Tornadoes of 2017

March 1, 2017
County:  Dubois
EF-Scale:  EF2
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  150 yards
Path length:  5.8 miles
Time:  12:03am - 12:09am EST
Notes: Wind speeds reached 130mph. It first destroyed a barn southwest of Ireland and then moved on to damage several homes near the intersection of CR 200N and CR 875W. After damaging several outbuildings it traveled a mile northeast where it heavily damaged two brick ranch homes on CR 200N and CR 750W, removing their roofs and collapsing an outer wall on one of them. An elderly woman escaped injury because she was sitting in the only part of her home where the ceiling remained intact after her roof blew away and a wall collapsed 15 feet from her. The tornado skipped to the east-northeast over open farmland and gave a glancing blow to the north edge of Ireland, doing roof damage and destroying a block garage. After skipping over an additional mile of farmland, it destroyed a silo and damaged an outbuilding on CR 300N. It snapped several pine trees before dissipating.

March 1, 2017
County:  Butler
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  90 yards
Path length:  0.8 miles
Time:  12:35am - 12:37am CST
Notes: The tornado touched down south of D&G Archery and snapped, twisted, and uprooted trees on rugged, rural countryside. One building was damaged at the touchdown site. 

March 1, 2017
County:  Orange
EF-Scale:  EF2
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  1
Path width:  25 yards
Path length:  0.1 mile
Time: 5:38am - 5:39am EST
Notes: This tornado did EF2 level damage in Lawrence County before moving into Orange County at EF1 strength. Two mobile homes were destroyed. One mobile home rolled over onto a vehicle but the three occupants were unhurt. The car ended up in the living room of the home. The other mobile home lost its roof and half of its walls. The occupant was blown into a field with the debris, even though the living room furniture stayed in place. Minor injuries to the resident.

March 1, 2017
County:  Washington, IN
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  100 yards
Path length:  5.8 miles
Time:  5:41am - 5:47am EST
Notes: This tornado was embedded in a larger field of straight-line winds that was up to a mile wide. The most intense tornado damage occurred shortly after touchdown where 50 healthy hardwood trees had snapped trunks with no foliage. In addition, an outbuilding lost part of its roof and debris struck a residence causing cracked masonry and dented drywall inside the structure. Winds peaked here at 100 mph. As the tornado continued eastward more homes experienced minor roof damage, uprooted trees, and a large outbuilding was nearly destroyed. After crossing Cave River Valley Road and White River Road the tornado took out about 50 softwood trees. Farther east, 100 hardwood and softwood trees were uprooted and snapped, with notable convergence observed. After driving a 4x6 through the roof of a home near Hunter Road, the tornado continued east to Prowsville Ridge Road where winds were up to 95 mph. Another stand of 50 hardwood trees was uprooted and snapped, along with significant damage to the porch and roof of a home. Tornadic damage continued east of Cox Ferry Road.

March 1, 2017
County:  Clark, IN
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  20 yards
Path length:  0.3 miles
Time:  6:04am - 6:05am EST
Notes: A small tornado touched down in the back yard of a home about a quarter mile west of the caution light on IN 60 in Borden and uprooted trees and caused roof damage to the home. The tornado moved along Muddy Fork and snapped or uprooted numerous trees. The tornado then crossed IN 60 where people in the Buckboard Diner witnessed it. The tornado next removed the roof of an older building next to the cafe and a garage behind the cafe. It threw the debris into a small church and removed some of its roof.

March 1, 2017
County:  Scott, IN
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  10
Path width:  125 yards
Path length:  2.2 miles
Time:  6:05am - 6:07am EST
Notes: The tornado touched down 4 miles south of Scottsburg on Interstate 65. After overturning a tractor trailer on the highway it moved east-southeast, collapsing a wall on a large cinder block building, then destroying two metal outbuildings and flipping an unanchored mobile home. It continued skipping east, uprooting and snapping trees and destroying an anchored mobile home on Underwood Road. Three people were injured in the mobile home when it rolled over and disintegrated. The tornado then damaged an outbuilding and numerous trees as it headed east toward the intersection of Double Or Nothing Road and Radio Tower Road. There it destroyed a large garage and pushed a double-wide manufactured home off its foundation. The tornado was embedded in a one to two mile wide swath of straight line winds that continued on for another ten miles.

