Srain Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Don't we have a thread for pics and such for April? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Check out pic #3. Can't tell whether this is a house or garage, but whatever it was is basically destroyed. http://interactives.wlfi.com/photomojo/gallery/229/3/april-19-storms-damage/severe-weather-severe-damage/ story: http://www.wlfi.com/dpp/weather/storm-levels-neighborhoods-trees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 Csnavywx, Kevlon62, NIU Jeff, and myself had a great chase yesterday. We initially made it to Litchfield, IL where we sat for a while waiting for things to pop. We then raced northwest to get a good position on the tornadic cell crossing the Mississippi River. We caught up with it south of White Hall, IL where we saw a decent shelf cloud. We continued east where we encountered two gustnadoes. After seeing other cells start to affect this main supercell, we decided to drop off of it and pursue on of the cells moving in from the southwest. The cell we picked was quickly tornado warned as we drove along the north side of the meso and south side of the FFD. It formed several wall clouds all of which quicly fell a part. A bowl shaped funnel then formed and we did see a brief touchdown down in on open field via dust/dirt at the surface, which then diminished. Suddently out of no where an inflow tail rapidly developed out of the cold/hail producing FFD to our north. This was very low to the ground, was accompanied by winds around 60mph and was rapidly being wrapped into the new rapidly forming funnel. The second tornado ended up dropping near Barnett, IL west of I-55 as we wached from the I-55/Route 108 JCT. The tornado crossed I-55 about 1 1/2 miles to our south and then proceeded to move northeast where it did hit a few structures near Honey Bend, IL before weakening/lifting southwest of Raymond, IL. We then decided to drop down to I-70. On our we down there, we ended up getting hit by the line which produced winds around 60mph and knocked down small tree branches. We finally made it to I-70 where we ended up following the line for a bit and then sat in Greenfield, IL waiting for what was the St. Louis, IL supercell to pass. It produced winds around 60mph and hail around marble size. Here are a few shots of the Honey Bend/I-55 tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 IND The National Weather Service is surveying areas impacted by yesterday’s severe weather. Surveys will continue all afternoon. Here is the latest what has been learned, subject to later revision: East of Thorntown near the intersection of State Road 47 and US Highway 52. (Boone County) Partial damage to a barn from straight line winds. Immediately to the west of Thorntown . (Boone County) EF1 intensity tornado, based on tree damage. Length one half mile. Width 50 yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Central Illinois Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Storm damage from Southern Macon County in Central IL....Pretty impressive to say the least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Csnavywx, Kevlon62, another member from NIU, and myself had a great chase yesterday. We initially made it to Litchfield, IL where we sat for a while waiting for things to pop. We then raced northwest to get a good position on the tornadic cell crossing the Mississippi River. We caught up with it south of White Hall, IL where we saw a decent shelf cloud. We continued east where we encountered two gustnadoes. After seeing other cells start to affect this main supercell, we decided to drop off of it and pursue on of the cells moving in from the southwest. The cell we picked was quickly tornado warned as we drove along the north side of the meso and south side of the FFD. It formed several wall clouds all of which quicly fell a part. A bowl shaped funnel then formed and we did see a brief touchdown down in on open field via dust/dirt at the surface, which then diminished. Suddently out of no where an inflow tail rapidly developed out of the cold/hail producing FFD to our north. This was very low to the ground, was accompanied by winds around 60mph and was rapidly being wrapped into the new rapidly forming funnel. The second tornado ended up dropping near Barnett, IL west of I-55 as we wached from the I-55/Route 108 JCT. The tornado crossed I-55 about 1 1/2 miles to our south and then proceeded to move northeast where it did hit a few structures near Honey Bend, IL before weakening/lifting southwest of Raymond, IL. We then decided to drop down to I-70. On our we down there, we ended up getting hit by the line which produced winds around 60mph and knocked down small tree branches. We finally made it to I-70 where we ended up following the