Wednesday, July 2, 2014

NWS Confirms Two Additional Tornadoes

NWS Northern Indiana has confirmed two additional tornadoes, one of which occurred in Wabash/Kosciusko counties and the other which occurred in Whitley county.  Both of them have been rated EF1.  This brings the total number of tornadoes from this outbreak to 9 as of this time.


TORNADO #5 - WABASH/KOSCIUSKO COUNTY  
  
RATING:                 EF-1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    100 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  APPROX 7 MILES  
MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: EST. 150 YARDS   
FATALITIES: NONE  
INJURIES: NONE  
  
START DATE:              JUL 01 2014   
TIME:                    EST. 1208 AM EDT  
START LOCATION:          2.8 MI SSW OF SILVER LAKE, IN   
START LAT/LON:           41.0314 / -85.8964   
  
END DATE:                JUL 01 2014  
END TIME:                EST. 1215 AM EDT  
END LOCATION:            6.9 MI ESE OF SILVER LAKE, IN   
END LAT/LON:             41.048 / -85.7639  
  
SURVEY SUMMARY: AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF SR 15 IN A   
CORN FIELD IN NORTHWEST WABASH COUNTY. THIS TORNADO PROCEEDED EAST   
NORTHEAST WITH EXTENSIVE TREE AND CROP DAMAGE NOTED. SEVERAL   
FARMSTEADS ALONG THE PATH SUSTAINED MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE. ONE   
FARM JUST NORTH OF THE COUNTY LINE ROAD IN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY HAD A   
HOG BARN DESTROYED WITH MUCH OF THE DEBRIS THROWN SOUTHEASTWARD INTO   
A LARGE GRAIN SILO FACILITY WITH ONE LARGE GRAIN BIN COMPLETELY   
FLATTENED AND SEVERE DAMAGE TO A HARVESTER SILO. IN ADDITION A CORN   
CROP FIELD TO THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTY LINE ROAD AND JUST EAST OF THE   
FARM WAS FLATTENED AND SHREDDED. ADDITIONAL EXTENSIVE TREE AND CROP   
DAMAGE CONTINUED BEFORE THE TORNADO DISSIPATED IN A GROVE OF TREES   
JUST WEST OF CR 400E.  


TORNADO #6 - WHITLEY COUNTY  
  
RATING:                 EF-1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    100 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  APPROX 0.4 MILES  
MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: EST. 50 YARDS   
FATALITIES: NONE  
INJURIES: NONE  
  
START DATE:              JUL 01 2014   
TIME:                    EST. 1222 AM EDT  
START LOCATION:          2.7 MI SW OF SOUTH WHITLEY, IN   
START LAT/LON:           41.0516 / -85.6567   
  
END DATE:                JUL 01 2014  
END TIME:                EST. 1223 AM EDT  
END LOCATION:            2.2 MI SSW OF SOUTH WHITLEY, IN   
END LAT/LON:             41.0551 / -85.6495  
  
SURVEY SUMMARY: A BRIEF EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF CR   
850W IN A BEAN FIELD AND HIT A FARMSTEAD DESTROYING A BARN AND   
CHICKEN COOP ALONG WITH EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE. MUCH OF THE DEBRIS   
FROM THE BARN WAS LOFTED AND SCATTERED ACROSS THE ADJACENT FIELD TO   
NORTHEAST AND EMBEDDED THROUGH THE TREELINE ONE QUARTER MILE   
NORTHEAST. THIS IS ALSO WHERE A HORSE BARN LOST MOST OF ITS ROOF AND   
A NEARBY HOME AND GARAGE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFING AND   
SIDING MATERIAL. HOWEVER SEVERE TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED THROUGH A LARGE   
GROVE OF TREES JUST NORTH OF THIS LOCATION WITH SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS   
LOADING NOTED IN THE TREES...MANY OF WHICH WERE SNAPPED AND/OR UPROOTED.  

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