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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
543 PM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020

...Tornado Confirmed Near Mooresville Indiana Update #1...

Location...Mooresville in Morgan County Indiana 
Date...April 8th 2020 
Estimated Time...843PM EDT 
Maximum EF-Scale Rating...EF1 
Estimated Maximum Wind Speed...100 MPH 
Maximum Path Width...35 yards 
Path Length...0.97 Miles 
Beginning Lat/Lon...39.61333N/-86.3771W 
Ending lat/Lon...39.6056N/-86.362W
* Fatalities...0
* Injuries...0

* The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event(s) and publication in
NWS Storm Data.

...Summary...
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis IN has confirmed a
tornado near Mooresville in Morgan County Indiana on April 8th 
2020.

A line of severe thunderstorms developed Wednesday afternoon
across Central Illinois and continued to grow stronger as they
pushed east into Central Indiana Wednesday evening. These storms
produced widespread damaging winds between 60 and 75 mph across
Central Indiana, in addition to the brief EF1 Tornado touchdown in
Mooresville. The tornado touched down northwest of the 
intersection of Concord and Main in Mooresville before doing 
significant roof and tree damage to portions of downtown. The 
largest damage occurred to a brick building where the roof was 
uplifted and fell causing structural damage to the building. The 
tornado continued to track to the southeast before damaging a 
large picnic shelter and crossing State Road 67. The tornado then 
lifted. In addition to the tornado, an area about 200 yards on 
either side of the tornado experienced straight line winds that 
gusted as high as 70 to 80 mph that caused additional damage.


For reference...the Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes
into the following categories:

EF0...wind speeds 65 to 85 mph.
EF1...wind speeds 86 to 110 mph.
EF2...wind speeds 111 to 135 mph.
EF3...wind speeds 136 to 165 mph.
EF4...wind speeds 166 to 200 mph.
EF5...wind speeds greater than 200 mph.

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Beachler/White