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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1145 AM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024


...NWS Damage Survey for 07/09/24 Tornado Event...

.Overview...

The National Weather Service has determined that a brief and weak 
EF0 tornado occurred on Tuesday evening in Martin county. Pictures, 
damage reports from emergency management and radar data all support a
weak tornado that reportedly skipped across the area and was only on
the ground briefly. Small trees and larger tree limbs down were the only 
damage reported. 

...Tornado #1...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    85 mph
Path Length /statute/:  1.77 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   20 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             07/09/2024
Start Time:             07:21 PM EDT
Start Location:         4 NW Shoals / Martin County / IN
Start Lat/Lon:          38.7084 / -86.8399

End Date:               07/10/2024
End Time:               07:24 PM EDT
End Location:           4 NNE Loogootee / Martin County / IN
End Lat/Lon:            38.7283 / -86.8606

Survey Summary:
Eyewitness accounts indicate a brief and weak tornado was skipping
across this area with damage noted in two locations. A few trees were
down across Dover Hill road and also on Killion Mill Rd. Pictures also
showed a funnel cloud southeast of Loogootee but no damage has been 
reported from that area as of this time. 

The NWS Indianapolis office would like to thank the Martin county EMA
for their help in determining this tornado path and rating. 

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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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