The Nappanee Indiana Tornado

Note: Damage photo locations correspond to push pin annotations in track maps.

15 - EF2 ½ mile wide damage path Lots of trees topped and broken on south side of Nappanee. Church heavily damaged with EF2 damage. EF1 damage to an old school and house.

16 - EF2 Area of Indiana and Jackson Streets. Substantial home and tree damage with roofs and second stories destroyed or heavily damaged.

17 - EF2 Substantial damage to new mobile homes and RVs at Fairmount Homes and VITCO factory damage.

18 - EF3 Gulfstream cinderblock building walls knocked down. Boats and vehicles in building still in place. One other building had exterior walls completely gone. High end EF2. Northeast of Gulfstream on south side of Highway 6, Taco bell and Dairy Queen sustained substantial damage. Gas station building completely leveled and a steel frame building with metal siding had siding torn off. Steel frame was intact but steel I beams were twisted and damaged.

19 - EF3 Blackstone Subdivision at CR 54 just west of CR 9 heavily damaged homes. Roofs off of several homes. 1 home had second story completely gone and exterior walls collapsed. Interior walls still standing. Direct hit in subdivision with EF3 damage. Woman was trapped in home and crawled out afterward. Only 5 minor injuries known at this time in Nappanee.

20 - EF2 Lots of structural damage to houses on both sides of CR 9. Lots of missile damage to houses. Bus moved in driveway.