yards (0.45 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF3 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF3 is severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, consistent with estimated gusts of 136–165 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 is a continuation of a tornado that crossed County Road 1600 N between County Roads 100 and 175 East in Miami county and into Fulton County. Tornado continued off to the ENE weakening as it crossed 1600 N and 100 E in Fulton county. Tornado then turned northeastward as it traveled just north of the Miami/Fulton county line causing sporadic damage to several farm buildings. Tornado continued to slowly

weaken in intensity as it crossed SR 114. As the tornado crossed CR 700 W it re-intensified for a time crossing SR 15 south of CR 1400 N with extensive damage to a hog confinement facility west of SR 15 and significant damage to a farm property

east of SR 15. From here the tornado rapidly weakened eastward and lifted near CR 400 W. The maximum intensity of the tornado in Fulton county was EF1.

The wider storm

A warm front surged north across the region, allowing for a moderately unstable, highly sheared environment to exist. Thunderstorms developed in Illinois and moved into northern Indiana, producing damaging winds and several tornadoes.

Began near Akron (40.9978, -86.0499).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Wells CountyEF2 Grant CountyEF1 Wabash CountyEF1 Miami County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 831596. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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