July 24, 2015 tornado Outbreak

• An EF3 tornado in Brownstown, IN
• A large EF2 cone tornado in Rising Sun, IN
• The large EF4 tornado entering Williams, IN
• A rope tornado in Marshall, IL
• The EF5 tornado in Columbus, IN
• The Fort Wayne tornado.
• The New Pekin tornado.
• Another shot of the EF5 tornado.
• Paris tornado.
• The Bedford tornado before touching down.
• Poseyville EF4.
• Tornado in Cincinnati.
• Bloomington EF0.
• Evansville EF0.
• Owensburg EF0
• Bloomfield EF4
• Another shot of the Bloomfield twister.

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July 24, 2015 tornado outbreak

Date of tornado outbreak:	July 24, 2015
Duration1:	16 hours, 45 minutes, 43 seconds
Maximum rated tornado2:	EF5 tornado
Tornadoes caused:	15
Damages:	Unknown
Fatalities:	23
Areas affected:	Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
1Time from first tornado to last tornado 2Most severe tornado damage; see wikipedia:Enhanced Fujita Scale

Confirmed Total

Confirmed EF0

Confirmed EF1

Confirmed EF2

Confirmed EF3

Confirmed EF4

Confirmed EF5

15

6

1

2

1

4

1

Tornadoes

EF#	Location	State	County/Parish	Comments/Damage
EF4	SW of Williams to NW of Hartleyville	IN	Lawrence	1 death - A home was completely leveled along with many other homes and buildings.
EF0	Marshall	IL	Clark	A rope tornado was spotted outside of Marshall.
EF1	Cincinnati	OH	Hamilton	3 deaths - A cone tornado hit downtown Cincinnati.

EF5	Columbus	IN	Bartholomew	16 deaths - See Section Below
EF2	Rising Sun	IN	Ohio (IN) Hamilton (OH)	A large tornado was spotted and took a roof off of a home.
EF3	Brownstown	IN	Jackson	2 deaths - See section below
EF4	Bloomfield	IN	Greene	A home was swept away.
EF4	New Pekin	IN	Washington	7 homes were obliterated. This event may have been an EF5.
EF4	Poseyville	IN	Posey	A large wedge tornado swept 10 houses away.
EF2	Fort Wayne	IN	Allen	A cone tornado hit Fort Wayne, downing trees and power lines.
EF0	Paris	IL	Edgar	Brief touchdown
EF0	Bloomington	IN	Monroe	A home suffered light damage.
EF0	W of Evansville	IN	Vanderburgh	Several trees were knocked down.
EF0	N of Owensburg	IN	Greene	Brief tornado.
EF0	SE of Bedford	IN	Lawrence	Many trees were knocked down. A vehicle was surprisingly overturned. A home suffered some roof damage as well.

Notable storms

Columbus, IN

A large EF5 tornado obliterated the northern side of Columbus, killing 22 people.

The tornado before hitting Columbus

Brownstown, IN

A large EF3 hit Brownstown. The tornado killed 2 people in McDonald's.