Clark County EF-1
DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO
BEGIN TIME: 12:28 AM EDT
END TIME: 12:29 AM EDT
BEGIN POINT: 3.3 MILES NORTH OF JEFFERSONVILLE
END POINT: 3.9 MILES NORTHEAST OF JEFFERSONVILLE
EF SCALE: EF-1
WIND SPEED: 80-90 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 1.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 100-200 YARDS
INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0
NARRATIVE: NWS STORM DAMAGE SURVEY CONFIRMS AN EF-1 TORNADO ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF JEFFERSONVILLE. THE TORNADO STARTED IN SUNSET TRAILER
PARK WHERE 90 MPH WINDS DAMAGED 20 TO 25 TRAILERS ALONG A 160 YARD
PATH. SEVERAL TRAILERS WERE MOVED OFF THEIR FOUNDATIONS AND HAD
ROOF DAMAGE. ONE TRAILER ROOF WAS THROWN 65 YARDS! TREES AND
POWERLINES WERE DAMAGED AS WELL.
THE TORNADO THEN WEAKENED SLIGHTLY TO 80 MPH AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST
INTO A SUBDIVISION DAMAGING SEVERAL SMALLER TREES...SHEDS...AND ROOF
SHINGLES. ALSO A TRAMPOLINE WAS THROWN AND WRAPPED AROUND A SHED
AND TREE IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
WINDS BECOME MORE STRAIGHTLINE IN NATURE BEFORE MORE TORNADO DAMAGE
WAS FOUND AT THE END OF A SUBDIVISION RIGHT BEHIND A CHURCH OFF OF
HOLMANS LANE. THE CHURCH SUFFERED THE MOST DAMAGE AS THE SOUTH SIDE
OF THE CHURCH WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN OUT. SHEDS WERE ALSO DESTROYED
AND TREES UPROOTED IN THE AREA. INSULATION WAS THROWN FROM NORTH TO
SOUTHEAST. ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS NEAR THE CHURCH WERE 90 MPH WITH A
DAMAGE PATH WIDTH OF 200 YARDS.
AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING HOLMANS LANE...IT
WEAKENED TO 80 MPH DAMAGING TREES AND SHINGLES. THE TORNADO FINALLY
LIFTED NEAR HIGHWAY 62 ABOUT 3.9 MILES NORTHEAST OF JEFFERSONVILLE.
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