Indiana Weather Alert

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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
157 PM EDT Sat May 17 2025

...Preliminary EF2 Damage in Monroe County...

An NWS damage survey team found low end EF2 tornado damage in 
central Monroe county. This damage was along the track of a long 
lived Supercell thunderstorm Friday night that tracked from Illinois 
through south central Indiana. Damage surveys will continue on 
Sunday across the area, west and east of Monroe county. 

The tornado touched down in west central Monroe County and damaged 
many trees along with some minor structural damage up until it 
reached SR 45 and south Elwren road. Here the tornado hit a large 
horse barn, removing the south and east walls along with the entire 
roof. The main vertical wooden posts supporting the building were 
broken, but the walls that were lost were not anchored to the dirt 
foundation, thus a weaker rating to this building.

The tornado continued east into the Clear Creek area, damaging many 
trees and causing minor damage to homes. A post office in Clear 
Creek had its roof removed and thrown about 50 yards to the east 
northeast. This small building was made with cinder blocks and the 
only anchoring was by mortar with no reinforcement. The blocks caved 
on the eastern wall when the roof was pulled off the structure. 
Across the road, numerous trees were topped or snapped about two 
thirds of the way up.

From here, the tornado continued east with a nearly continuous path 
of EF0 and EF1 damage to trees and structures. The tornado then 
intensified as it neared old state road 37. Here two 
garages/outbuildings were completely destroyed. However, these 
buildings were not anchored to the concrete foundations. Debris was 
thrown nearly 100 yards and a metal storage unit was lifted and 
tossed nearly 40 yards, landing on top of two cars. Single floor 
double rental units on the north side of the tornado suffered 
substantial roof damage, and several cars were rolled. The tornado 
continued east, pulling an A frame building south and off its 
foundation while remaining intact. An older motel suffered the loss 
of its roof and an east side wall. Numerous trees behind the 
building were also snapped. This is the location of the EF2 damage. 
The tornado was also at its widest in Monroe county at 250 yards.

The tornado continued to travel east across the remainder of the 
county with damage to trees and some buildings with EF0 to EF1 
damage.

Additional information may be added after more data is received from 
Emergency Management. 

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