Tornadoes · United States · Indiana · 2011

EF1 tornado, Coe to Winslow, Indiana, May 25, 2011

Name: EF1 tornado, Coe to Winslow, Indiana, May 25, 2011
Start: 2011-05-26T01:36:00.000Z
End: 2011-05-26T01:42:00.000Z
Location: Coe to Winslow, Indiana

From Coe to Winslow, this EF1 tornado ran 5.0 miles across Pike County on May 25, 2011, touching down at 9:36 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 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mphthis tornado
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: EF1
Date: May 25, 2011
Touchdown: 9:36 PM EDT (01:36 UTC)
Lifted: 9:42 PM EDT (01:42 UTC)
On the ground: 6 minutes
Path length: 5.0 miles (8.0 km)
Path width: 50 yards (46 m)
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
County: Pike County
Touchdown point: 38.307, -87.250
Lift-off point: 38.339, -87.168
Record number: 1105251936-01

What the Weather Service recorded

Numerous strong to severe thunderstorms occurred in the warm sector of a low pressure system over central Missouri. The air mass in the warm sector was very unstable, with afternoon mixed-layer cape values in the 2500 to 4000 j/kg range. A 65 to 75 knot mid level jet was located across Arkansas, with the nose of the jet moving into western Kentucky. This feature enhanced the lift and strong deep-layer shear already in place, creating an environment very favorable for supercells and tornadoes. A 40 to 55 knot low level jet across eastern Arkansas moved into western Kentucky during the evening, resulting in isolated tornadoes and widespread damaging winds.

Thousands of large trees were snapped or uprooted on mine reclamation land north of County Road 900. Peak winds were estimated near 120 mph.

Several dozen trees were uprooted or snapped. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph. The average path width was 40 yards.

Several dozen trees were uprooted or snapped. Some trees had trunks of two feet in diameter. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph. The average path width was 35 yards.

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

The warnings

7 minutes of warning. NWS PAH issued a tornado warning for this county at 01:29 UTC, 7 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 02:00 UTC.

The county was under a tornado watch, issued at 16:14 UTC and running to 01:37 UTC.

Issued (UTC)	Expired	Product	Office
15:00 UTC	01:00 UTC	Lake Wind Advisory	PAH
16:14 UTC	01:37 UTC	Tornado Watch	PAH
18:50 UTC	19:15 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH
22:33 UTC	23:00 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH
00:50 UTC	01:45 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH
01:29 UTC	02:00 UTC	Tornado Warning	PAH
01:40 UTC	02:20 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH
01:53 UTC	04:45 UTC	Flood Advisory	PAH

Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.

The forecast that day

The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Moderate Risk, with a 0.15 chance of a tornado within 25 miles, in the hatched area where significant tornadoes were expected. The outlook in force was issued at 00:57 UTC.

SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.

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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at May 25, 2:36 PM EDT, 7 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:36 PM EDT, 7 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
136 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

.DISCUSSION...
BIGGEST CHALLENGE WILL BE THE DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH A
POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK OVER THE NEXT 10-12
HOURS OR SO.

WILL KEEP THIS BRIEF WITH ONSET OF SEVERE WEATHER IMMINENT. STRONG
SFC AND UPPER LOW MOVING EASTWARD OUT OF THE PLAINS WILL PUSH A
COLD FRONT ACROSS OUR CWA THIS EVENING. IN THE MEANTIME...WITH
SFC TEMPS IN THE LOW 80S AND SFC DEWPOINTS NEAR 70...THE ATMOSPHERE
HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE AREA. THIS COMBINED WITH
FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR...JET DYNAMICS...AND HUGE AMOUNTS OF
CAPE AND HELICITY HAS SET THE STAGE FOR A WIDESPREAD OUTBREAK OF
SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING LARGE LONG-TRACK TORNADOES...VERY LARGE
HAIL...AND INTENSE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS (DOWNBURSTS).

