NEW ALBANY – As the spring severe weather season draws near, it was reported Tuesday that the city of New Albany’s tornado warning sirens are essentially unworkable. Light, gas and water manager Bill Mattox said his department sets off the sirens by radio control from the utility dispatch office and is supposed to test the…
100 year anniversary of the New Albany tornado – Indiana’s second deadliest twister
Thursday will be the 100 year anniversary of the New Albany, IN tornado. The tornado killed 46 people with several hundred injured. This was the second deadliest tornado in Indiana history. The worst was the 1925 Tri-State tornado that killed 76 in Indiana. Two other tornado outbreaks killed more people, but these included multiple tornadoes.…