Tornado, Marion
- When
- March 28, 6:24 PM EST to 6:26 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County, 8 mi SE of Indianapolis Intl Ar
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Property damage
- $750,000
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -86.180
Tornado in Indiana, March 28, 1997
Small, weak tornado touched down at the Turtle Creek Apartments on the far south side of Indianapolis. Several apartment building roofs were damaged.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $750,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Small, weak tornado touched down at the Turtle Creek Apartments on the far south side of Indianapolis. Several apartment building roofs were damaged. Adjacent carport roofs were also extensively damaged. No deaths or injuries. Damage estimated at $750,000.
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:25 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5589682.