Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF0
-- Length 0.51 Miles
-- Width 40 Yards
State INDIANA
County/Area TIPPECANOE
WFO IND
Report Source NWS Storm Survey
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2016-08-15 16:56 EST-5
Begin Location 2WSW CAIRO
Begin Lat/Lon 40.5179/-86.9492
End Date 2016-08-15 16:57 EST-5
End Location 1WSW CAIRO
End Lat/Lon 40.5244/-86.9445
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 3.50K
Crop Damage 2.00K
Episode Narrative An area of low pressure moved north of central Indiana allowing the region to remain in tropical air. A single, long tracking supercell thunderstorm moved northeast through Hendricks, Boone, Hamilton, Tipton, and Howard counties, the evening of August 15, producing six tornadoes. Two other thunderstorms produced separate tornadoes, one in Avon and one northwest of Lafayette.
Event Narrative An EF-0 tornado, with maximum winds estimated at 85 mph, downed three trees, destroyed a mailbox, and flattened a 25 yard wide path of corn.


    

Event Map:

Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.
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All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 0 82.00K 7.00K
CLAYTON HENDRICKS CO. IN 08/15/2016 16:36 EST-5 Tornado EF1 0 0 18.00K 0.00K
CAIRO TIPPECANOE CO. IN 08/15/2016 16:56 EST-5 Tornado EF0 0 0 3.50K 2.00K
BROWNSBURG HENDRICKS CO. IN 08/15/2016 17:06 EST-5 Tornado EF1 0 0 7.50K 0.00K
AVON HENDRICKS CO. IN 08/15/2016 17:15 EST-5 Tornado EF1 0 0 5.00K 0.00K
BROWNSBURG HENDRICKS CO. IN 08/15/2016 17:19 EST-5 Tornado EF0 0 0 5.00K 0.00K
ROYALTON BOONE CO. IN 08/15/2016 17:27 EST-5 Tornado EF2 0 0 25.00K 3.00K
BOXLEY HAMILTON CO. IN 08/15/2016 18:04 EST-5 Tornado EF1 0 0 10.00K 2.00K
SYCAMORE HOWARD CO. IN 08/15/2016 19:17 EST-5 Tornado EF0 0 0 8.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 0 82.00K 7.00K