LATEST RADAR IMAGES ARE SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF OUR CWA...BUT THESE STORMS HAVE
REMAINED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS SO FAR. THE LACK OF CONVECTION
ELSEWHERE ACROSS OUR CWA CORRESPONDS WELL TO A POCKET OF 9-10C
WARM AIR IN THE MID LEVELS. THE THINKING IS THAT AS THE SEVERE
CONVECTION TO OUR WEST BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN SECTIONS
WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...THE CAP WILL BE BROKEN AND
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE VERY RAPID AND INTENSE.

MOST LIKELY SCENARIO WILL BE DISCREET SUPERCELLS THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...THEN A LINE (QLCS) OF THUNDERSTORMS
WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. EACH
NEW MODEL RUN CONTINUES TO SPEED UP THE EASTWARD PROGRESS OF THIS
SYSTEM...SO THE LATEST THINKING IS THAT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL CLEAR THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF OUR CWA SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

PRECIP CHANCES WILL LINGER INTO THURSDAY NIGHT ON THE BACK SIDE OF
THIS SYSTEM. AFTER A BRIEF RESPITE ON FRIDAY...THE COMBINATION OF
UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND THE APPROACH OF A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING
PRECIP CHANCES TO THE HEARTLAND FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

BEYOND SATURDAY AN UPPER RIDGE ESTABLISHES ITSELF OVER OUR AREA
THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY PER THE ECMWF. THE GFS
CRANKS OUT A BIT OF PRECIP NEXT WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS
IT DROPS A FRONT INTO OUR AREA. THE ECMWF CONTINUES TO KEEP THE
RIDGE OVER OUR AREA WITH NO PRECIP SO FOR NOW WILL KEEP IT DRY.

&&
.AVIATION...
SEVERE STORMS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE
AFTERNOON...PEAKING WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING.
HIGHEST CHANCES FOR CONVECTION AT EACH TAF SITE APPEAR TO BE LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY IN THE EVENING. HOWEVER...ISOLATED
SUPERCELLS COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME. IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THE CONVECTION WILL
END WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT LATE THIS EVENING. SOME LOW CLOUDS
WILL ARRIVE BY 12Z THURSDAY...WITH MVFR CIGS LIKELY DURING THE
MORNING.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BALLARD-
     CALDWELL-CALLOWAY-CARLISLE-CHRISTIAN-CRITTENDEN-DAVIESS-
     FULTON-GRAVES-HENDERSON-HICKMAN-HOPKINS-LIVINGSTON-LYON-
     MARSHALL-MCCRACKEN-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-TRIGG-UNION KY-
     WEBSTER.

MO...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BOLLINGER-
     BUTLER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-CARTER-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-PERRY
     MO-RIPLEY-SCOTT-STODDARD-WAYNE MO.

IL...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ALEXANDER-
     EDWARDS-FRANKLIN-GALLATIN-HAMILTON-HARDIN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-
     JOHNSON-MASSAC-PERRY IL-POPE-PULASKI-SALINE-UNION IL-WABASH-
     WAYNE IL-WHITE-WILLIAMSON.

IN...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GIBSON-PIKE-
     POSEY-SPENCER-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK.

&&

MY/JAP

Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 9:13 AM EDT, 12 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
813 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-261315-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
813 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...AREA UPGRADED TO HIGH RISK...
...WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE AREA IS IN A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AS
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER EVENT ACROSS THE REGION. SOME LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE 2
OR 3 SEPARATE ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS THE LATE MORNING HOURS.
VERY STRONG WIND FIELDS AND PLENTIFUL INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW THE
STORMS TO QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL...STRONG
TORNADOES...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP FARTHER EAST ACROSS THE
AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON.

FINALLY...A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WITH AN INCREASING DAMAGING WIND
THREAT WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA AROUND 5
PM...AND THEN SWEEP THROUGH THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING.
TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS LINE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD BE EAST OF THE
ENTIRE AREA BY MIDNIGHT.

OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST
25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. CONSULT
THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY. ANY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA WITH
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL MOST LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DRS/PS

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 9:25 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
825 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

0823 PM     TSTM WND GST     EVANSVILLE              37.98N 87.54W
05/25/2011  M75.00 MPH       VANDERBURGH        IN   ASOS

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, May 25, 9:27 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
827 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

0817 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EVANSVILLE              37.98N 87.54W
05/25/2011                   VANDERBURGH        IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. WIND
            GUSTS ESTIMATED 80 MPH.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, May 25, 9:28 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
828 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

0817 PM     TSTM WND GST     BREWERS                 36.77N 88.44W
05/25/2011  M60 MPH          MARSHALL           KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, May 25, 9:29 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
829 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HAMPTON                 37.28N 88.37W
05/25/2011                   LIVINGSTON         KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LATE REPORT...3 TO 3.5 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES RIPPED
            OFF OF TREES.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, May 25, 9:31 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
831 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

0829 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HENDERSON               37.84N 87.58W
05/25/2011                   HENDERSON          KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREE FELL ACROSS MOBILE HOME.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, May 25, 9:35 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
835 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

0825 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     BUCKSKIN                38.23N 87.41W
05/25/2011                   GIBSON             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SMITTY

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

10.4 hours after it, 236 km from the path. May 26, 2011.

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Surface CAPE: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 472 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0
0-3 km lapse rate: 4.4 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The surface observations

Huntingburg (HNB), 24 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)	Temp (°F)	Dew point (°F)	Wind	Gust (kt)	Pressure (mb)
23:55 UTC	80.6	68	140° 9 kt	15	1001.4
00:15 UTC	80.6	66.2	150° 9 kt		1001
00:35 UTC	80.6	66.2	150° 10 kt	15	1001.4
00:55 UTC	80.6	66.2	140° 10 kt	20	1000.3
01:15 UTC	80.6	66.2	150° 10 kt	17	999.7
01:35 UTC	80.6	66.2	160° 13 kt	20	1000.7

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

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 01:36 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.

What was reported nearby

Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.

