1956 Alexandria, Indiana tornado

the 1956 Alexandria, Indiana tornado was a odd F5 tornado that struck the community of Alexandria, Indiana on July 14, 1956.

Meteorological history
On July 14, 1956...conditions appeared not that favorable for tornadic development, especially in central Indiana. The morning of July 14 was noted as a "particularly sunny, yet hot example of a summers day". By noon, there was isolated cloud cover in Madison County. A isolated severe thunderstorm developed near Elwood around 2:46PM before quickly becoming tornadic. A rope tornado touched down at 3:18PM about 4 miles northwest of Alexandria, Indiana...and it was moving southeast, the tornado quickly intensified...and with no warning, at 3:24PM, a thunderstorm rolled into Alexandria. Meanwhile, the tornado was about 2 and a half miles northwest of town, and intensified into a F1 tornado. As the tornado made contact with the northwestern edge of town it rapidly intensified into a F3 tornado, after intensifying into a F3 as it moved into downtown it became a F4 tornado, it continued tracking into the southeastern part of town, it became a F5 tornado as it moved into South Alexandria, causing "unbelievable damage" with reports of "some houses or entire streets vanishing". It reached it's peak as it moved out of Alexandria. By 3:40PM the F5 tornado moved into Delaware County, Indiana...still scorching ground and leaving no signs of former corn-fields. The tornado destroyed a entire trailer park as it weakened into a F4. The tornado began to weaken as it hit Muncie as a F2 tornado. The tornado lifted just outside of Muncie at 3:49PM.

Aftermath
Alexandria became a notable city after the tornado specifically due to the tornado. It was determined that 69 people perished in the tornado, 46 of which were in Alexandria, 2 died in their car and the remaining died at the trailer park.