From: rdale@nyx.cs.du.edu (Robert P Dale)
Subject: Indiana Tornados
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
550 PM EST MON NOV 23 1991

...MOST NOVEMBER TORNADOS IN INDIANA SINCE 1965...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONFIRMED THAT AT LEAST 7 SEPARATE
TORNADOES OCCURRED IN INDIANA ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22.

1. MONROE COUNTY... THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN STINESVILLE AND
ELLETTSVILLE AROUND 245 PM EST AND MOVED NORTHEAST. THE TORNADO WAS ON
THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES. TWO HOUSES AND 6 MOBILE HOMES WERE
DESTROYED. TORNADO STRENGTH...F3.

2. PUTNAM COUNTY TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY... THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR
MORTON IN PUTNAM COUNTY AT ABOUT 300 PM EST AND MOVED NORTH-NORTHEAST.
THE TORNADO CROSSED INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND LIFTED NORTHEAST OF
PARKERSBURG AROUND 315 PM EST. THIS WAS LIKELY THE LARGEST TORNADO THAT
STRUCK INDIANA SUNDAY. THE TORNADO WAS CLOSE TO 1/2 MILE WIDE IN
NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 10 MILES. THIS
TORNADO DAMAGED NUMEROUS HOUSES AND DESTROYED A COUPLE MOBILE HOMES.
TORNADO STRENGTH...F3. 

3. MORGAN COUNTY... THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR HINDSVILLE AROUND 3 PM
EST. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND TEMPORARILY LIFTED JUST WEST OF
MARTINSVILLE THEN TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MARTINSVILLE.
THE TORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL SEVERAL HOMES IN CENTERTON AND DOWNED TWO
POWER LINE TOWERS JUST SOUTH OF CENTERTON. THE TORNADO LIFTED NORTH OF
CENTERTON BUT TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY IN THE FIVE POINTS AREA AROUND 320 PM
EST. TORNADO STRENGTH...F3.

4. MONTGOMERY COUNTY... A SMALL TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN EAST OF PARKERSBURG
AROUND 307 PM EST AND MOVED NORTH-NORTHEAST FOR ABOUT 2 MILES BEFORE
DISSIPATING.  TORNADO STRENGTH...F1.

5. MARION COUNTY... THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR 45TH AND FALL CREEK
PARKWAY AROUND 345 PM EST AND MOVED NORTHEAST. THE TORNADO DAMAGED
SEVERAL HUNDRED HOMES WITH OVER 20 HOUSES BEING DESTROYED. THE TORNADO
DISSIPATED NORTHEAST OF THE 56TH STREET AND I-465 INTERCHANGE BEFORE
4 PM EST. THE TORNADO REACHED A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 1/4 MILE AND WAS ON THE
GROUND FOR ABOUT 4 MILES. TORNADO STRENGTH...F3.

6. SHELBY COUNTY... THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR SHELBYVILLE AND
DESTROYED TWO BUILDINGS AROUND 410 PM EST. TORNADO STRENGTH...F2.

7. SWITZERLAND COUNTY... THE TORNADO MOVED OUT OF CARROLL COUNTY
KENTUCKY INTO SWITZERLAND COUNTY INDIANA. NEAR FLORENCE INDIANA 10 HOMES
WERE DESTROYED AND OVER 20 OTHERS WERE DAMAGED AROUND 5 PM EST. 

FROM 1950 TO 1991 THERE WERE 19 CONFIRMED TORNADOES IN THE STATE OF
INDIANA DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. THE RECORD NUMBER OF TORNADOES FOR
NOVEMBER WAS 7 IN 1965. AT LEAST 7 TORNADOES OCCURRED IN INDIANA
YESTERDAY...AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MORE WILL BE CONFIRMED ON TUESDAY.

THE FUJITA TORNADO SCALE...

F0... WINDS 40 TO 72 MPH.
F1... WINDS 73 TO 112 MPH.
F2... WINDS 113 TO 157 MPH.
F3... WINDS 158 TO 206 MPH.
F4... WINDS 207 TO 260 MPH.
F5... WINDS 261 TO 318 MPH.

SBH
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