NWS Confirms Tornado In Miami County

The NWS in North Webster has confirmed an EF1 tornado struck Peru on July 10.


 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
124 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013 /1224 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2013/
   
 
..TORNADO /MIAMI COUNTY/

RATING: EF-1
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 3.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH: /MAXIMUM/ 200 YARDS
TIME: 128 PM EDT JULY 10...2013
LOCATION: 2.3 MILES WSW OF PERU TO 1.4 MILES SE OF PERU
DESCRIPTION: AN EF1 TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF
THE TOWN OF PERU. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN A CORN FIELD JUST TO
THE WEST OF COUNTRYMARK REFINERY SOUTH OF US HIGHWAY 24. DAMAGE
CONTINUED IN AN EAST...SOUTHEAST FOR APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILES. THE
TORNADO PATH ENDED ACROSS STATE ROAD 19 BETWEEN ASTRUP DRIVE AND
PARKWAY TERRACE. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG THE PATH WITH
NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO
HOMES WAS NOTED FROM FALLING TREES. SEVERAL BUSINESSES SUSTAINED
MINOR FACADE OR ROOF DAMAGE.

7 Year Anniversary Of Memorial Day Weekend 2004 Tornado Outbreak

Today marks the 7 year anniversary of what was then the second biggest tornado outbreak in state history (it has since been nudged into third place by 4/19/11).  The preceding days featured a series of severe weather events across the U.S., but on May 30, it was our turn to be in the crosshairs.

Early that day, the Storm Prediction Center issued a Moderate Risk roughly along and west of I-65 with a High Risk farther west in parts of Illinois.  The High Risk was expanded in subsequent outlooks to include most of Indiana:

The event began rather early with the first tornado reported in Owen county a few minutes after 1 PM.  It was the first of 24 tornadoes which occurred in a 9 hour time span.  2 of the tornadoes - Marengo and Peru - were rated F3 with 1 fatality in Marengo. 

Here is a map of the approximate tornado tracks: