Homes were destroyed and others were badly damaged in Winchester & Randolph County, Indiana during an outbreak of tornados that ravaged across Indiana & Ohio.
RECOVERY EFFORTS
THE RANDOLPH COUNTY LONG-TERM RECOVERY TEAM
It will be an ongoing effort to recover, rebuild, and restore, but the strength of this community is evident, as are the hearts of those coming alongside us.
RANDOLPH COUNTY LONG-TERM RECOVERY COMMITTEES
The Latest
The Statistics
In the residential core of the town, the maximum intensity of the tornado was estimated around 130 mph or high-end EF2 strength.
The greatest damage in Winchester occurred on the east side of town at the Taco Bell, as the anchored building was destroyed, as was a church immediately east of the restaurant.
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PEOPLE INJURED
5
HOMES DESTROYED
10
HOMES MAJORLY DAMAGED
0
PLACES OF WORSHIP DESTROYED
HOW YOU CAN HELP
RANDOLPH COUNTY RELIEF FUND
The Community Foundation of Randolph County will also accept monetary donations to support disaster relief efforts following the storms in the Winchester area on Thursday, March 14, 2024. All donations should be designated for the Randolph County Relief Fund, and those donations will be distributed to local not-for-profit organizations and other charitable entities engaged in post-storm relief efforts. (No grants from the Community Foundation will be made to individuals or businesses.) Donations can be mailed or delivered to the Community Foundation of Randolph County, 120 W Washington St, Winchester, IN 47394, or submitted online.
RADAR
7:45 pm: Tornado Warning for Randolph & Delaware Counties
TOUCHDOWN
7:50 pm: multiple supercells, large hail, and EF-3 tornado touchdown
PATH
~8:00 pm: traveled 17.14 miles through Winchester and across Randolph County
About the Tornado
Two rounds of thunderstorms brought widespread severe weather to central Indiana. During the late morning to early afternoon hours, a decaying line of storms brought prolific small hail and isolated thunderstorm wind damage to much of the state. Later into the evening hours severe weather returned with large hail across north central Indiana during the early evening which then gradually spread to the southeast with additional large hail, damaging winds, and two tornadoes with one was an EF-2 in Selma and the other was a long track EF-3 tornado that extended into Ohio.
