Date of tornado outbreak: | April 25-26, 2020 |
Duration1: | 30 hours |
Maximum rated tornado2: | F5 tornado |
Tornadoes caused: | 134 |
Damages: | Unknown |
Fatalities: | 731 |
Areas affected: | Indiana, Great Lakes |
1Time from first tornado to last tornado |
This Tornado Outbreak happened on April 25, 2020 producing deadly and violent tornadoes mainly in Southern Indiana. This is the most deadliest outbreak.
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EF1
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Major Tornadoes[]
Bedford and Heltonville, Indiana[]
At about 9:00 AM, a large, violent tornado touched down 2 miles north of Williams, Indiana. It cut a path right through Bedford destroying at least 900 homes and several shopping centers. The tornado killed 10 in Bedford and moved out into the small town of Heltonville. Heltonville was completely destroyed. Nobody was killed in Heltonville. The tornado was rated F4 and injured over 500 people.
Terre Haute, Indiana[]
During the afternoon, a large tornado slammed Terre Haute and killed 104 people.
Mitchell, Indiana[]
Another violent tornado slammed through Lawrence County, Indiana hitting the town of Mitchell 4 miles south of Bedford. The tornado killed 48 people and injured thousands. The tornado went on to damage Spring Mill State Park. This tornado was rated F5
Shelbyville, Indiana[]
A small but deadly tornado hit Shelbyville at about 3 AM. The tornado killed 28 people in a mobile home park. This tornado was rated F2
Bloomington-Martinsville-Indianapolis, Indiana[]
A long tracked tornado touched down in Bloomington and damaged homes on the west side. The tornado strengthened into an F5 before it hit Martinsville killing 300. The tornado hit Indianapolis at peak strength damaging thousands of home and obliterated shopping malls and restaurants. The tornado then killed 37. This tornado was rated F5.
Satillo, Indiana[]
A wedge tornado touched down near Bono, Indiana. It moved north and destroyed homes in Satillo. The tornado killed 3 people.
Rensselaer, Indiana[]
A very large tornado touched down in Morocco, Indiana. It traveled northeast really quickly. It slammed right into Rensselaer killing 19. Then, the tornado moved into Starke county and struck Knox. 2 people were killed in Knox. The tornado was rated F4.
Tornadoes[]
Fujita | Location | County/Parish | Info. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
F0 | Mar | Bloomfield, IN | Greene | Small Tornado |
F0 | Fish | Marco, IN | Greene | No damage |
F1 | Nashville, IN | Brown | A house's roof was torn off. | |
F0 | Fishers, IN | Hamilton | No damage | |
F1 | Borden, IN | Clark | Houses sustained low end F1 damage. | |
F2 | Shelbyville, IN | Shelby | 28 deaths. Section is above. | |
F2 | Evansville, IN | Vanderburgh | 1 death. A strong tornado formed near
Evansville in the early morning hours. The Tornado debarked trees. | |
F0 | Harrodsburg, IN | Monroe | No Damage. | |
F0 | Fayetteville, IN | Lawrence | Trees were snapped. A local school sustained
minor damage. | |
F0 | Cincinnati, OH | Hamilton | Kings Island sustained damage. | |
F0 | Corydon, IN | Crawford | No damage. | |
F4 | Bedford, IN to
Heltonville, IN |
Lawrence | 10 deaths. Section is above. | |
F0 | Hartsville, IN | Bartholomew | No damage. | |
F0 | Madison, IN | Jefferson | Minor damage to the Northern part of the
town. | |
F3 | Orleans, IN | Orange | 3 deaths. A large tornado damaged 30 homes
in Orleans and killed 3 people at a gas station. | |
F1 | Fayetteville, IN | Lawrence | 1 death. Another tornado touched down in
Fayetteville. The tornado damaged 6 homes and 1 church. | |
F5 | Mitchell, IN | Lawrence | 48 deaths. See section above. | |
F0 | Gnaw Bone, IN | Brown | Damage to a gas station. | |
F3 | South Bend, IN | St. Joseph | 5 deaths. A large tornado moved through
South Bend during a concert. The tornado destroyed a gas station near downtown. Several trees were debarked. | |
F2 | Shipshewana, IN | LaGrange | A stovepipe tornado hit the southern section of
Shipshewana, damaging powerlines homes and a country store. | |
F0 | LaGrange, IN | LaGrange | No damage. | |
F0 | Merrillville, IN | Lake | A home suffered roof damage. | |
F0 | Gas City, IN | Grant | A store suffered roof damage. | |
F0 | Indianapolis | Marion | An outbuilding was destroyed. | |
F5 | Bloomington, IN to