line for a bit and then sat in Greenfield, IL waiting for what was the St. Louis, IL supercell to pass. It produced winds around 60mph and hail around marble size. Here are a few shots of the Honey Bend/I-55 tornado. Thanks for the recap, you guys did well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Lafayette Journal and Courier is reporting that a tornado has been confirmed on the far south side of Lafayette. Details unknown at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardMafia Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Lafayette Journal and Courier is reporting that a tornado has been confirmed on the far south side of Lafayette. Details unknown at this point. County Road 100E and near County Road 500S. (Tippecanoe County) EF2 intensity tornado. Also, numerous straight line wind damage near this location and northeast of Lafayette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 County Road 100E and near County Road 500S. (Tippecanoe County) EF2 intensity tornado. Also, numerous straight line wind damage near this location and northeast of Lafayette. Gonna have to wait for more info on exact path. Not a big deal in the scheme of things but it's sort of important personally since I keep track of all Tippy county tornadoes and a separate list of those which hit within the LAF borders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 WFUS54 KJAN 202044TORJAN MSC019-105-202145- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0098.110420T2044Z-110420T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 344 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... WESTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 344 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SHERWOOD MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REFORM AND LONGVIEW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIU Jeff Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Csnavywx, Kevlon62, another member from NIU, and myself had a great chase yesterday. We initially made it to Litchfield, IL where we sat for a while waiting for things to pop. We then raced northwest to get a good position on the tornadic cell crossing the Mississippi River. We caught up with it south of White Hall, IL where we saw a decent shelf cloud. We continued east where we encountered two gustnadoes. After seeing other cells start to affect this main supercell, we decided to drop off of it and pursue on of the cells moving in from the southwest. The cell we picked was quickly tornado warned as we drove along the north side of the meso and south side of the FFD. It formed several wall clouds all of which quicly fell a part. A bowl shaped funnel then formed and we did see a brief touchdown down in on open field via dust/dirt at the surface, which then diminished. Suddently out of no where an inflow tail rapidly developed out of the cold/hail producing FFD to our north. This was very low to the ground, was accompanied by winds around 60mph and was rapidly being wrapped into the new rapidly forming funnel. The second tornado ended up dropping near Barnett, IL west of I-55 as we wached from the I-55/Route 108 JCT. The tornado crossed I-55 about 1 1/2 miles to our south and then proceeded to move northeast where it did hit a few structures near Honey Bend, IL before weakening/lifting southwest of Raymond, IL. We then decided to drop down to I-70. On our we down there, we ended up getting hit by the line which produced winds around 60mph and knocked down small tree branches. We finally made it to I-70 where we ended up following the line for a bit and then sat in Greenfield, IL waiting for what was the St. Louis, IL supercell to pass. It produced winds around 60mph and hail around marble size. Here are a few shots of the Honey Bend/I-55 tornado. I was the other person on the chase! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Csnavywx, Kevlon62, another member from NIU, and myself had a great chase yesterday. We initially made it to Litchfield, IL where we sat for a while waiting for things to pop. We then raced northwest to get a good position on the tornadic cell crossing the Mississippi River. We caught up with it south of White Hall, IL where we saw a decent shelf cloud. We continued east where we encountered two gustnadoes. After seeing other cells start to affect this main supercell, we decided to drop off of it and pursue on of the cells moving in from the southwest. The cell we picked was quickly tornado warned as we drove along the north side of the meso and south side of the FFD. It formed several wall clouds all of which quicly fell a part. A bowl shaped funnel then formed and we did see a brief touchdown down in on open field via dust/dirt at the surface, which then diminished. Suddently out of no where an inflow tail rapidly developed out of the cold/hail producing FFD to our north. This was very low to the ground, was accompanied by winds around 60mph and was rapidly being wrapped into the new rapidly forming funnel. The second tornado ended up dropping near Barnett, IL west of I-55 as we wached from the I-55/Route 108 JCT. The tornado crossed I-55 about 1 1/2 miles to our south and then proceeded to move northeast where it did hit a few structures near Honey Bend, IL before weakening/lifting southwest of Raymond, IL. We then decided to drop down to I-70. On our we down there, we ended up getting hit by the line which produced winds around 60mph and knocked down small tree branches. We finally made it to I-70 where we ended up following the line for a bit and then sat in Greenfield, IL waiting for what was the St. Louis, IL supercell to pass. It produced winds around 60mph and hail around marble size. Here are a few shots of the Honey Bend/I-55 tornado. Nice pics! The formation of that inflow tail was unbelievable. It formed about a half mile east our our location, and screamed southward around the back side of the wall cloud. Looked like a huge bank of fog just above the ground from our location, except it was moving very quickly lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 IWX has confirmed 4 tornadoes so far, 2 EF0's in Cass county and 2 EF1's in Grant county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 655 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINONA... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 655 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR GREENWOOD AIRPORT MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH CARROLLTON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 713 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... EAST CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 713 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF POPLAR CREEK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KILMICHAEL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick7032 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I was the other person on the chase! I envy both of you. GREAT PICS....already miss chasing but then again there's no other place I'd rather be right now. ....this ones for both of you........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick7032 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Wow, nice pic....ominous looking...kinda artsy too. That's one of the best Mammatus Cloud pics I have seen........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick7032 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Great pics....send that last pic to Discovery, Natgeo, or Time magazine and make some money....GREAT PICS.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 21, 2011 Author Share Posted April 21, 2011 Thanks for the recap, you guys did well. Thanks. One of these days we have to get you out there on a chase. I was the other person on the chase! I see you finally remembered your sn. Nice pics! The formation of that inflow tail was unbelievable. It formed about a half mile east our our location, and screamed southward around the back side of the wall cloud. Looked like a huge bank of fog just above the ground from our location, except it was moving very quickly lol. Thanks. It was awesome to watch...it developed very quickly. I'm pretty sure we drove past you on out way to the I-55/Route 108 JCT to watch the tornado. I envy both of you. GREAT PICS....already miss chasing but then again there's no other place I'd rather be right now. ....this ones for both of you........ Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEHOCEY77 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Via Twitter Photos from cell that went over Starkville, MS today: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeatherPimp Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Great pics....send that last pic to Discovery, Natgeo, or Time magazine and make some money....GREAT PICS.... Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeatherPimp Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1001 PM EDT WED APR 20 2011 ..MULTIPLE TORNADOES CONFIRMED ON APRIL 19, 2011 ..TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR CELINA IN MERCER COUNTY OHIO LOCATION...CELINA IN MERCER COUNTY OHIO DATE...APRIL 19, 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...1140 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF- SCALE RATING...EF2 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...115 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...30 YARDS PATH LENGTH...4 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.5496N/84.5549W ENDING