EF0 Tornado north of Friendship, Indiana

April 8-9, 2020
EF0 Tornado north of Friendship, Indiana

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
210 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2020

...UPDATED TORNADO PATH IN EASTERN RIPLEY COUNTY INDIANA
ON APRIL 8TH 2020...

START LOCATION...5.6 MILES SE VERSAILLES IN RIPLEY COUNTY IN
END LOCATION.....2.5 MILES NNE OF FRIENDSHIP IN RIPLEY COUNTY IN
DATE...........................APR 8 2020
ESTIMATED STARTING TIME........10:08 PM EDT
ESTIMATED ENDING TIME..........10:11 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING........EF-0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH.............220 YARDS
PATH LENGTH....................2.6 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON..............39.0197N / 85.1775W
ENDING LAT/LON.................39.0063N / 85.1350W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES.....0

...SUMMARY...
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG S. FRIENDSHIP ROAD IN SOUTHEAST
RIPLEY COUNTY. THE TORNADO CAUSED ROOF AND SIDING DAMGE TO 
HOMES AND BARNS, AS WELL AS DESTROYING SILOS, ALONG WITH TREE
DAMAGE.  WHILE THE TORNADO DAMAGE ENDED JUST WEST OF THE DEARBORN
COUNTY LINE, EFFORTS ARE STILL ONGOING TO CONFIRM WHETHER DAMAGE
IN DEARBORN COUNTY WAS STRAIGHT LINE WIND OR TORNADO. 

THESE FINDINGS WERE SUPPORTED BY ASSISTANCE FROM RIPLEY COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH

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