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Meteorologists at the time considered this one of the strongest tornadoes ever seen. This intense tornado touched down three miles northeast of Mechanicsburg and blew directly through Oakville, demolishing 27 of the village's 30 houses. One of only four F5 tornadoes on record in Indiana. Five people were killed in one home near the Clay/Owen County line. This tornado began three miles east of Clay City and swept homes away as it moved to southeast of Patricksburg. The fatality occurred near the state line in Van Buren Township in Lagrange County when a man ran from his home to secure his horses. This was a multiple vortex tornado that moved from south of Vistula through the northwest corner of Lagrange County and into Michigan. The tornado was at F4 level from two miles northwest of Morristown to four miles south of Carthage. The fatalities occurred as seven farms were swept away.

This tornado moved from a mile south of Fountaintown to five miles north of Rushville. Several homes were destroyed west and north of Elkhart, with two of them leveled to the ground. Five members of one family were killed three miles southwest of Franklin. Moved from southwest to north of Franklin, destroying half a dozen farms. The roof of a home was carried five miles. Clothing was found in trees three miles away. Entire farms were swept away near Waverly.

This tornado touched down five miles southwest of Brooklyn, passed just south of Waverly, and lifted in Johnson County. In Indiana the twister sliced a five mile long path through forested land.

Most of the damage and all of the fatalities were in Mount Carmel, Illinois. About thirty farms were hit and one was leveled to the ground. This tornado moved from near Glezen to south of Petersburg and just barely into Daviess County. Scroll down through the tornadoes listed on this page, or click on a date in the following table to go directly to that entry. After 1950 data are taken from official National Weather Service sources with supplementation from Grazulis' work.

#Tornado touchdown today lafayette in update

On Saturday morning, the City of Martinsville Fire Department reported that they responded to 46 incidents within the city's limits, including two building fires, more that a dozen buildings with structural damage, and multiple power lines and trees down.Information from before 1950 is taken from Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991 and its supplement Significant Tornadoes Update 1992-1995, both by Thomas P Grazulis. In Martinsville, storms ripped siding and roofing off of apartment buildings, tore steeples off of churches and left a trail of tree damage across city streets.Īccording to Owen County EMA Director Jack White, the county was immediately seeing reports of trees down and possible damage at McCormick's Creek State Park. Owen and Monroe counties were among the areas with big impact as well. He also explained Sullivan City Hall and area churches have been opened up as safe shelters. Homes in both the city and county are severely damaged and some are completely leveled." "In the city of Sullivan, the path of destruction follows nearly a straight line, parallel with Silver Street. "It is far too early to know the extent of the devastation, however we can tell you that there is a line of damage covering several miles, starting west of Sullivan in the rural New Lebanon area, extending eastward through Sullivan," Bobbitt said. Sheriff Jason Bobbitt shared this update on Facebook just before 7 a.m. In Sullivan County, EMA Director Jim Pirtle simply described the damage to the county as "terrible".Įarly Saturday, Indiana State Police confirmed at least three people died in the storm. INDIANAPOLIS - As tornado-warned storms moved across central Indiana Friday night and into Saturday morning, many counties faced heavy rain, strong winds and possible tornadoes.