March 1, 2017
County:  Henry
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  200 yards
Path length:  1.1 miles
Time:  6:36am - 6:38am EST
Notes: Touchdown was two miles north of Campbellsburg. It crossed Interstate 71 where it overturned a truck, and lifted 2.2 miles northeast of Campbellsburg. The most significant damage occurred on Jones Lane where 100 mph winds destroyed two large barns along with small outbuildings. A large grain bin was demolished and an anchored mobile home was pushed off of its foundation. A large debris field was scattered 200-300 yards downwind. East of I-71 the tornado damaged outbuildings and snapped trees. After destroying an older barn, the tornado ended just east of KY 55 where numerous softwood trees were snapped and uprooted. Very strong convergence was noted in the damage. 

March 1, 2017
County:  Logan
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  75 yards
Path length:  1.6 miles
Time:  6:57am - 6:59am CST
Notes: This tornado touched down southeast of Adairville and lifted 2.5 miles east of Adairville. The tornado did minor roof damage to a house near Martin Road. A home and an outbuilding had minor damage near Barnes Road, along with several downed trees. The most significant damage occurred near the end of the path near Prices Mill Road where a large barn lost a significant portion of its roof. Maximum wind speeds were 95 mph.

March 1, 2017
County:  Warren
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  125 yards
Path length:  2.6 miles
Time:  7:24am - 7:28am CST
Notes: The tornado touched down east of Interstate 65 near Claypool. Several residences and barns suffered extensive damage along Cemetery Road and Martinsville Ford Road. Peak winds were around 110 mph.

March 27, 2017
County:  Metcalfe
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  100 yards
Path length:  0.3 mile
Time:  5:05pm - 5:06pm CDT
Notes: This squall line tornado was short lived but caused considerable destruction. It touched down about 0.3 mile southwest of Center, destroying two large barns and a small outbuilding in addition to taking the roof off of a small home. The front porch of a nearby home was briefly raised, causing the supports to fall out. The tornado moved northeast, streaming debris in a cyclonic pattern and into a nearby automotive repair shop that had one door blown in and another blown out. The large metal shop had minor roof damage, but was pierced in several locations by debris from the outbuildings to the southwest, and the entire facility was shifted slightly off of its foundation. Numerous vehicles near the repair shop sustained damage when hit by large debris from barns to the southwest. The cab of a small pickup was crushed by debris and the vehicle was blown onto KY 969. An RV parked next to the shop was blown into a utility pole. Several other vehicles had windows broken out. Metal roof panels from the buildings, along with insulation from a small home, were wrapped around trees as far as half a mile from their origin, with other small debris observed as far as 0.75 miles from the initial touchdown location.

April 5, 2017
County:  Henry
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  100 yards
Path length:  1.7 mile
Time:  5:54pm - 5:56pm EDT
Notes:The first evidence of tornado damage was just south of US 421 where the tornado passed between two farms. Barns on either side of the path were damaged with the debris thrown clockwise, showing an anticyclonic rotation. The tornado crossed US 421 and continued northeast. The last evidence of a tornado was at a house on Point Pleasant Road where the tornado blew in a garage door.

April 5, 2017
County:  Metcalfe
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  50 yards
Path length:  0.7 mile
Time:  5:11pm - 5:13pm CDT
Notes: This small tornado touched down near the intersection of Iron Mountain Road and Kidd Road where it heavily damaged a barn, then moved east-northeast over open farmland before hitting a farm on the west side of Center Three Springs Road. It tore the back end off of a large barn there and collapsed a 60-foot tall silo, then crossed the road and snapped several trees.

April 5, 2017
County:  Metcalfe
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  50 yards
Path length:  0.4 mile
Time:  5:12pm - 5:13pm CDT
Notes: The tornado began in a field west of Center Peggyville Road, taking out several trees in a tree line before moving east where it destroyed a large, well-built barn, lofting debris into the air and sending it as far as 0.25 mile to the east. It then crossed the road and snapped several trees.

April 5, 2017
County:  Green
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  250 yards
Path length:  0.8 mile
Time:  5:16pm - 5:17pm CDT
Notes: This tornado touched down in an open field and headed northeast toward Mahogany Lane. Two small vortices, one 50 yards wide and the other 100 yards wide, reached speeds of 105 mph as they destroyed a large, well-built barn and two smaller outbuildings in addition to a fifth-wheel trailer. The debris was blown up to 0.25 mile to the northeast and exhibited both convergence and rotation.

