…Preliminary NWS Damage Survey for 9/22/2024 Tornado Event…
.Overview…
A small shower produced a brief landspout tornado to the west of
Muncie in Delaware County on the evening of September 22. It
appeared that the cell developed along a weak boundary extending
to the west from where the landspout tornado occurred.
A landspout is a tornado that does not arise from organized storm
scale rotation and therefore is not associated with a wall cloud
visually or a mesocyclone on radar. Landspouts often begin close
to the ground and develop upwards.
.Delaware County Landspout Tornado…
Rating: EF0
Estimated Peak Wind: 60 to 65 mph
Path Length /statute/: 0.0668 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 10 yards
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0
Start Date: 09/22/2024
Start Time: 07:39 PM EDT
Start Location: 3 NNW Yorktown / Delaware County / IN
Start Lat/Lon: 40.2125 / -85.4942
End Date: 09/22/2024
End Time: 07:39 PM EDT
End Location: 3 NNW Yorktown / Delaware County / IN
End Lat/Lon 40.2127 / -85.4929
Survey Summary:
A pole barn on Cammack Street sustained damage to portions of the
west side of the building with the wall collapsed inwards.
Structurally, little to no damage occurred to the frame of the
building. There was mostly sheet metal that was blown inward into
the building and outward back to the west. The remaining part of
the metal building was not damaged. Additionally, no other damage
was found to adjacent properties.
We extend our thanks to the Delaware County Emergency Management
office for their assistance.
ORIGINAL STORY BELOW:
Likely Cold Air Funnel clouds, or Landspouts prompted many to call 911 Sunday night in the 7 p.m. hour. EMA Director John Coutinho told WLBC’s Steve Lindell that the sirens were set off as a precaution. No weather watches or warnings were issued by National Weather Service as of 8:15pm, in fact NWS saw “nothing but rain” on radar. The possible danger seems to have passed Delaware County as of this time – “all clear” given by DelawareCounty EMA, with the small line of weather moving towards Jay County – where the Sheriff’s Department reported a tornado on the ground.
Photos credit: Susan Volbrecht, in the area of I69 and SR332, in the 7 p.m. hour, Sunday.