Indianapolis |
Monroe, Morgan,
Marion |
337 deaths. See section above | |
F3 | Mooresville, IN | Morgan, Hancock | Mostly stayed over rural land. | |
F0 | Tampico, IN | Jackson | No damage. | |
F0 | Advance, IN | Boone | No damage. | |
F0 | Liberty, IN | Union | Power lines downed. | |
F1 | Seymour, IN | Jackson | A Dairy Queen was damaged badly. A Jay-C was
crumbled. Windows in an apartment building were broken and cars were badly damaged. | |
F3 | Satillo, IN | Lawrence, Washington | 3 deaths. See section above. | |
F0 | Whiteland, IN | Johnson | No damage. | |
F0 | Greenwood, IN | Johnson | No damage. | |
F0 | Yeoman, IN | Caroll | No damage. | |
F0 | China, IN | Jefferson | No damage. | |
F1 | Jeffersonville, IN | Clark | A McDonald's was damaged and 20 homes were
damaged. | |
F0 | Warsaw, IN | Kosciusko | No damage | |
F2 | Louisville, KY | Jefferson | 2 deaths. A tornado moved through downtown
Louisville killing 2 people. | |
F4 | Terre Haute, IN | Vigo | 104 deaths. See section above. | |
F0 | Monticello, IN | White | No damage | |
F1 | Lawrenceville, IL to
Vincennes, IN |
Lawrence (IL),
Knox (IN) |
A long tracked tornado touched down near
Lawrenceville. The tornado hit Vincennes shortly after it crossed the Wabash river. | |
F4 | Wabash, IN | Wabash | A strong tornado hit Northern Wabash injuring 2 people.
The tornado swept several homes away. | |
F1 | Ligonier, IN | Noble | Trees were snapped and debarked. | |
F0 | Noblesville, IN | Noble | No Damage. | |
F5 | Crane Database, IN | Martin | A strong tornado touched down in Crane. Nobody was
there at the time. | |
F5 | South Washington, IN | Daviess | 7 deaths. A very large tornado hit South Washington
obliterating homes and killed 7 people in a mobile home park. | |
F2 | Aurora, IN | Dearborn | Roofs off of homes were torn off. | |
F0 | Batesville, IN | Ripley, Franklin | No damage. | |
F0 | North Vernon, IN | Jennings | No Damage | |
F3 | North Vernon, IN | Jennings | Homes were obliterated. Vehicles were overturned and a Wal-Mart was damaged. | |
F2 | Elizabethtown, KY | Hardin | A small tornado touched down in Elizabethtown. | |
F0 | Santa Claus, IN | Spencer | No damage. | |
F1 | Poseyville, IN | Posey | A building in downtown sustained minor roof damage. | |
F4 | Paoli, IN to Marengo, IN | Orange, Crawford | A restaurant was completely destroyed. | |
F0 | Fort Wayne, IN | Allen | No damage. | |
F0 | Portage, IN | Porter | No damage | |
F0 | Poland, IN | Clay | Minor damage to a church south of Poland. | |
F3 | Odon, IN | Daviess | 4 deaths. A very large wedge tornado hit Odon at 4 PM. The tornado overturned vehicles in Odon. | |
F2 | State Line City, IN | Warren | Small rope tornado touched down in State Line City damaging 10 homes. | |
F0 | Attica, IN | Fountain | No damage. | |
F0 | Dana, IN | Vermillion | No damage | |
F0 | Mansfield, IN | Parke | Slight damage to a covered bridge. | |
F0 | Decatur, IN | Adams | Small tornado. | |
F1 | Ambia, IN | Benton | Tornado that caused minor damage. | |
F1 | Roll, IN | Blackford | Tornado that caused minor damage. | |
F0 | Lebanon, IN | Boone | No damage | |
F2 | Clinton, IN | Vermillion, Parke | Vehicles were overturned in a parking garage. Homes were damaged badly. | |
F3 | Rising Sun, IN | Ohio (IN), Boone (KY) | Homes were badly damaged. | |
F1 | Hartford, IN | Ohio | Tornado that caused minor damage. | |
F0 | Tipton, IN | Tipton | No damage. | |
F4 | Fowler, IN | Benton, White | 1 death. Large tornado moved south of Fowler and destroyed a farm. | |
F0 | Greensburg, IN | Decaur | No damage | |
F0 | Jasper, IN | Dubois | No damage. | |
F3 | Ferdinand, IN | Dubois | The tornado damaged a Catholic Church and damaged several
homes. | |
F2 | Ferdinand, IN | Dubois | A second tornado hit the same area. | |
F0 | Tell City, IN | Perry | No damage | |
F1 | Smithville, IN | Monroe | Rope tornado destroyed an outbuilding. | |
F0 | Owensboro, KY | Daviess | No damage | |
F0 | Evansville, IN | Vanderburgh | No damage. | |
F5 | Zelma, IN to
Edinburgh, IN |
Lawrence, Jackson, Brown,
Bartholomew |
8 deaths. A very wide tornado touched down near Zelma and traveled northeast. | |
F2 | Kokomo, IN | Howard | Widespread damge. | |
F4 | Muncie, IN | Delaware, Jay | 2 deaths. A tornado entered Muncie at about 10 PM. The tornado overturned vehicles and obliterated 30% of the homes in Muncie. | |
