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Tornado (EF3)Wells, Indiana

May 27, 2019 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
2
Property damage
Tornado scale
EF3
Area
Wells

Event narrative (NOAA)

The same supercell that produced a tornado in Grant |County moved east and underwent several storm mergers as it moved |over eastern Grant County. The merger caused the thunderstorm to |shift southeastwards with time before mirroring the Blackford and |Wells County lines. This thunderstorm produced a tornado with |multiple vortices, and had a width of approximately 1200 yards at |its widest. This tornado tracked from north of Roll, IN to north of |Montpelier, IN to near Nottingham, IN. The tornado lifted just east |of Highway 1. There were two significant injuries reported at a |dairy farm where EF-3 damage occurred. EF-3 damage was observed in two locations. The first was at a dairy |farm on county road 700 West north of the county line. A well built |structure sustained major damage con

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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