2020 Kokomo tornado

On April 4, 2020, a violent tornado directly impacted the city of Kokomo, Indiana. The tornado, a EF5, caused significant damage in the city, reducing about 300 houses to rubble, and sweeping about 80 away from their foundation, causing EF5 damage to 106 houses.

The tornado was one of the most intense ever recorded, and ties the strongest tornadic wind speed ever estimated in the state of Indiana with the 2020 Warsaw tornado, which would occur just 4 days later.

The tornado was unrelated to a much larger and more notorious tornado outbreak that would unfold in the region just 4 days later.

The city of Kokomo had previously been struck by two F5 tornadoes on April 11, 1965, as well as a EF3 tornado on August 24, 2016, as well as a EF5 tornado on April 13, 2018 (which would cause the majority of it's damage in Grant and Blackford counties, however, did cause from EF1 damage in Kokomo).

The tornado, as well as the previous significant tornadoes which had struck Kokomo in 1961, 1965, 2013, 2016 and 2018 led to scientists investigating the unusual climate of Kokomo which could've led to the unusually strong tornadoes in the area.

Meteorological history
Early on the morning of April 4, 2020, a extremely volatile environment existed across Indiana, warranting a high risk of severe thunderstorms for mainly the 0400-1200 (3 am-8 am) time-frame.

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