Officials: Tornado That Damaged, Destroyed Homes in NE Indiana Was EF-2 Twister - Chicago News Weekly

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Officials: Tornado That Damaged, Destroyed Homes in NE Indiana Was EF-2 Twister

The National Weather Service says a tornado that damaged or destroyed several rural homes Friday in northeastern Indiana and toppled a communication tower packed winds in excess of 100 miles per hour.

A weather service crew on Saturday surveyed the aftermath of Friday’s storm and found that the tornado formed near the Jay County town of Bryant and rapidly strengthened to EF-2 strength, which describe storms with winds of between 111-135 mph.

The tornado damaged or destroyed several rural homes and farmsteads and felled a 100-foot communications tower, before briefly weakening.

It then re-intensified and damaged several more farmsteads, destroyed farm buildings, and killed several cattle before it dissipated.



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