Tornadoes · United States · Indiana · 2008

EF0 tornado, Banta, Indiana, June 3, 2008

Name: EF0 tornado, Banta, Indiana, June 3, 2008
Start: 2008-06-03T18:30:00.000Z
End: 2008-06-03T18:32:00.000Z
Location: Banta, Indiana

This EF0 tornado ran 0.4 miles across Morgan County on June 3, 2008, touching down at 2:30 PM EDT and reaching 50 yards wide. It killed nobody, and did $20,000 of property damage.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

EF065 to 85 mphthis tornado
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

The record

Rating: EF0
Date: June 3, 2008
Touchdown: 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
Lifted: 2:32 PM EDT (18:32 UTC)
On the ground: 2 minutes
Path length: 0.4 miles (0.6 km)
Path width: 50 yards (46 m)
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
County: Morgan County
Touchdown point: 39.528, -86.268
Lift-off point: 39.526, -86.261
Record number: 0806031230-01

What the Weather Service recorded

Severe weather and torrential downpours began to move through during the morning hours and continued into the early afternoon hours. Flash flooding, damaging winds, and tornadoes all occurred with this system as it moved through.

A tornado caused roof damage and caused several trees to fall down. Based on damage indicators wind speeds were around 75 miles per hour.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Jun 3, 1:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 1:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
108 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

.AVIATION...

DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAFS.
LINE OF TRWS ACRS ECNTRL IL AT 17Z WL MOVE SE OF LAF AND HUF AROUND
19Z AND IND AROUND 21Z PER AWIPS TRACKING TOOL. OTHERWISE...EXPECT
MORE ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP AFT 21Z AS ATMS DESTABILIZES AND A COUPLE
OF UPR WAVES MOV ACRS THE TERMINALS IN THE FAST UPR WSW FLOW. WITH
TIMING STILL IN QUESTION A BIT...WL JUST GO WITH VCTS AND CBS
THROUGH THE NGT INTO MID MRNG. MVFR CIGS HAVE BEEN THE TREND AND
SHOULD CONT WITH THE NUMEROUS TRWS. COULD ALSO BE SOME MVFR AND IFR
FOG IN THE TRWS BUT WITH TIMING IN QUESTION...LEFT OUT FOR NOW.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 225 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008/

DISCUSSION...SFC ANALYSIS EARLY THIS MORNING SHOWS A WARM FRONT
ACRS CENTRAL MO STRETCHING IN TO INDIANA. IR IMAGERY SHOWS COOLING
TOPS OVR IL AS CONVECTION CONTINUES. SRLY FLOW REMAINS IN PLACE ACRS
THE FA AS DEWPOINTS CONTINUE TO RISE INTO THE LWR 60S. RADAR MOSAICS
SHOWS TSRA OVR CENTRAL IL PROPAGATING EAST TOWARD CENTRAL INDIANA.

MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE TDY WL BE POPS.

MODELS APPEAR IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT TDY AN WL USE A BLEND. GIVEN
THE ONGOING PCPN IT APPEARS THAT WE WL HAVE TWO SHOTS AT PCPN ACRS
THE FA TDY. THE FIRST WL BE THE ONGOING TSRA OVR IL THAT ARE PUSHING
EAST INTO OUR AREA...AFFECTING OUR AREA MAINLY THIS MORNING. THIS
AFTERNOON...MODELS AGREE TO PUSH A S/W ACRS CENTRAL INDIANA AS THE
WARM FRONT REMAINS IN PLACE AT THE SFC. ALSO ADDING TO THE PCPN
THREAT WL BE DAYTIME HEATING...BUT MORNING CLDS AND PCPN MAY
DIMINISH ITS EFFECTS SOMEWHAT. TIME SECTIONS ACRS THE AREA TDY
INDICATE A SATURATED COLUMN ALONG WITH SOME VV. FURTHERMORE FORECAST
SOUNDINGS SHOW CAPE IN EXCESS OF 2K J/KG THIS AFTERNOON WITH
FAVORABLE LI/S AND CONVECTIVE TEMPS ONLY IN THE LOWER 80S. THUS
CATEGORICAL POPS WL BE THE WAY TO GO. STRONG TO SVR STORMS APPEAR
POSSIBLE GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF CAPE AVAILABLE WITH THE MAIN THREATS
BEGIN DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. GIVEN OUR H8 TEMPS THE MAVMOS
LOOKS ON THE MARK AND WL STICK CLOSE.

