An F0 Tornado Confirmed in SE Indiana In DECEMBER!

[michaelwmoss]

Also if you look at this report, you will also see that the Indiana State Tornado Count for 2004 is DOUBLE the normal!!

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
849 AM EST WED DEC 8 2004

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMS TORNADO...

ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 7, 2004, A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
STORM SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR THE TOWN OF
SANDUSKY, OR ABOUT THREE MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF GREENSBURG, IN
DECATUR COUNTY. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION
OF COUNTY ROADS 150 WEST AND 500 NORTH AT APPROXIMATELY 1015 AM EST
AND LIFTED AT 1018 AM...JUST WEST OF STATE ROAD 3 NEAR SANDUSKY. THE
TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES WITH A PATH
WIDTH OF 75 YARDS. DAMAGE INCLUDED A FENCE ROW BLOWN DOWN, SHINGLES
REMOVED FROM HOMES AND BARNS, ONE BARN WITH PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE,
SEVERAL TREES AND SHRUBS BLOWN DOWN, TWO SMALL OUTBUILDINGS WITH
ROOFS LIFTED OFF AND A STEEPLE BLOWN OFF A SCHOOL ROOFTOP IN SANDUSKY.
THIS DAMAGE WAS RATED AS F0 BY THE SURVEY TEAM.

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF WHERE ANOTHER
TORNADO STRUCK NEAR GREENSBURG ON NOVEMBER 24. THIS TORNADO BRINGS
THE UNOFFICIAL STATEWIDE TORNADO TOTAL FOR 2004 TO 45...MORE THAN
DOUBLE THE YEARLY STATEWIDE AVERAGE.

[dvdweatherwizard]

Using the http://www.tornadoproject.com/ website to check for additional tornadoes in December in Indiana from 1950-1995, I was sort of surprised to find that there were in fact 15 other tornadoes that have occured, even a few F3's!!! I would have thought that Indiana was a bit far north to be getting that many tornadoes in December, let alone F3's, but I guess not. Here they are.

DEC 21, 1967 1445 0 0 F1
DEC 11, 1967 1800 0 0 F2
DEC 21, 1967 1415 0 0 F3
DEC 11, 1967 1530 0 0 F1
DEC 21, 1967 1415 0 1 F3
DEC 08, 1966 0650 0 1 F2
DEC 11, 1967 1748 0 0 F1
DEC 11, 1967 1545 0 0 F2
DEC 04, 1973 1420 0 1 F1
DEC 08, 1966 0900 0 0 F2
DEC 09, 1952 1550 0 0 F3
DEC 11, 1967 1300 0 1 F1
DEC 11, 1967 1340 0 0 F1
DEC 11, 1967 1330 0 0 F1
DEC 21, 1967 1445 0 2 F2

The column after the date and year represents the local time in which they occurred. The column with all the zeroes represents the deaths that occured. (zero!) The column after that represents the injuries, and finally of course there's the F-rating for the tornado. I thought it was interesting that 11 of the tornadoes occurred on two separate dates in 1967. You can go to http://vortex.plymouth.edu/reanal-u.html and re-create the maps for those dates if you wish to see the setup.

[dvdweatherwizard]

Wow, I just went to check the maps for the period around Dec. 11th, 1967 and Dec. 21, 1967. They are quite interesting, especially the Dec. 11th setup! I would encourage anyone who's interested in that to take a look and compare the two and please comment!

[michaelwmoss]

Indeed, Indiana has become more of a breeding ground for Tornadic storms over the past 30 years. I bet this has happened many more times than is documented obviously.

Indiana has had some of the worst tornadoes in history: Tri State, Palm Sunday, Super Outbreak, May 30th 2004 etc etc