F4 | Shoals, IN | Martin, Lawrence | A large tornado moved into Shoals destroying homes and markets. The tornado then hit Huron in Lawrence County. | |
F1 | Farmland, IN | Randolph | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Paris, IL | Edgar | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Richmond, IN | Wayne | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | New Albany, IN | Clark | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Borden, IN | Clark | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Toledo, OH | Lucas | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Carmel, IN | Hamilton | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Popcorn, IN | Lawrence | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Scottsburg, IN | Scott | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Holton, IN | Ripley | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Henryville, IN | Clark | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Chicago, IL | Cook | Brief touchdown | |
F1 | Chicago, IL to Gary, IN | Cook (IL), Lake (IN) | Small tornado that traveled 12 miles, causing minor damage. | |
F2 | Crown Point, IN | Lake | Stovepipe tornado that touched down in an open field. | |
F1 | Wheatland, IN | Knox | Brief tornado that destroyed an outbuilding. | |
F1 | Valparaiso, IN | Porter | Rope tornado. | |
F3 | Michigan City, IN | Laporte | 13 deaths. An overnight tornado that was originally rated a low end F4, but was downgraded due to parts of homes still standing. | |
F0 | Lone Tree, IN | Greene | Brief touchdown | |
F1 | Park, IN | Greene | Brief touchdown | |
F4 | Marengo, IN to Medora, IN | Crawford, Orange, Washington, Lawrence,
Jackson |
9 deaths. A high-end F4 traveled through the towns of Paoli, Campbellsburg, Bono, Leesville, and Medora. | |
F2 | Springville, IN | LaPorte | Small tornado destroyed a mobile home park. | |
F0 | Bloomfield, IN | Greene | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Bloomfield, IN | Greene | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Mount Carmel, IL | Wabash (IL), Gibson (IN) | Brief touchdown | |
F1 | Owensboro, KY to Newburgh, IN | Daviess (KY), Vanderburgh (IN) | A small rope tornado touched down in Owensboro and caused minor damage. | |
F1 | Columbus, IN | Bartholomew | Brief touchdown. Slight damage to a mall and some homes. | |
F0 | Taylorsville, IN | Bartholomew | Brief touchdown | |
F1 | Eureka, IN | Spencer | Small rope tornado. | |
F2 | LaPorte, IN | LaPorte | A stovepipe tornado that caused major damage in LaPorte. | |
F0 | Michigan City, IN | LaPorte | Brief touchdown | |
F3 | Nappanee, IN | Kosciusko, Elkhart | 5 deaths. Strong tornado that hit in the area of the 2007 tornado. | |
F0 | Elkhart, IN | Elkhart | Brief touchdown | |
F1 | Goshen, IN | Elkhart | Brief touchdown | |
F1 | Orland, IN | Stueben | Rope tornado that destroyed several outbuildings. | |
F0 | Nappanee, IN | Elkhart | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Clear Lake, IN | Stueben | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Angola, IN | Stueben | Brief touchdown | |
F3 | Indianapolis, IN to Tipton, IN | Marion, Hamilton, Tipton | 2 deaths. Long tracked tornado that killed 5 in Hamilton County. | |
F4 | Morocco, IN to Knox, IN | Newton, Jasper, Starke | 21 deaths. See section above. | |
F1 | Rensselaer, IN | Jasper | A small tornado followed the path of the F4 tornado causing more damage in Rensselaer. | |
F0 | Champaign, IL | Champaign | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | East Chicago, IN | Lake | Small tornado snapped trees and damaged homes. | |
F0 | Marysville, IN | Clark | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Hamlet, IN | Starke | Small tornado snapped trees. | |
F0 | Cicero, IN | Hamilton | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Atlanta, IN | Hamilton | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Oakland City, IN | Gibson | Brief touchdown | |
F0 | Danville, IN | Hendricks | Brief touchdown | |
F1 | Judah, IN to Chapel Hill, IN | Lawrence, Monroe | A small tornado that tore a roof off a house and snapped trees. | |
F3 | Atlanta, IN | Hamilton | 12 deaths. A large wedge tornado that destroyed 95% of Atlanta. | |
F3 | Brookville, IN | Franklin | 1 death. Stovepipe tornado that caused major damage in Western Brookville. |