Time (UTC)	Report	Where	County	Remark
22:47 UTC	HAIL 1.75	1 S Ireland	Dubois, IN
00:58 UTC	FUNNEL CLOUD	8 N Owensville	Gibson, IN
01:08 UTC	TSTM WND GST 70	Princeton	Gibson, IN	WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED 60 TO 70 MPH.
01:15 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	St. Joseph	Vanderburgh, IN	POWER LINES DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS POPPING.
01:17 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	Evansville	Vanderburgh, IN	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN. POWER OUTAGES REPORTED.
01:22 UTC	TSTM WND GST 57	Evansville	Vanderburgh, IN
01:23 UTC	TSTM WND GST 70	Evansville	Vanderburgh, IN
01:23 UTC	TSTM WND GST 75	Evansville	Vanderburgh, IN
01:24 UTC	DOWNBURST	2 Sw Elberfeld	Warrick, IN	STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH. SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED. SHINGLES BLOWN OFF FIRE STATION. LARGE TREE BLOWN OVER ONTO A GARAGE. DAMAGE WAS GENERALLY FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF TOWN INTO ELBERFELD ITSELF.
01:25 UTC	FUNNEL CLOUD	Buckskin	Gibson, IN
01:25 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	Evansville	Vanderburgh, IN	UPDATE..NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN. MAJOR POWER LINE DOWN WITH MUCH OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE METRO AREA WITHOUT POWER.
01:30 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	Boonville	Warrick, IN	* 1 INJ * LARGE TREE FELL ON HOME INJURING ONE PERSON.
01:35 UTC	TORNADO	Coe	Pike, IN	EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 4.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OAKLAND CITY. 120 MPH PEAK WINDS...AVG PATH WIDTH 175 YDS...PATH LENGTH 1.5 MILES. THOUSANDS OF LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ON MINE RECLAMATION LAND NORTH OF CR 90
01:36 UTC	TORNADO	3 Sw Winslow	Pike, IN	STORM DAMAGE SURVEY REVEALED AN EF1 TORNADO THAT MOVED FROM JUST NORTH OF COLE INDIANA TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINSLOW. SEE PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.
01:39 UTC	TORNADO	4 S Winslow	Pike, IN	A DAMAGE SURVEY REVEALED AN EF1 TORNADO THAT MOVED FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF WINSLOW TO 4.25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINSLOW. SEE PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.
01:41 UTC	FLASH FLOOD	Evansville	Vanderburgh, IN	NUMEROUS ROADWAYS UNDER WATER AND BECOMING IMPASSABLE.
01:42 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sw Monroe City	Knox, IN	DOWNED PWR LINES SR 241 AND HART ST RD
01:50 UTC	TORNADO	1 Se Huntingburg	Dubois, IN	EF-2 WITH 115 MPH WINDS
01:51 UTC	FUNNEL CLOUD	Rockport	Spencer, IN
01:52 UTC	FUNNEL CLOUD	Rockport	Spencer, IN	WIND DAMAGE TO TREE AND POWER LINES.
01:54 UTC	TORNADO	1 W Haysville	Dubois, IN	EF-1 WITH 100 MPH WINDS. HOME IN HAYSVILLE LOST ITS ROOF. MANY TREES DAMAGED.
01:55 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	Huntingburg	Dubois, IN	OVERTURNED MOBILE HOMES
01:55 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	Jasper	Dubois, IN	WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN JASPER.
01:56 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	Huntingburg	Dubois, IN	TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OVER. CORRECTED TIME.
02:00 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	Haysville	Dubois, IN	OUTBUILDINGS DEMOLISHED AND TREES DOWN
02:05 UTC	TSTM WND GST 70	Loogootee	Martin, IN
02:10 UTC	TSTM WND GST 62	Rockport	Spencer, IN
02:15 UTC	TSTM WND GST 60	10 W English	Crawford, IN
02:25 UTC	TSTM WND GST 69	Odon	Daviess, IN
02:30 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	Huntingburg	Dubois, IN	TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OVER
02:32 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	Boonville	Warrick, IN	MULTIPLE LARGE TREES DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.
02:40 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	Bristow	Perry, IN	TREES DOWN...SOME DAMAGE TO HOMES INCLUDING SIDING BLOWN OFF HOMES

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service local storm reports.

This ground now

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The other tornadoes of May 25, 2011

