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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
914 AM EDT Mon Apr 29 2024


...NWS Damage Survey for 03/14/24 Tornado Event Update 4...


.Update...

One of the victims of the tornado has passed away with injuries
sustained from the tornado listed as a contributing factor to the
death. Otherwise, no changes from the previous survey information.

.Winchester Tornado...

Rating:                 EF3
Estimated Peak Wind:    165 mph
Path Length /statute/:  17.14 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   700 yards
Fatalities:             1
Injuries:               37

Start Date:             03/14/2024
Start Time:             07:50 PM EDT
Start Location:         1 SSE Farmland / Randolph County / IN
Start Lat/Lon:          40.1785 / -85.1251

End Date:               03/14/2024
End Time:               08:13 PM EDT
End Location:           2 S Union City / Darke County / OH
End Lat/Lon:            40.1622 / -84.8069

Survey Summary:

The Selma tornado lifted in the open area and fields between
eastern Delaware county to near Farmland before redeveloping. As it
moved through Rural Randolph county it bent or snapped numerous
utility poles along State Road 32. Also, a large blade on one of
the wind turbines in the area was badly damaged.

As the tornado entered Winchester, it severely damaged many homes
and snapped and uprooted trees in a west-to-east path through
Winchester. There was clear evidence of the tornado`s rotational
circulation, with uprooted trees pointed to the east on the
immediate south side of the tornado, and to the northwest on the
immediate north side of the tornado. The damage pattern also
indicated the possibility of small multiple vorticies rotating
around the main vortex. In the residential core of the town, the
maximum intensity of the tornado was estimated around 130 mph or
high-end EF2 strength.

The greatest damage in Winchester occurred on the east side of
town at the Taco Bell, as the anchored building was destroyed, as
was a church immediately east of the restaurant. In this
concentrated area, the NWS Team estimated maximum winds of 155-165
mph, or high- end EF3 damage. Maximum path width in Winchester
was estimated at up to 0.4 mile or 700 yards.

Farther east across more rural eastern Randolph County, a few
structures had significant damage, debris was blown in fields,
many trees were snapped, and a silo was damaged, all indicative of
EF2 maximum damage in the 115-125 mph range.

The tornado continued to the Indiana-Ohio state line, with less
intense damage primarily to trees before crossing into Ohio.


&&

EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS
Storm Data.

$$

WFO IND