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Weather service confirms 8 tornadoes hit Indiana on Monday

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Posted at 1:58 PM, May 29, 2019
and last updated 2019-05-30 07:51:08-04

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed that at least eight tornadoes touched down in Indiana during the Memorial Day outbreak.

Survey crews determined that two EF-1 tornadoes touched down near Middletown in eastern Indiana's Henry County, while an EF-2 tornado damaged homes along a nearly 6-mile-long path from Pendleton and into the Huntsville area before dissipating on Anderson's south side. One person was slightly injured.

TORNADOES | Pendleton | Grant County | Henry County | Miami County

Crews also confirmed that an EF-2 tornado touched down near Macy in northern Indiana's Miami County and the same supercell produced an EF-'1 tornado near North Manchester in Wabash County.

PHOTOS | Memorial Day Tornado Outbreak

Another EF-2 tornado touched down in Grant County, while survey crews also determined that an EF-3 tornado touched down in Blackford and Wells counties.

The weather service also confirmed an EF-0 tornado touchdown in the northwestern Indiana town of Dyer.

For the full NWS analysis on the Memorial Tornado outbreak in Indiana CLICK HERE.

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