Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains; Heat Continues in the West

Strong to severe thunderstorms may bring areas of excessive rainfall and flooding over parts of the southern Plains today through Friday. Hot to dangerously hot temperatures are forecast across portions of the Pacific Northwest and southern Great Basin today. Gusty winds, dry, and hot conditions will bring critical fire weather to parts of central Washington state today. Read More >

April 5, 1985
Counties: Harrison IN
F-scale:  F2
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width:
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
Deaths:
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Time: 5:00pm
Noted discrepancies: None

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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains; Heat Continues in the West

Tornadoes of 1985