93 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 25	1:30 AM CDT	EF1	Webster, MO	9.3	100		$20,000
May 25	7:35 AM CDT	EF1	Macon, IL	1.0	75		$165,000
May 25	7:39 AM CDT	EF1	Macon, IL	1.5	75		$100,000
May 25	9:04 AM CDT	EF1	Kankakee, IL	5.8	50		$250,000
May 25	9:13 AM CDT	EF0	Newton, IN	0.1	20		$25,000
May 25	9:19 AM CDT	EF2	Newton, IN	1.9	300		$50,000
May 25	9:24 AM CDT	EF1	Jasper, IN	2.9	100		$500
May 25	9:26 AM CDT	EF1	Jasper, IN	1.9	100		$50,000
May 25	10:45 AM EDT	EF0	Pulaski, IN	0.8	50
May 25	10:45 AM CDT	EF0	Miami, KS	0.1	40		$5,000
May 25	11:10 AM CDT	EF0	Johnson, KS	0.7	60		$10,000
May 25	11:22 AM CDT	EF0	Johnson, KS	0.1	40
May 25	11:35 AM CDT	EF0	Cass, MO	0.1	40
May 25	11:38 AM CDT	EF0	Johnson, KS	0.1	40
May 25	12:22 PM CDT	EF2	Pettis, MO	2.1	500	20	$4.0 million
May 25	12:33 PM CDT	EF0	Clay, MO	0.1	40
May 25	12:45 PM CDT	EF0	Clay, MO	0.1	40
May 25	12:52 PM CDT	EF0	Pettis, MO	0.1	40
May 25	1:04 PM CDT	EF0	Cooper, MO	0.1	40
May 25	1:07 PM CDT	EF0	Lafayette, MO	0.1	40
May 25	2:15 PM CDT	EF1	Montgomery, MO	7.1	100
May 25	3:26 PM EDT	EF0	Van Wert, OH	0.1	40
May 25	2:56 PM CDT	EF1	Oregon, MO	2.5	100		$20,000
May 25	3:49 PM CDT	EF3	Carter, MO	47.4	1,200	2	$800,000
May 25	4:13 PM CDT	EF1	Jackson, AR	5.5	500		$40,000
May 25	5:15 PM EDT	EF1	Decatur, IN	0.8	600		$500,000
May 25	5:20 PM EDT	EF1	Decatur, IN	0.1	400		$250,000
May 25	4:35 PM CDT	EF1	Madison, MO	5.5	40
May 25	4:37 PM CDT	EF1	Wayne, MO	17.8	150		$70,000
May 25	4:44 PM CDT	EF0	Carter, MO	0.5	50		$2,000
May 25	4:45 PM CDT	EF1	Des Moines, IA	4.8	100		$250,000
May 25	4:46 PM CDT	EF1	Madison, MO	5.3	440
May 25	4:47 PM CDT	EF1	Madison, MO	4.3	580
May 25	4:51 PM CDT	EF0	Perry, MO	0.3	60		$3,000
May 25	4:58 PM CDT	EF0	Ripley, MO	0.7	50
May 25	6:00 PM EDT	EF1	Huron, OH	8.0	50		$250,000
May 25	5:00 PM CDT	EF1	Des Moines, IA	3.6	50		$50,000
May 25	5:14 PM CDT	EF0	Butler, MO	0.7	40
May 25	6:14 PM EDT	EF0	Hardin, OH	0.2	25
May 25	5:26 PM CDT	EF1	Bollinger, MO	13.0	250		$30,000
May 25	6:06 PM CDT	EF0	McLean, IL	0.9	25		$8,000
May 25	6:09 PM CDT	EF1	McLean, IL	10.3	75		$10,000
May 25	7:10 PM EDT	EF0	Montgomery, OH	0.1	25		$5,000
May 25	6:18 PM CDT	EF1	Cape Girardeau, MO	2.1	250		$20,000
May 25	6:18 PM CDT	EF0	St. Francis, AR	1.1	100
May 25	6:28 PM CDT	EF2	Jefferson, IL	13.5	250		$4.0 million
May 25	6:30 PM CDT	EF0	Scott, MO	0.4	50		$1,000
May 25	7:30 PM EDT	EF0	Summit, OH	4.2	50		$200,000
May 25	6:39 PM CDT	EF1	Union, IL	2.0	125		$150,000
May 25	6:40 PM CDT	EF1	Pulaski, IL	5.5	250		$50,000
May 25	6:45 PM CDT	EF1	Pulaski, IL	10.0	120		$40,000
May 25	6:48 PM CDT	EF1	Crittenden, AR	2.5	100		$500,000
May 25	6:55 PM CDT	EF2	Pulaski, IL	19.9	325		$255,000
May 25	6:58 PM CDT	EF0	Champaign, IL	0.2	15		$5,000
May 25	7:58 PM EDT	EF3	Lawrence, IN	6.8	300		$150,000
May 25	5:08 PM PDT	EF1	Glenn, CA	21.6	120		$200,000
May 25	5:12 PM PDT	EF1	Glenn, CA	26.4	120		$150,000
May 25	7:18 PM CDT	EF1	Clay, IL	1.0	75		$510,000
May 25	7:35 PM CDT	EF0	Richland, IL	0.2	10
May 25	7:57 PM CDT	EF2	Crawford, IL	5.5	200		$920,000

All 94 of them

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.