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Live Doppler 13 Weather Blog: Possible tornado hit Rush County Wednesday

Severe storms brought wind damage and possible tornado damage.

INDIANAPOLIS — Severe storms moved over central Indiana yesterday afternoon into the evening. The National Weather Service in Indianapolis will be conducting storm surveys today, to determine if the storms had a tornado, straight line winds, or a microburst.

Last night, there were a few storm reports in Rush County and one in Miami County.

Credit: WTHR
Credit: WTHR
Credit: WTHR
Credit: WTHR

A tornado likely moved over Rush County late Wednesday afternoon. In the map below, I've circled the areas on Live Doppler 13 Radar that shows area where rotation was likely.

Credit: WTHR

The velocity on Live Doppler 13 Radar shows that there was likely rotation where the red and green pixels are next to each other.

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The Shear Detector also found that there was wind shear with this storm at 4:08 p.m.

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RELATED: Severe Weather Blog: School, fire station and homes damaged in suspected Rush County tornado

The Correlation Coefficient, depicting any debris in the atmosphere, shows that there might be some debris in this same time frame.

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David Geise took this photo of a funnel cloud over Rush county.

Credit: WTHR

As the National Weather Service sends an update on their surveys today, we will publish it right here.

UPDATE:  Two tornadoes were confirmed from the storms on June 8th, 2022 from the NWS Indianapolis.

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