TSRA EXPECTED TO BE LINGERING ACRS THE AREA TONIGHT AS WARM FRONT WL
REMAIN IN PLACE ACRS THE AREA. SOUNDING REMAIN RATHER MOIST AND
INSTABILITY REMAINS WITH FAVORABLE CAPE AND LI/S. FURTHERMORE MODELS
INDICATE STRONG LLJ PUSHING THROUGH OHIO VALLEY. HENCE WL RAISE POPS
TO CATEGORICAL LVLS AGAIN. A BLEND OF THE MAVMOS AND METMOS APPEARS
THE WAY TO GO GIVEN THE EXPECTED CLOUDS AND PCPN.

ON WEDNESDAY...THE WARM FRONT PUSHES FARTHER NORTH AS THE UPPER
RIDGE BUILDS IN SOMEWHAT. THIS SHUD REMOVE THE MAJOR FOCUS FOR LOWER
LVL CONVERGENCE. HOWEVER MUCH OF THE FA WL REMAIN IN THE WARM
SECTOR...WITH A TROPICAL AIR MASS IN PLACE...TEMPS IN THE MID AND
UPPER 80S AND VERY HUMID DEW POINTS IN NEAR 70. THUS DIURNAL TSRA
CANNOT BE RULED OUT. GIVEN THE EXPECTED PREVIOUS RAIN AND
MOISTURE...WL LEAN SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN THE MAVMOS AS HEATING MIGHT
BE A BIT MORE DIFFICULT.

A WARM...HUMID...SUMMER NIGHT IS EXPECTED WED NIGHT AS DEW POINTS WL
REMAIN IN THE UPPER 60S AND THE WARM FRONT WL BE WELL NORTH OF THE
FA AS A RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE SERN STATES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. A
BLEND OF THE MAVMOS AND METMOS WL WORK FINE.

THE WARMEST DAY OF THE YEAR SO FAR APPEARS TO BE IN STORE FOR
THURSDAY AS HIGH PRES TO THE SE WL ALLOW A WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW ACRS
THE AREA. H8 TEMPS LOOK TO REACH 18C...RESULTING IN TEMPS NEAR 90.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS ON THURSDAY SHOW H7 TEMPS NEAR 14C...RESULTING IN
A STRONG CAP. WL KEEP DIURNAL TSRA MENTION OUT.

AS FOR THE EXTENDED...

FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...SFC LOW THAT FORMED OVER THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES WILL MOVE NE TO MN BY FRIDAY.  SOME DESTABILIZATION WILL
OCCUR AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT OVER MO/IL SO HAVE KEPT IN A LOW POP
FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  BY FRIDAY NIGHT THE FRONT WILL HAVE WEAKENED
SOME AS THE H5 LOW AND SHORT WAVE ARE FARTHER TO THE NORTH BUT THERE
IS STILL A CHANCE THAT STORMS WILL GET GOING ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND
HAVE PUT IN 50 POPS FOR THAT TIME.  PRECIP MAY CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY AND TIMING IS STILL UNCERTAIN THAT FAR OUT SO HAVE HELD
ONTO POPS THEN.

SUNDAY/MONDAY...HAVE KEPT SUN/MON DRY FOR NOW ALTHOUGH ITS POSSIBLE
THERE COULD BE SOME SCT TSRA.  CHANCES ARE TOO LOW FOR INCLUSION NOW
IN DAYS 6/7.  TEMPS THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK WILL BE ABOVE
NORMAL IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S AND POSSIBLY THE 90S.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR ALL BUT FAR NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES.
&&

AVIATION...MK

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 9:36 AM EDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
936 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

INZ021-030-031-036>042-045>049-052>057-061>065-068>072-041000-
CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-
DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY-OWEN-
MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
936 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS POSSIBLE:

DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND
LARGE HAIL
ISOLATED TORNADOES
FLASH FLOODING
LIGHTNING

AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA...MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DISCUSSION:

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY.

A WARM FRONT WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS
WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY
AND TONIGHT MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. HEAVY RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS AND THIS MAY RESULT IN
FLASH FLOODING. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
STORMS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CLOUD BE SEVERE ALSO. THE MAIN
THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND AND
LARGE HAIL. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT
AND INTO SATURDAY BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF SEVERE WEATHER
WILL OCCUR THEN. REMEMBER THAT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS
ALWAYS A THREAT IN ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

INZ028-029-035-043-044-051-060-067-041000-
WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-SULLIVAN-KNOX-
936 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS POSSIBLE:

DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND
LARGE HAIL
ISOLATED TORNADOES
FLASH FLOODING
LIGHTNING

AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA...MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DISCUSSION:

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY.

