There were 148 tornadoes that occurred in a 24 hour period from 1:00 PM EST April 3rd to 1:00 PM EST on April 4 th. The combined path length of all tornadoes during this period was approximately 2500 miles with 315+ fatalities, over 5000 injuries, and an estimated $600+ million loss (in 1974 dollars). Not […]
Flash Flood Warning
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for… North central Henry County in east central Indiana… * Until 345 PM EDT * At 1241 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Over three inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected […]
National Weather Service Determines THREE Tornadoes Struck Tuesday
(Click here for storm damage pictures and tornado track maps.) Two additional tornado paths were found in National Weather Service Surveys Friday, both from the same storm that produced the Plainfield-Indianapolis EF1 Tornado. The first tornado from this thunderstorm touched down at approximately 1:30 PM EDT, 5.4 miles northwest of the town of Gosport along […]
Monday Morning Flooding
Another Johnson County Funnel
Sirens sounded just after 2:30pm today in Johnson County, because of a public report, which proved accurate, of a funnel cloud in the vicinity of Ind. 135 and Johnson County Road 500 North. The Weather Service did not issue a warning. There was no circulation detected by radar, but it’s not immediately clear to me […]
