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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