LAT/LON...40.5751N/84.4933W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ..SUMMARY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR CELINA IN MERCER COUNTY OHIO ON APRIL 19, 2011. A NWS STORM DAMAGE SURVEY CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN BEGINNING IN CELINA OHIO...AND EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF NEPTUNE IN EASTERN MERCER COUNTY. INITIAL WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR LAKE STREET IN CELINA...AND TRAVELED NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EASTERN END OF CELINA. THE INITIAL DAMAGE WAS INDICATIVE OF EF1...WHICH INCLUDED SUBSTANTIAL ROOF AND CHIMNEY DAMAGE AND VERY LARGE TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. THE DAMAGE FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST WAS MORE INDICATIVE OF LOW END EF2 TORNADO DAMAGE. THIS OCCURRED ALONG HAVEMANN ROAD EAST OF ROUTE 29. THIS DAMAGE EXTENDED FROM A HOME IMPROVEMENT WAREHOUSE...WHERE AS MUCH AS 20 PERCENT OF THE ROOF STRUCTURE WAS UPLIFTED AND HVAC UNITS WERE MOVED...ALONG WITH LUMBER IMPALING THE ROOFING MATERIAL AND DAMAGING INDOOR INVENTORY. WOODEN FENCE WALLS WERE DOWNED...SNAPPED AT THE BASE OF THEIR FOUR BY FOUR FENCE POSTS. ADDITIONALLY...NUMEROUS POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED AND METAL LIGHT POSTS WERE DOWNED. ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HAVEMANN AND ROUTE 29...A LARGE BRICK FREE STANDING GROCERY BUILDING SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING NEARLY ALL OF THE ROOF LIFTED OFF AND ONE IF ITS BRICK WALLS COLLAPSED INWARD. CONTINUING THE DAMAGE INDICATIVE OF A LOW END EF2 SCALE TORNADO... FURTHER NORTHEAST ALONG THE PATH...SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A HOME ALONG STAEGER ROAD. THE ENTIRE ATTACHED GARAGE WAS DESTROYED...WITH NEARLY A THIRD OF THE ROOFING ON THE HOME GONE. THE SIDING ON THE SECOND STORY OF THE HOME HAD BEEN IMPALED BY A 2 BY 4 SECTION OF LUMBER. A SMALL SUV VEHICLE PARKED IN THE REAR OF THE HOME WAS TOPPLED...AND A 25 FOOT MOBILE HOME WAS MOVED NEARLY 30 YARDS. A 40 BY 50 FOOT STEEL FRAME OUT BUILDING WAS COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED. A PONTOON BOAT WHICH WAS WITHIN THIS OUTBUILDING WAS ALSO MOVED AT LEAST 15 YARDS. DEBRIS FROM THE GARAGE AND THE OUTBUILDING WAS STREWN OVER 100 YARDS NORTHEAST OF THE HOME. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST IN MERCER COUNTY OCCURRED ALONG RILEY ROAD BETWEEN OLDTOWN AND HOWICK ROADS. THIS DAMAGE WAS INDICATIVE OF AN EF1 SCALE TORNADO...IN WHICH ONE WOODEN AND ONE STEEL BARN WERE BOTH DESTROYED...WITH AN ADDITIONAL STEEL FRAME BUILDING SUFFERING DOOR DAMAGE AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO PART OF THE ROOF AND BUCKLING OF ONE WALL. FROM HERE THE DAMAGE PATH EXTENDED FURTHER NORTHEAST INTO AUGLAIZE COUNTY. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH. ...TORNADO CONFIRMED 5 MILES NORTH OF ST MARYS IN AUGLAIZE COUNTY OHIO... LOCATION...5 MILES NORTH OF ST MARYS IN AUGLAIZE COUNTY OHIO APRIL 19, 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...1150 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF- SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...200 FEET PATH LENGTH...50 YARDS BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.6122N ENDING LAT/LON...84.3915W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ..SUMMARY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF ST MARYS IN AUGLAIZE COUNTY OHIO ON APRIL 19, 2011. DAMAGE CONTINUED FROM THE STORM WHICH RESULTED IN EF1 TO EF2 DAMAGE IN MERCER COUNTY. DAMAGE CONDUCIVE WITH EF0 LEVEL WINDS WAS SURVEYED IN A FEW LOCATIONS IN NORTHWEST AUGLAIZE COUNTY. THE FIRST DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG MERCER-AUGLAIZE COUNTY LINE ROAD...IN WHICH A SMALL WOODEN BARN WAS DESTROYED. FURTHER NORTHEST INTO AUGLAIZE COUNTY...ADDITIONAL EF0 LEVEL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG NOBLE ROAD...IN WHICH ROOF AND TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. FURTHER ALONG THIS PATH...BUT NOT CONTINUOUS ...ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED NEAR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ST MARYS RIVER ROAD AND EASTERLY ROAD. ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE ROOF OF A TWO STORY HOME WAS REMOVED...AND A PONTOON BOAT AND TRAILER WAS FLIPPED AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM ITS ORIGINAL POSITION. