Tornado reported Monday night near Cortland
The Cortland area in Jackson County was hit by an EF-1 tornado during Monday night’s bad weather, according to meteorologists.
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis says that the tornado touched down at 4:44 p.m. in the afternoon near the intersection of East Jackson County Road 875N and North County Road 300E, traveled northeast and then and lifted off again at 4:47 p.m. near Bobtown, traveling about 2.2 miles. At its widest, the tornado was about 100 yards across with wind speeds of 105 mph.
Trees were snapped off about 15 to 20 feet above the ground, knocked down power poles and the tornado caused substantial damages to barns and at least one home.
No one was injured.
The National Weather Service deployed teams to Jackson, Johnson and Bartholomew counties in our area, as well as Morgan, Monroe and Rush counties to survey the damage firsthand.
The weather service also confirmed two tornadoes touching down in Morgan County Monday. The first tornado hit at 10:50 p.m. Monday with winds up to 105 miles per hour- making it an EF-1 twister. A second tornado touched down in Morgan County at 10:54 p.m. Monday with winds up to 85 miles per hour, an EF-0 rating. The Morgan County Emergency Management Agency reported several roads still closed Tuesday- with damages including uprooted and snapped trees and debris being left on homes and barns.
Earlier:
According to National Weather Service databases, damage reports began coming in from Cortland starting at 8:52 p.m. with 30 power poles knocked down. A few minutes later there were also reports of damage to power poles and home roofs, and recorded winds of 60 mph 2 miles northeast of Seymour.
The National Weather Service received reports of some other serious storm damage in our area during last night’s bad weather.
According to the agency database, wind damage was reported twice in Bartholomew County during the bad weather. The first report was made six miles southwest of Columbus at 4 a.m., of a tree down on a camper and other sporadic damage in the western and southern parts of the county. A minute later, a 15 inch in diameter tree was reported down six miles north, northeast of Waymansville.
Wind gusts of 63 mph were recorded at Freeman Field in Seymour at 4:05 a.m. in the morning.
In Shelby County, trees and power poles were knocked down and an irrigation machine was knocked over near Fairland at 3:18 a.m. in the morning and the weather station at Shelbyville Municipal Airport recorded 59 mph wind gusts.
Brown County also had reports of trees down near Story at 3:45 in the morning.
In Johnson County, several large trees fell onto homes, and multiple power lines were brought down. Damage to the roof of Greenwood High School led to synchronous learning for students, while Westwood Elementary was forced into an e-learning day due to power outages. Peak wind gusts of 50 mph were recorded locally.
The National Weather Service deployed teams to Jackson, Johnson and Bartholomew counties in our area, as well as Morgan, Monroe and Rush counties to survey the damage firsthand.
Damage photo courtesy Jackson County REMC
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