The focus of this summary will be on one of 10 tornadoes to hit the state of Indiana during the 1965 Outbreak.
“We were on the 31 bypass just north of the Chrysler Plant in Kokomo. The tornado put us on the median. We were between the center tornado and the tail of the other one. I was in the front seat, something went through the window, glass pelted our faces and head, glass was in our hair. Looked like the car had been sand blasted. Then we drove to the hospital at the south end of Kokomo. Cars were upside down laying on top of buildings…weird. When we drove home through Russiaville, there was straw through light poles. Something you never forget!”
This account from one of the tornadoes that crossed through Central Indiana during the Palm Sunday Outbreak is from my Great Uncle, Brian Henry. Brian was 14 years old and riding in the car with his Mom and Dad. I can only imagine how many more people have similar accounts.
The tornado he was caught up in was an F4 that began near Middlefork and crossed through Russiaville to Alto through the southern part of Kokomo. It continued through Greentown and into the southern parts of Marion and dissipated near Arcana.
Brian mentions, “We were between the center tornado and the tail of the other one.” He very well could have been in the midst of multiple funnels. The Storm Data Narrative states, “pictures and reports of witnesses indicate that two and sometimes three vortices were traveling together.”
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