FIVE INDIANA TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS WEDNESDAY NEAR MONTICELLO--100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHICAGO
Powerful thunderstorms erupted in downstate Indiana and Illinois Wednesday unleashing half a dozen twisters—five of which touched down in the area surrounding Monticello, Indiana. It's fortunate most of these touchdowns occurred in fields, reports WGN-TV weather observer Mary Anne Best of Remington, Indiana, because they did little damage. Our thanks to Mary Anne for forwarding these pictures to us of one twister—the photos provided to Mary Ann by Mike Prangley, Chief Meteorologist at WLVI in West Lafayette, IN. Mary Anne notes that Monticello was one of the communities severely damaged in the infamous "Super Outbreak" of 1974--the country's biggest single outbreak of tornadoes.
- Tom Skilling
