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Tornado Reported In Greenwood

December 23, 2015 by Paul Poteet

roof blown off academy animal hospital in greenwood told damage for a mile and a half nws says likely tornado pic.twitter.com/nJheVTNG5g

— Kendall Downing (@kendall_downing) December 23, 2015 The National Weather Service says damage to an animal hospital at SR 135 and Smith Valley Road in Greenwood is consistent with a tornado. Damage is extensive, including the the roof that was blown away. Good news: no injuries to people or animals. Early speculation points to an EF1 tornado that was around a quarter of a mile wide and about a mile long. The tornado was reported at 3:42pm Wednesday afternoon. Up until today there had only been 15 reports of tornadoes the entire year in Indiana. UPDATE:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
633 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015
...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR GREENWOOD IN JOHNSON COUNTY INDIANA...
* LOCATION...GREENWOOD IN JOHNSON COUNTY INDIANA
* DATE...DEC 23 2015
* ESTIMATED TIME...342 PM EST
* MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
* ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 - 100 MPH
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YDS
* PATH LENGTH...0.25 MILES
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0
* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
  CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
  STORM DATA.
...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS IN HAS CONFIRMED A
TORNADO NEAR GREENWOOD IN JOHNSON COUNTY INDIANA ON DEC 23 2015.
THE NWS SURVEY REVEALED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO 3 HOMES FROM THE
TOUCHDOWN POINT NEAR RESTIN ROAD. THE END POINT WAS AN ANIMAL
HOSPITAL ON STATE ROUTE 135 JUST NORTH OF SMITH VALLEY ROAD.
UPROOTED TREES AND SOME DAMAGE FROM FLYING DEBRIS WAS REPORTED
IN THE VICINITY OF THE TORNADO PATH.
THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/IND.
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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Category iconAll Weather,  Featured Tag iconDATE,  Kendall Downing,  LOCATION,  MPH,  national weather service,  SR,  State Road,  tornadoes

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