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Drove around the south side of Lafayette and areas just south. What a mess...swath of extensive tree damage with some structural damage here and there. I'm a bit south of downtown and this was a few miles to my south. Local met put up a lot of pics. http://blogs.wlfi.com/2011/04/20/32759/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeatherPimp Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Another confirmed tornado that wasn't TOR warned PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 815 PM EST WED APR 20 2011 ..DAMAGE SURVEYS CONFIRM TORNADOES A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED AN EF1 TORNADO IN JAY COUNTY INDIANA IN ADDITION TO TWO LOW END EF0 TORNADOES IN CASS COUNTY INDIANA AND TWO EF1 TORNADOES IN GRANT COUNTY INDIANA. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION IS BELOW AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE UPDATED ON THE NWS NORTHERN INDIANA WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ..JAY COUNTY INDIANA AN EF1 TORNADO OCCURRED IN JAY COUNTY WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 90 TO 95 MPH. THIS TORNADO SKIPPED ALONG A PATH OF ALMOST 7 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. THE TORNADO DAMAGE WAS EMBEDDED WITHIN AN AREA OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE THAT WAS ABOUT 4 MILES WIDE. THIS EF1 TORNADO BEGAN NORTH OF ANTIVILLE AND ENDED NORTH AND EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 550 E AND 800 N...ABOUT 1.5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF JAY CITY. THE TORNADO WAS NOT ON THE GROUND CONTINUOUSLY ALONG THIS PATH...BUT EF1 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. THERE WERE 5 UTILITY POLES SNAPPED NEAR ANTIVILLE WITH POWER FLASHES OBSERVED WHERE THE TORNADO BEGAN. NUMEROUS TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED NORTHEAST OF THIS LOCATION AS WELL AS A HOME WITH A GARAGE THAT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED ALONG WITH A SMALL BARN AND POLE BUILDING. PART OF THIS EF1 DAMAGE AND DEBRIS WAS LIFTED AND DEPOSITED 1.5 MILES AWAY. ANOTHER HOUSE ALSO SUSTAINED EF1 DAMAGE WHERE ANOTHER GARAGE WAS DESTROYED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeatherPimp Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 And two more ..GRANT COUNTY INDIANA DAMAGE FOUND IN GRANT COUNTY INDICATES TWO EF1 TORNADOES OCCURRED. THE FIRST TORNADO WAS RATED AT HIGH END EF1 AND PRODUCED A DAMAGE PATH LENGTH OF 2.5 MILES AND HAD A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 150 YARDS. THIS TORNADO BEGAN ABOUT 2 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF FAIRMOUNT. WINDS WITH THIS TORNADO WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 105 TO 110 MPH. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT A HOUSE AT 10931 S 200 W. HOUSE SIDING WAS STRIPPED...WINDOWS BROKEN AND A ROOF COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM THE BACK SIDE OF THE HOME. DEBRIS WAS CARRIED TO THE NORTHEAST INTO A FIELD. SEVERAL OTHER HOUSES TO THE NORTHEAST SUSTAINED SIMILAR DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. THE SECOND TORNADO WAS RATED AS A LOW END EF1 WITH WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED TO BE 90 TO 95 MPH. THIS STORM ALSO HAD A LENGTH OF ABOUT 2.5 MILES AND A WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. THIS TORNADO OCCURRED ROUGHLY 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UPLAND AND ENDED JUST WEST NORTHWEST OF UPLAND. A COUPLE HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGE ALONG WITH HARDWOOD TREES BEING SNAPPED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeatherPimp Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Just going through storm reports & public info statements, here is what I compiled as far as tornadoes confirmed in Indiana: The NWS has confirmed several tornadoes from Tuesday's outbreak: EF2 in Tippecanoe Co near Lafayette; an EF1 in Boone Co just west of Thorntown; an EF1 tornado in Jay Co near Antiville; an EF1 tornado in Grant Co West of Fairmount; an EF1 tornado in Grant Co southwest of Upland; an EF1 in Switzerland Co; EF1 in Dubois Co near St. Anthony; EF2 in Dubois Co near Bretzville; EF0 in Dubois Co near Huntingburg; EF1 in Dubois Co near Ireland; 2 EF0 tornadoes in Cass County Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIU Jeff Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Here are some pictures to go along with Chicago Storm's; since we were in the same vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Another confirmed tornado that wasn't TOR warned That is 15 in Indiana so far by my count. 7 LMK 5 IWX 2 IND 1 ILN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Preliminary number of 15 tornadoes makes this one of the biggest April outbreaks in Indiana in terms of raw count. The amazing thing is that I haven't seen one picture or video of a tornado yet and I guess the reason why is that many of them were rain-wrapped/brief (plus it was dark). Makes you wonder how many of these went undocumented in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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