Well it is official, one tornado in Van Wert County, and 3 tornadoes in Henry County last night, as well as downburst clusters. 000 NOUS43 KIWX 140053 PNSIWX INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-141300- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 853 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 /753 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2013/ ...UPDATE ON JUNE 12/13 SEVERE WEATHER DAMAGE SURVEYS... ALL INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. A COMBINATION OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS AND BOWING LINE SEGMENTS WITH MANY AREAS OF ROTATION MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO DURING THE LATE EVENING OF JUNE 12 AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 13. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA DISPATCHED TWO DAMAGE SURVEY CREWS TO VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA TO DETERMINE THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE STORM DAMAGE. REPORTS FROM THESE TEAMS FOLLOW. ...WABASH /WABASH COUNTY/... NATURE: STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TIME: 1047 PM EDT JUNE 12...2013 (ESTIMATED BY RADAR) LOCATION: NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE TOWN OF WABASH WIND SPEED: ESTIMATED 90 TO 100 MPH WINDS DESCRIPTION: SEVEN MILE LONG AND 3 MILE WIDE DOWNBURST SWATH ACROSS THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF WABASH. A GRAIN SILO AND 2 POLE BARNS WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH DEBRIS BLOWN SOUTHEAST. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE TO THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF WABASH. ...TORNADO /VAN WERT COUNTY/... RATING: EF-0 MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 85 MPH PATH LENGTH: 0.7 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 80 YARDS TIME: 1127 PM EDT JUNE 12...2013 LOCATION: WILLSHIRE OHIO /STATE ROAD 81 AT THE OHIO INDIANA BORDER TO THE INTERSECTION OF GREEN STREET AND STATE ROAD 49/ DESCRIPTION: AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TOWN OF WILLSHIRE ALONG STATE ROAD 81 NEAR THE INDIANA/OHIO BORDER BEFORE TRAVELING DOWN GREEN STREET TO THE INTERSECTION OF GREEN STREET AND SR 49. ONE WITNESS SAW TORNADO DESCEND IN HIS YARD...SNAP OFF 2 LARGE TREES AND CONTINUE DOWN THE STREET. OTHER TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED. ANOTHER WITNESS SAW CONDENSATION VORTICIES BEING INJECTED INTO THE FUNNEL AS HIS GARAGE WAS ROLLED OFF OF ITS FOUNDATION. A PORTION OF THE HOUSE ROOF WAS REMOVED AND THROWN OVER THE NEIGHBORS HOME. SEVERAL WINDOWS WERE ALSO BROKEN. THIRTEEN TOTAL HOMES RECEIVED DAMAGE. TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR LESS THAN 3 MINUTES. MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT 85 MPH. ...HENRY COUNTY TORNADOES... DAMAGE SURVEY INDICATED SEVERAL BRIEF TORNADOES AMID DOWNBURST CLUSTERS THROUGHOUT HENRY COUNTY. TORNADO 1... RATING: EF-0 MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 85 MPH PATH LENGTH: 0.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 20 YARDS TIME: 1159 PM EDT JUNE 12...2013 LOCATION: 1 MILE NORTH OF HAMLER DESCRIPTION: BARN DESTROYED WITH CONVERGENT PATTERN INDICATED IN THE SOYBEAN FIELD TO THE NORTHEAST. SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN THE AREA AS WELL. TORNADO 2... RATING:EF-1 MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 95 MPH PATH LENGTH: 0.2 MILES PATH WIDTH: 30 YARDS TIME: 1202 AM EDT JUNE 13...2013 LOCATION: 2.3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MALINTA DESCRIPTION: TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON SOUTH SIDE OF ROAD J BETWEEN ROADS 7 AND 8 IN HENRY COUNTY WHERE A BARN WAS DESTROYED. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A BARN AND HOUSE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD INCLUDING A BEAM FROM THE BARN SOUTH OF THE ROAD STUCK INTO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HOME ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. TORNADO 3... RATING: EF-0 MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 80 MPH PATH LENGTH: 0.3 MILES PATH WIDTH: 15 YARDS TIME: 1203 AM EDT JUNE 13...2013 LOCATION: 2.7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MALINTA DESCRIPTION: SMALL WIDTH TORNADO PATH WAS SEEN THROUGH A WHEAT FIELD. A POLE BARN HAD DOORS COLLAPSED AND ONE WALL BLOWN DOWN. $$ BENTLEY/OBERGFELL
Posted on: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:02:07 +0000