The extent of Friday’s storm has not been determined, but meteorologists with the National Weather Service of Indianapolis noted that multiple tornadoes likely hit southern-central Indiana and caused significant damage, including one confirmed EF2 tornado in Monroe County.
Meteorologists with NWS Indianapolis have not determined how many tornadoes hit Indiana, but they plan to continue conducting tornado damage surveys over the weekend in Sullivan, Greene, Brown and Bartholomew counties.
“There were a number of homes damaged, lots of trees down and there was very large hail in parts of the (southern-central) area —hail up to 4 inches in diameter,” said Chad Swia, NWS Indianapolis meteorologist.
NWS confirms EF2 tornado in Monroe County
Shortly after 2:00 p.m. on May 17, NWS Indianapolis’s survey team confirmed that a low-end EF2 tornado had hit central Monroe County yesterday. At it’s widest, the tornado was 250 yards…