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Overview

Active weather affected the Ohio Valley on July 3-4, 2024, with flash flooding over southern Indiana on the evening of the 3rd, and two brief tornadoes on the afternoon of the 4th.

Damage Survey from July 4, 2024

Tornado
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Storm Reports
Rainfall
Environment

Tornadoes:

Tornado - near Crandall, IN
Harrison County

Date	7/4/2024
Time (Local)	1:05 PM - 1:06 PM EDT
EF Rating	EF-0
Est. Peak Winds	85 mph
Path Length	0.97 miles
Max Width	125 yards
Injuries/Deaths	0/0
Summary: The National Weather Service in Louisville confirmed an EF0 tornado in Harrison County Indiana, just north of Corydon. The tornado began just west of IN 135 just south of Highway 335. A 2 story home had shingle damage, with their older outbuilding destroyed. The outbuilding boards were displaced 50 yards, going in multiple directions, and several trees were topped and twisted. Winds were 80 mph, EF0, with a width of 100 yards. The tornado crossed 135 into an open field and topped and uprooted some cedar trees. The tornado damaged some trees along Indian Creek, before doing more substantial tree damage along Elwanger Rd and Tee Rd. Trees were twisted, topped, and uprooted. One maple tree was topped falling on a vehicle destroying it. Multiple power lines were down as well and at least one older power pole down. Winds were 85 mph, EF0, with a width of 125 yards. The tornado lifted before Raccoon Branch.

Track Map

Downloadable KMZ File

Tornado - Louisville, KY
Jefferson County

Date	7/4/2024
Time (Local)	1:27 PM - 1:28 PM EDT
EF Rating	EF-1
Est. Peak Winds	95 mph
Path Length	0.51 miles
Max Width	170 yards
Injuries/Deaths	0/0
Summary: The NWS sent a survey team after an area of concentrated damage occurred along a narrow squall line in NW Jefferson County. An EF1 tornado was discovered to have caused initially a broad swath of damage and then it tightened up before lifting. The damage began to a Baptist Fellowship Center just north of Woodland Ave along Catalpa St. The nearby church sustained shingle damage, but also had some window damage on the more protected north facing side of the building. South of Woodland Ave, a witness saw twisting motion, and there black walnut tree branch fell to the west onto a neighbors house and a tree from that home fell onto his truck. As the tornado tightened up, several tree branches fell onto vehicles and structures. A few bigger trees were uprooted as well, including one that pulled down some power poles as it fell. In another place, the tornado pulled back part of a roof on a two-story residence. Farther east, the vinyl siding was stripped off a north-facing wall of another 2-story residence. As the tornado continued east and east southeast, crossing Hwy 1934, it narrowed quite a bit, causing more isolated tree damage before it lifted just east of 23rd Street and north of Standard Ave. The National Weather Service would like to thank the Louisville Gas and Electric crews that assisted with finding damage points and Jefferson County Emergency Management for focusing the survey where the heaviest damage occurred.

Track Map

Downloadable KMZ File

The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:

EF0 Weak 65-85 mph	EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph	EF2 Significant 111-135 mph	EF3 Severe 136-165 mph	EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph	EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph

Radar


Harrison County Radar Image	Louisville Radar Image	Radar Loop from July 4

Storm Reports

Preliminary Local Storm Report...Summary
National Weather Service Louisville KY
556 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0915 PM     Flash Flood      1 E Shively             38.20N 85.80W
07/03/2024                   Jefferson          KY   911 Call Center  

            Request for barricades to block off 7th and 
            Berry and 7th and Noble. 

0126 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 WSW Louisville        38.23N 85.80W
07/04/2024                   Jefferson          KY   Emergency Mngr   

            Trees down and power poles snapped. 

0127 PM     Tornado          3 WSW Louisville        38.23N 85.80W
07/04/2024                   Jefferson          KY   NWS Storm Survey 

            NWS Storm Survey found a brief EF-1 tornado 
            touched down and lasted about a half mile on 
            the ground as it traveled east and east 
            southeast. The tornado was wide at onset, 
            170 yards and narrowed along its path. 

0103 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 E Corydon             38.21N 86.11W
07/04/2024                   Harrison           IN   Emergency Mngr   

            Trees down on a house. 

0105 PM     Tornado          3 WSW Crandall          38.27N 86.11W
07/04/2024                   Harrison           IN   NWS Storm Survey 

            A brief EF-0 tornado touched down along 
            Highway 135 between Sky Aire Road and 
            Highway 335. The tornado damaged trees and 
            minor structures there, before continuing 
            ESE toward Tee Road. There more minor 
            structural and tree damage occurred. One 
            vehicle was smashed by a falling tree. Peak 
            winds were estimated at 85 mph and the max 
            path width was 125 yards. 

0555 PM     Flash Flood      1 NNE Jasper            38.40N 86.93W
07/03/2024                   Dubois             IN   Emergency Mngr   

            Report of another vehicle submerged in water 
            at 16th and Mill St. 

0616 PM     Flash Flood      3 N Jasper              38.43N 86.94W
07/03/2024                   Dubois             IN   911 Call Center  

            Responders called to Knoll Ridge apartment 
            in Jasper for people stuck in a home due to 
            flooding. 

0630 PM     Rain             Jasper                  38.39N 86.93W
07/03/2024  M4.50 Inch       Dubois             IN   Public           

            A cluster of rain gages around Jasper 
            measured between 4 and 5 inches of rainfall 
            in a little over an hours time. 

0900 PM     Flash Flood      Huntingburg             38.30N 86.96W
07/03/2024                   Dubois             IN   911 Call Center  

            Reports of multiple roads flooded in 
            Huntingburg.

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