NWS Confirms Tornado In Huntington County

The National Weather Service in North Webster has confirmed an EF0 tornado from Monday's storms.


PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
545 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011 /445 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011/ 
 
..EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN HUNTINGTON COUNTY INDIANA


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS FROM NORTHERN INDIANA 
SURVEYED DAMAGE IN SOUTHWESTERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY INDIANA TODAY. THE 
SURVEY CONFIRMS THAT A WEAK EF0 TORNADO OCCURRED 3 MILES NORTH OF 
MT. ETNA. 

THE TORNADO FORMED IN A WOODED AREA WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 300 
SOUTH AND INDIANA HIGHWAY 9. THE TORNADO CROSSED OVER HIGHWAY 9 AND 
ENDED IN A STAND OF TREES EAST OF THE HIGHWAY. THE TORNADO REMAINED 
ON THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD OF A MILE OR 650 YARDS. 

DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH EF0 INTENSITY WINDS...ESTIMATED TO BE 65 
MPH...OCCURRED IN THE WOODED AREAS. THE MAXIMUM WIDTH OF THE TORNADO 
WAS 30 YARDS. 

TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS AND OTHER EYEWITNESS REPORTS ARE CONSISTENT 
WITH THE DAMAGE OBSERVED IN THE AREA.