Tornado Confirmed in Ripley County IN

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED STATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
641 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

...TORNADO CONFIRMED 4 MILES NORTH OF OSGOOD IN RIPLEY
COUNTY INDIANA...

LOCATION...4 MILES NORTH OF OSGOOD IN RIPLEY COUNTY INDIANA 
DATE...02/20/2014
ESTIMATED TIME...1014 PM EST 
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH 
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS 
PATH LENGTH...4/5 MILE 
BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.1792N / 85.2854W
ENDING LAT/LON...39.1877N / 85.2750W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A 
TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF OSGOOD IN RIPLEY COUNTY INDIANA
ON 02/20/2014.

THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN NEAR A MOBILE HOME ON NORTH FINKS 
ROAD JUST NORTH OF WEST COUNTY ROAD 700 NORTH. THE MOBILE HOME WAS 
MOVED UP TO 15 FEET OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND IN THE PROCESS THIS 
KNOCKED DOWN TWO BRICK WALLS THAT WERE TWO FEET HIGH. WINDOWS WERE 
BLOWN OUT ON THREE SIDES OF THE MOBILE HOME. MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE ALSO 
OCCURRED TO THE HOME. INSULATION FROM THIS MOBILE HOME COVERED THE 
EAST FACING SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE...INDICATING STRONG ROTATING 
WINDS. TWO SMALL TREES WERE SNAPPED EAST OF THE HOME. BASED ON THE 
DAMAGE SURVEYED...THIS PORTION OF THE TORNADO PATH WAS CLASSIFIED AS 
EF1...WITH WINDS UP TO 90 MILES PER HOUR. 

JUST BEFORE THE TORNADO LIFTED...TWO POLE BARNS WERE DAMAGED. THE 
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE FIRST BARN COMPLETELY COLLAPSED. SOME SIDING 
WAS MISSING ON ALL FOUR SIDES OF THIS BARN. THE SECOND
BARN...LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE FIRST BARN...HAD 20 TO 30 PERCENT 
OF THE ROOF MISSING AND 10 TO 20 PERCENT OF THE SIDING MISSING ON 
THREE OF ITS SIDES. ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS BARN...UP TO 40 
PERCENT OF THE SIDING WAS MISSING. THE DAMAGE SURVEYED ALONG THIS 
PORTION OF THE TRACK WAS INDICATIVE OF AN EF0 TORNADO WITH 70 MILE 
PER HOUR WINDS. 

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

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