An EF-1 tornado struck Paoli Indiana Monday evening. Investigators say it started at 7:32, and ended at 7:35. The tornado spun up west of Star Field on the north side of Paoli School, destroying a 100 year old barn and heavily damaging the roofs of two other outbuildings. It then took a large section of roofing off the Paoli Police Department Building on West Main Street before snapping several trees along Lick Creek as it moved toward City Square. On the Square the tornado ripped the metal roofs off of a flower shop and furniture store. Three chimneys were damage. The tornado also snapped and uprooted trees and did minor damage to homes near the end of its path.
Below is a reflectivity loop of a line of strong storms that moved ahead of a cold front across southern Indiana and north central Kentucky late in the evening of November 14, 2011. The line of strong storms produced wind damage and a tornado in Paoli, IN. Notice how certain segments of the line of storms bow out at times. This is a radar signature commonly associated with damaging winds.
Below is a strom relative velocity loop of a line of strong to severe storms that moved across southern Indiana and north central Kentucky in the late evening hours of November 14, 2011. An area of rotation can be seen on the image as it develops and moves across southern Indiana. Paoli, IN was in the path of this signature where a storm damage survey is being conducted.
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