Courtesy- National Weather Service
JACKSON/JENNINGS COUNTY, Ind. –The National Weather Service (NWS) has confirmed that one tornado touched down Wednesday following the severe weather. The tornado was determined to be an EF-U (Unknown) because it was difficult to determine the extent of the damage from the storm system. Tornadoes are given the category EF-U if it is impossible to rate the strength of a confirmed tornado because there is little to no damage.
A storm system with rotation was spotted in Crothersville over Lake Leslie and east of Freeman field at around 11 a.m. on Wednesday. The funnel touched down but only traveled a short distance of approximately .02 miles and lasted around a minute. The tornado’s duration was so short that no alerts from NWS were sent out before the rotation stopped.
Town of Crothersville officials said, “The storm appeared to move south of Seymour and east of Hayden towards North Vernon along State Road 7.” At first, NWS did not confirm the storm beyond being a cold funnel, but later stated, “It is possible that a weak tornado developed.”
At 11:24 a.m., NWS said, “Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm producing a cold air funnel over North Vernon, or 14 miles east of Seymour, moving east at 20 mph. Cold air funnels typically do not reach the ground, but if they do, they cause little to no damage.” Winds were more than 30 mph and could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.
Locations that were impacted included Country Squire Lakes and the towns of North Vernon, Vernon, Butlerville, and Nebraska.
