Report: NWS Confirms EF-1 Tornado In Muncie

Severe storms that battered parts of Indiana damaged the Muncie Fieldhouse, caused other sporadic damage and brought some flooding. The Star Press reports that part of the brick facade at the top of the Muncie Fieldhouse fell Sunday onto the roof, leaving a hole and rupturing sprinkler pipes. Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler says “thousands of gallons of water a minute” poured inside the landmark gymnasium.

Area schools were closed Monday amid storm cleanup. The city’s McKinley Neighborhood also sustained what was described as major wind and storm damage.

The National Weather Service confirmed midday Monday that a brief tornado, preliminarily rated EF-1, had been confirmed in Muncie by a team sent to assess the area.

Also, the National Weather Service has deteremined that a brief tornado, classified as an EF-1 hit the area during the storm. That confirmation came from an NWS team that visited Muncie Monday.