A WARM FRONT WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS
WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY
AND TONIGHT MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. HEAVY RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS AND THIS MAY RESULT IN
FLASH FLOODING. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

LOWLAND FLOODING ON THE WABASH RIVER WILL CONTINUE TODAY. SEE THE
LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
STORMS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CLOUD BE SEVERE ALSO. THE MAIN
THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND AND
LARGE HAIL. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT
AND INTO SATURDAY BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF SEVERE WEATHER
WILL OCCUR THEN. REMEMBER THAT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS
ALWAYS A THREAT IN ANY THUNDERSTORM.

LOWLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER THROUGH MID
WEEK. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENTS FOR
DETAILED INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

KOCH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 11:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1100 AM EDT TUE JUN 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1015 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 W DANA                39.81N 87.51W
06/03/2008                   VERMILLION         IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            COUNTY ROAD 500 SOUTH WAS WASHED OUT

&&

ABROOKS

Local storm report, Jun 3, 11:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1141 AM EDT TUE JUN 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1131 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE BLOOMFIELD         39.06N 86.90W
06/03/2008                   GREENE             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN. THERE WAS ALSO A BARN
            THAT WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND A HOUSE THAT SUSTAINED
            DAMAGE.

&&

ABROOKS

Local storm report, Jun 3, 12:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1208 PM EDT TUE JUN 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1130 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SE BRAZIL             39.49N 87.08W
06/03/2008                   CLAY               IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER ACROSS ROADWAY ON COUNTY ROAD 200 EAST FROM COUNTY
            ROAD 600 NORTH TO 800 NORTH

&&

ABROOKS

Local storm report, Jun 3, 12:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1234 PM EDT TUE JUN 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1125 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S BLOOMINGTON         39.11N 86.52W
06/03/2008                   MONROE             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE TREE DOWN ON ZIKES ROAD

&&

ABROOKS

Local storm report, Jun 3, 12:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1246 PM EDT TUE JUN 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1146 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NNE BEDFORD           38.91N 86.46W
06/03/2008                   LAWRENCE           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            *** 1 INJ *** DAMAGE TO HOUSES AND TREES ON
            BARTLETTSVILLE ROAD AND TODD LANE. DAMAGE WAS ALSO
            REPORTED ON MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD AND WALLNER QUARRY ROAD.
            TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON HILL SMITH ROAD. ONE MALE WAS
            INJURED AND HAD A BROKEN FOOT.

&&

ABROOKS

Local storm report, Jun 3, 12:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1248 PM EDT TUE JUN 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1146 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     4 NNE BEDFORD           38.91N 86.46W
06/03/2008                   LAWRENCE           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

ABROOKS

The air that afternoon

The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.

Lincoln, IL (KILX), 12:00Z

6.5 hours before the tornado, 211 km from the path. June 3, 2008.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -233 J/kg
Surface CAPE: 36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 471 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0
0-3 km lapse rate: 5.1 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

Lincoln, IL (KILX), 00:00Z

5.5 hours after it, 211 km from the path. June 4, 2008.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.

Hodograph

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Surface CAPE: 2314 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.9
Supercell composite: 14.4
0-3 km lapse rate: 5.9 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The surface observations

Indianapolis (IND), 20 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)	Temp (°F)	Dew point (°F)	Wind	Gust (kt)	Pressure (mb)	Weather
00:00 UTC

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 18:29 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

This ground now

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The other tornadoes of June 3, 2008

11 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 3	7:54 AM CDT	EF0	Marion, IL	0.1	50
June 3	11:10 AM EDT	EF1	Greene, IN	27.1	100		1	$170,000
June 3	7:27 PM EDT	EF0	City of Roanoke, VA	1.6	60			$350,000
June 3	8:40 PM EDT	EF0	Chesterfield, VA	0.3	20			$3,000
June 3	9:04 PM EDT	EF3	Shelby, IN	9.7	150	1	8	$1.2 million
June 3	9:05 PM EDT	EF0	Butler, OH	0.3	25			$30,000
June 3	9:24 PM EDT	EF2	Brown, IN	10.6	150		4	$23 million
June 3	8:32 PM CDT	EF0	Scott, IL	6.7	75
June 3	9:50 PM EDT	EF1	Decatur, IN	4.1	75			$70,000
June 3	12:25 AM EDT	EF0	Clinton, OH	0.2	25			$15,000
June 3	12:25 AM CDT	EF1	Camden, MO	6.0	100			$10,000

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.