SPC lists 86 injuries, NCDC 53, Grazulis 76, Storm Data 95. Noted discrepancies: SPC and Grazulis list 6 deaths for this tornado, NCDC lists 5. Homes in the Daisy Hill area were completely swept away. In the southeastern corner of Washington County the tornado struck the town of Martinsburg, destroying 38 of the town's 48 homes. Another woman was killed in her home two miles east of Palmyra. In Harrison County the tornado killed a woman in her mobile home in southeast Depauw. Moving across Crawford County, the tornado widened to over a mile, missing many small communities and levelling several farms. The bus was thrown fifty feet into the ditch, crushing the couple and killing the woman. Two people, riding in a school bus, saw the tornado and took shelter in a nearby ditch. As the tornado passed along southeast of Branchville it killed again. This tornado immediately killed a woman as it destroyed her mobile home. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast and northeast from three miles south of Huffman, passing southeast of Branchville, north of Sulphur Springs and Pilot Knob, south of Sulphur and Curby, across the southeast part of DePauw, hitting two miles east of Palmyra, passing through Martinsburg, crossing the southeast half of Daisy Hill, passing between Bunker Hill and New Liberty, and ending two miles north of IN 160. Looking at the map it seems more logical that the Knox/Daviess tornado would be first, followed by the Crawford/Harrison tornado.Ĭounties: Perry, Crawford, Harrison IN, Washington IN, Clark IN, Scott IN This seems odd, since the tornadoes were moving to the southeast, and Crawford and Harrison counties are directly southeast of Knox and Daviess counties. Grazulis has this tornado touch down ten minutes before the previous one (listed above). SPC, Storm Data, and Grazulis give a path length of 8 miles, NCDC gives 9. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a time of 10:50am, Storm Data 11:50am, Grazulis 10:20am. There was other F1 damage to the roofs of farm buildings and homes. An infant was killed and two people were injured as their trailer was destroyed. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-southeast from near Milltown, passing near Depauw and Ramsey. The tornado was said to have been "thrashing about like the tail of a mad beast". One man was killed, and his son may have died as two homes were destroyed three miles southeast of English. Narrative: Moved east-northeast from near Grantsburg to northwest of Hancock.
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