Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

A frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to the Southeast will focus additional showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Some of these storms may become severe, alongside frequent lightning, and isolated instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile dry conditions will continue for the Great Basin where fire weather concerns linger. For the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, seasonable weather. Read More >

April 5, 1985
Counties: Harrison IN
F-scale:  F2
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
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Path length: 1 miles
Time: 2:49pm
Grazulis narrative: A barn and a 222-foot long hog house were destroyed on separate farms, four miles north of Depauw.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list a path width of 17 yards, Grazulis lists 20 yards, Storm Data says 33 yards.
Notes:  Storm Data puts this tornado four miles north of Depauw.

April 5, 1985
Counties: Scott IN
F-scale:  F2
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Time: 3:22pm
Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it.

April 5, 1985
Counties: Jefferson IN
F-scale:  F2
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Time: 3:25pm
Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it.
Notes:  Storm Data puts this tornado at Kent.

April 5, 1985
Counties: Washington IN
F-scale:  F2
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Time: 3:28pm
Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it.

June 7, 1985
Counties: Lincoln
F-scale:  F0
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Time: 10:39am
Noted discrepancies: None

June 10, 1985
Counties: Shelby
F-scale:  F0
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Time: Midnight
Notes:  Storm Data begins this tornado on the west side of Simpsonville.

June 11, 1985
Counties: LaRue
F-scale:  F0
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Time: 5:00pm
Noted discrepancies: None

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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

Tornadoes of 1985