April 28, 2017
County:  Oldham
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  250 yards
Path length:  1.3 mile
Time:  11:53pm - 11:56pm EDT
Notes: The tornado developed in a subdivision in Goshen and traveled to the east northeast. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. A couple of houses and two church buildings sustained roof damage. Power lines and power poles were downed.

May 19, 2017
County:  Crawford
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  50 yards
Path length:  0.2 mile
Time:  4:22pm - 4:24pm EDT
Notes: Damage with this tornado occurred along Old Union Chapel Road of IN 62 near T&T Auto. The tornado formed in pasture southwest of the road and then knocked over several cedar trees and split several sections on some maple trees before striking a barn. 85 mph winds. The barn suffered roof and door damage. Debris was thrown 125 yards downwind into the auto body shop vehicle lot. Several vehicle windows were smashed. 90 mph winds. A single-wide trailer experienced roof damage above its entrance. An old RV had its roof removed and large sections of debris were thrown about 100 yards. The unattached bed of a pickup truck was picked up and thrown 150 yards. Another RV was tipped over onto its side. 85 mph winds. The auto body shop suffered roof damage. Three trees were knocked down or snapped northeast of the shop, with the last evidence of a tornado about 150 yards farther down. Several witnesses observed the tornado and it was captured on video. 

May 20, 2017
County:  Jefferson, IN
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  30 yards
Path length:  0.2 mile
Time:  7:10pm - 7:11pm EDT
Notes: Touchdown was just north of West Galway Trail North in a tree line behind some houses. The tornado uprooted and snapped trees as it moved east. An eyewitness reported seeing a black mass with debris moving horizontally. The tornado covered the witness's house in fallen trees. As it crossed Paper Mill Road the inflow winds into the tornado pulled off siding from nearby houses and moved light objects several hundred feet. A camper parked on the southern edge of the path rolled three times toward the center of the circulation and was destroyed. After crossing the road the tornado struck an abandoned farm house and did more tree damage.

June 23, 2017
County:  LaRue
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  75 yards
Path length:  5.1 miles
Time:  5:37pm - 5:45pm EDT
Notes: The tornado first downed a large tree on McDowell Road 2.8 miles south of Hodgenville. It damaged tree tops at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park as it moved northeast. At the end of Earl Jones Road the tornado destroyed one cinder block and wood barn and damaged the roof of another, scattering debris several hundred yards. The tornado then skipped intermittently over primarily open farmland for before uprooting and snapping several trees along Leafdale Road west of KY 470.

June 23, 2017
County: Marion
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  100 yards
Path length:  2.1 miles
Time:  6:05pm - 6:07pm EDT
Notes: This tornado spun up in a broader area of 40-60 mph winds that caused minor tree damage across an area over a mile wide. The tornado itself touched down on the edge of a large wooded area west of KY 527 0.4 mile south of Saint Francis. Moving due east, it snapped the trunks of several large trees, blocking the highway, and mowed down a line of trees along Louis Mattingly Road. It continued to do tree-top damage in a heavily wooded area as it moved east, then tore roof panels off of several hog barns on the south end of A Mills Road. Drone footage of corn near the barns showed multiple streaks of converging winds in an area approximately 100 yards in width. Continuing to the east-southeast, the tornado downed numerous trees in a cyclonic pattern on both sides of Spencer-Hamilton Road south of Loretto.

November 5, 2017
County: Washington, IN
EF-Scale:  EF0
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  350 yards
Path length:  0.6 miles
Time:  11:04pm EST
Notes: This touchdown occurred approximately 5 miles west of Salem on SW Washington School Rd. The touchdown occurred along a forested area which threw branches and large portions of maple and cedar trees over the road approximately 300 yards. The most concentrated damage was at 1630 SW Washington School Rd. There was an uprooted tree, along with shingle, gutter, roof, and barn damage. Several toys and pumpkins were turned and thrown cyclonically towards the west. A trampoline was thrown approximately a mile from the house along with lots of playground toys being thrown several hundred yards. There were some trees down further along the farmer`s field, but the tornado lifted after traveling approximately 0.6 miles where a few trees were topped where it lifted. The peak wind speed was 80 mph and most of the damage was at the tree top level.

