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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Louisville, KY
319 PM EDT Wed Apr 9 2025 /219 PM CDT Wed Apr 9 2025/

...NWS Damage Survey for 04/02/2025 Tornado Event...

.New Albany Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  2.24 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   500 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/02/2025
Start Time:             11:53 PM EDT
Start Location:         2 ESE Floyds Knobs / Floyd County / IN
Start Lat/Lon:          38.3142 / -85.8399

End Date:               04/02/2025
End Time:               11:56 PM EDT
End Location:           3 NNE New Albany / Floyd County / IN
End Lat/Lon:            38.3292 / -85.8044

Survey Summary:
The National Weather Service conducted an initial storm survey of
the New Albany area Monday, finding evidence of very sporadic
straight-line wind damage of 70-75 mph along a path from Quarry
Rd to Green Valley road near the Green Valley Elementary School.
The survey team criss-crossed the roads looking for damage along
the expected path, but thanks to reports submitted and archived
by multiple sources, including TV media reports, we noticed that
the worst damage was a little left (north) of the expected path. 
Cataloging those damage points, and noting the direction the
trees/power poles fell, we have concluded that an EF1 tornado did
touch down along a little more than 2-mile path in New Albany.
Peak winds were near 100 mph with a width of 500 yards. Damage
was not consistent along the entire width of the tornado.

The tornado first touched down just west of Green Valley Rd near 
Green Brier Dr. Multiple wooden power poles on the north side of 
the tornado were snapped toward the southeast. Some tree damage 
was noted over Holy Trinity Cemetery and a nearby neighborhood to 
the east. The tornado continued east northeast across a fairly 
flat area within and south of New Albany Community Park. More 
notable damage occurred in a WSW to ENE swath south of Castlewood 
Dr, roughly from Woodbourne Dr to Klerner Ln. Grace Lutheran 
Preschool had tree damage on the property as well as a dumpster 
moved 15 to 20 feet. Multiple trees were downed along Klerner Ln, 
where the tornado appeared to lift, per damage reports we have 
received. 

The sporadic damage paths found south of the tornado likely were 
inflow winds into the tornado, including damage identified by the 
survey team downstream of Green Valley Elementary, over Daisy Ln 
and Kent Dr and over to Klerner Ln at Charlestown Rd.

The National Weather Service would like to thank the Floyd County
Emergency Management and the Highlander Fire Department for 
helping us with the archived data, as well as TV news reports that
assisted with documenting the damage right after it happened. 
Repair teams had cleaned up a lot of the electrical power pole 
damage as well as the tree damage before the survey team arrived.

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

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
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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RJS/CSG