June 3 2008 Tornadoes Information

Waves of Storms on June 3 Produce 5 Tornadoes, Wind Damage, and Flooding

Several waves of thunderstorms moved across Central Indiana on June 3 from morning all the way into evening. One tornado occurred during the morning, one in the afternoon, and 3 during the evening. All the rain from the thunderstorms also led to flash flooding and eventually flooding of area rivers. Below are some radar images and pictures of damage from the tornadoes. Following the pictures is a text summary of severe weather reports received for part of the day.

Where radar images are displayed, reflectivity is on the left while storm relative velocity is on the right.  (In storm relative velocity images, winds blowing toward the radar are green while winds blowing away from the radar are red.)

Greene County - Lawrence County tornado:

This late morning tornado has been rated as an EF-1. Below are radar images of radar reflectivity and storm relative velocity.  In these images, the radar is located to the north (top).

Morgan County tornado:

This late afternoon tornado near Waverly has been rated as an EF-0.

Brown County - Johnson County tornado:

This evening tornado has been rated as an EF-2 and impacted areas such as Camp Atterbury and Edinburgh. In the storm relative velocity image, the radar is to the northwest.

Radar Images (Tornado in Johnson County):

Picture of Edinburgh Tornado:

Damage Photos:

Shelby County - Rush County tornado:

This evening tornado has been rated as an EF-3 and impacted areas such as Moscow.

Radar Images (Tornado in Rush County). In the storm relative velocity image, the radar is to the northwest:

Decatur County tornado:

This evening tornado has been rated as an EF-1 and impacted areas such as Clarksburg.

Below are reports received by the NWS for the events of the morning and early afternoon:

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
509 PM EDT TUE JUN 03 2008
..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1015 AM     FLASH FLOOD      DANA                    39.81N 87.49W
06/03/2008                   VERMILLION         IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER WAS GOING OVER STATE ROAD 71 THROUGH DANA. EAST OF
DANA ON COUNTY ROAD 450 SOUTH WATER WAS OVER THE ROAD.

1015 AM     FLASH FLOOD      S CLINTON               39.66N 87.41W
06/03/2008                   VERMILLION         IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER WAS OVER SOUTH MAIN STREET IN CLINTON

1015 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 W DANA                39.81N 87.51W
06/03/2008                   VERMILLION         IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT
COUNTY ROAD 500 SOUTH WAS WASHED OUT

1020 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NW MECCA              39.75N 87.36W
06/03/2008                   PARKE              IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT
COUNTY ROAD 600 WEST WAS CLOSED NORTHWEST OF MECCA

1030 AM     FLASH FLOOD      GREENCASTLE             39.64N 86.84W
06/03/2008                   PUTNAM             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER WAS FLOODING ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS IN GREENCASTLE

1125 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S BLOOMINGTON         39.11N 86.52W
06/03/2008                   MONROE             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE TREE DOWN ON ZIKES ROAD

1130 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SE BRAZIL             39.49N 87.08W
06/03/2008                   CLAY               IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER ACROSS ROADWAY ON COUNTY ROAD 200 EAST FROM COUNTY
ROAD 600 NORTH TO 800 NORTH

1131 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE BLOOMFIELD         39.06N 86.90W
06/03/2008                   GREENE             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN. THERE WAS ALSO A BARN
THAT WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND A HOUSE THAT SUSTAINED
DAMAGE.

1146 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NNE BEDFORD           38.91N 86.46W
06/03/2008                   LAWRENCE           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT
*** 1 INJ *** DAMAGE TO HOUSES AND TREES ON
BARTLETTSVILLE ROAD AND TODD LANE. DAMAGE WAS ALSO
REPORTED ON MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD AND WALLNER QUARRY ROAD.
TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON HILL SMITH ROAD. ONE MALE WAS
INJURED AND HAD A BROKEN FOOT.

1146 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     4 NNE BEDFORD           38.91N 86.46W
06/03/2008                   LAWRENCE           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT


0230 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 NE MARTINSVILLE       39.48N 86.34W
06/03/2008                   MORGAN             IN   PUBLIC
ROOF DAMANGE AND SEVERAL TREES DOWN A FEW MILES SOUTH OF
WAVERLY NEAR STATE ROAD 37 AND BIG BEND ROAD.

0242 PM     TSTM WND DMG     N COLUMBUS              39.21N 85.91W
06/03/2008                   BARTHOLOMEW        IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT NEAR ROCKY FORD
ROAD. POWERLINES WERE DOWN AND ROOFS WERE OFF BUILDINGS.