Another Pic of the Indianapolis Tornado

[michaelwmoss]

Looks pretty large there.

[isobar]

Wow! It'll be interesting to see the damage survey report and find out how wide that puppy was.

[michaelwmoss]

Here is the first report. The Indianapolis storm apparantely was not the worst:



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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...MAY 30TH TORNADO OUTBREAK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS
550 PM EST MON MAY 31 2004

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAMS CONFIRMED AT LEAST
11 TORNADOES ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ON SUNDAY MAY 30, 2004. TWO
TORNADOES OCCURRED IN THE LAFAYETTE AREA. THE STORM THAT HIT THE
INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA PRODUCED 5 TORNADOES. TORNADOES ALSO
OCCURRED NEAR FREEDOM AND SPENCER IN OWEN COUNTY ANOTHER TORNADOES
NEAR ELLETTSVILLE IN MONROE COUNTY AND JUST WEST OF FRANKTON IN
MADISON COUNTY..

THE WORST OF THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND IN INDIANAPOLIS WHERE THE MAXIMUM
RATING WAS F2 ON THE FUJITA DAMAGE SCALE. THIS CORRESPONDS TO WINDS
SPEEDS BETWEEN 113 AND 157 MILES PER HOUR. THE FIRST TORNADO FROM THE
STORM TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY JUST SOUTHWEST OF LITTLE POINT IN
NORTHWEST MORGAN COUNTY. THE SECOND TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR
ABOUT 5 MILES FROM NEAR CROWN CENTER TO JUST WEST OF MONROVIA IN
MORGAN COUNTY. THE THIRD TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH OF
MOORESVILLE, EAST OF RTE 267 AND SOUTH OF I70. A FOURTH TORNADO
BEGAN NEAR JUST WEST OF HEARTLAND CROSSING ALONG RTE 67 AND WAS ON
THE GROUND OFF AND ON FOR 5 MILES BEFORE PICKING UP JUST WEST OF
MOORESVILLE RD. NEAR WEST NEWTON. THE 5TH AND FINAL TORNADO BEGAN
NEAR HARDING AND I465 AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTH SIDE
OF INDIANAPOLIS AND PICKING UP NEAR WASHINGTON AND I465 ON THE EAST
SIDE. THE WORST DAMAGE WAS FOUND NEAR KEYSTONE BETWEEN RAYMOND ST.
AND TROY.

IN THE LAFAYETTE AREA, THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WAS A BRIEF F0 IN
CORNFIELDS NEAR ROMNEY, CAUSING NO DAMAGE. THE SUPERCELL THAT
SPAWNED THIS TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND PRODUCED ITS SECOND TORNADO
IN DAYTON. THIS TORNADO CAUSED SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE AND BLEW PARTS
OF ROOFS OFF TWO BUILDINGS. THE DAYTON TORNADO CONTINUED MOVING
NORTHEAST WITH SPORADIC DAMAGE UNTIL REACHING LARGE HOMES
APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAYTON. TWO HOMES WERE NEARLY
DESTROYED ON HALIFAX LANE. "THIS SECOND TORNADO, REMOVING A ROOFTOP
AND THE SECOND FLOOR OF ONE HOUSE, WAS CONSISTENT WITH A HIGH F2
RATING," SAID SALLY PAVLOW, METEOROLOGIST. "THAT WOULD PLACE THE
TORNADO WINDS CLOSE TO 150 MPH," SHE SAID, REFERRING TO THE FUJITA
DAMAGE INTENSITY SCALE USED TO RATE TORNADO DAMAGE.

THE TORNADOES IN FREEDOM, SPENCER, ELLETTSVILLE, AND FRANKTON ARE
STILL BEING EVALUATED. THE COMPLETE ASSESSMENT OF THIS MAJOR TORNADO
OUTBREAK WILL TAKE A FEW MORE DAYS.