November 5, 2017
County: Washington, IN
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  40 yards
Path length:  0.3 miles
Time:  11:16pm EST
Notes: The tornado touched down in downtown Salem at the Salem Feed Mill on South Water Street. There was significant damage on the upper portion of the feed mill approximately 70 feet off the ground along with some power poles being severely bent. A multi-business building was hit by the tornado with a large portion of its roof lifted and dropped on the Dinner Bell restaurant. There was extensive damage from falling brick. The tornado then hit a house on the corner of Cherry and South High Street resulting in roof and siding damage along with several sections of Cleveland Pear trees snapped. The tornado lifted quickly at the intersection. 

November 5, 2017
County: Washington, IN
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  70 yards
Path length:  0.5 miles
Time:  11:20pm EST
Notes: The tornado touched down near the intersection of Canton Road and Howell Road. Severe damage was sustained to several barns, street signs, bird houses, and metal poles that were bent or snapped. A 500 gallon propane tank moved to the south 3 feet and became lodged against a grain storage building. There was an excellent signature of mud and dirt spattering cyclonically on a grain silo. The tornado was extremely narrow and mostly at tree top level with several power poles snapped near the top.

November 18, 2017
County: Ohio
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  1
Path width:  60 yards
Path length:  2 miles
Time:  3:20pm CST
Notes: This small tornado was embedded in a fast moving squall line that raced east at 55 mph.  The twister first touched down at a home on U.S. Highway 62 just west of Goshen Church Road, tearing off shingles and uprooting a tree.  It moved east-southeast, uprooting and snapping trees near the intersection of Hwy 62 and Goshen Church Rd, along with damaging some small outbuildings.  It next downed a tree on Mine Fork Road that fell between a home and outbuilding, damaging both structures and causing a minor head injury to the occupant of the shed. Continuing over open fields, it next hit several residences along Hill, Mulberry, and South Mulberry streets before crossing U.S. Highway 231 and causing minor roof damage to the Post Office. The greatest damage occurred in this two block area, where up to a dozen outbuildings were destroyed or heavily damaged, and sections of roofing were lifted off homes and garages.  Fences in the neighborhood were blown in a cyclonic pattern, providing evidence of the tight rotation pattern of the storm.  After crossing Hwy 231, the tornado damaged several large warehouses, scattering wood and sheet metal debris.  Along Bruce School Road, a chain link fence was flattened, and insulation was sucked out of the damaged roof of a two story home, then spattered along the east side of the home and adjacent vehicles. Another large tree was uprooted in this yard before the tornado lifted.  Sheet metal and shingles were lifted into trees along the route of the storm.

November 18, 2017
County: Meade
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  1
Path width:  50 yards
Path length:  1.8 miles
Time:  4:32pm EST
Notes: The tornado touched down just inside the Breckinridge-Meade County line north of Irvington.  It pushed a large tobacco barn 15 feet eastward, tore off its roof, and collapsed several walls. Debris from the barn was scattered over a half mile downwind.  The tornado moved east-northeast, skipping along a wooded area where several trees were snapped or uprooted, then hit a mobile home on Fackler Road, rolling the anchored unit several times, destroying the home. The owner sustained only minor injuries as he rolled over with his house, crawling out of a hole after it settled.  A garage on the property was also destroyed.  The tornado continued skipping along the northwest side of Sandy Hill Rd, damaging outbuildings on another farm, before crossing KY highway 261 at Guston Rd.  A split level home on Guston Rd had part of its roof removed, with insulation spattered on the lee side of the home.  An occupant of the home reported he was descending the
stairs as the roof was torn off, and was briefly drawn up the stairs as it occurred. Debris from the split level home was dropped across the road, where a few more trees were snapped and uprooted.  The tornado then flattened a fence and peeled a section of sheet metal on an outbuilding before lifting.

November 18, 2017
County: Taylor
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  50 yards
Path length:  1.4 miles
Time:  6:00pm EST
Notes: This small, narrow squall-line spin-up tornado moved over rural countryside, damaging or destroying a half dozen outbuildings and doing minor tree damage as it traveled east-southeast over three farmsteads. Only minor roof damage occurred to one home in its path.