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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1220 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013 /1120 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013/

...JUNE 12/13 2013 SEVERE WEATHER DAMAGE SURVEYS...

(UPDATED FOR UPGRADED EF RATING AND INFORMATION FOR TORNADO 1 IN
HENRY COUNTY OH)

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-1
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 0.4 MILES PATH
WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 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. WIND DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALL
ALONG PATH WITH SEVERAL TREE TRUNKS SNAPPED AND EVIDENCE OF
CYCLONIC CIRCULATION.

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: 0.36 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 15 YARDS
TIME: 1203 AM EDT JUNE 13...2013
LOCATION: 2.7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MALINTA
DESCRIPTION: SMALL MULTI VORTEX TORNADO PATH WAS FOUND NEAR COUNTY
ROAD J BETWEEN COUNTY ROADS 6 AND 7. CONVERGENT SINGATURE WAS FOUND
THROUGH A WHEAT FIELD. SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED. A POLE BARN
HAD DOORS COLLAPSED AND ONE WALL BLOWN DOWN.

TORNADO 4...

RATING: EF-0
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 50 YARDS
PATH WIDTH: 25 YARDS
TIME: 1155 PM EDT JUNE 12...2013
LOCATION: 3 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF NEW BAVARIA
DESCRIPTION: BRIEF EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AND DESTROYED A BARN
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD Y AND COUNTY ROAD 12A. THIS
DEBRIS WAS FOUND SCATTERED TO THE NORTH. THE TORNADO BECAME
OUTFLOW DOMINANT SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT
LINE WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND ROOF DAMAGE
TO HOUSES...WAS FOUND FOR OVER A MILE TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE
TORNADO PATH. THIS DAMAGE WAS ALL FOUND LAYING TO THE EAST AND
SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF ROTATION FROM A CIRCULATION.

HAMLER DOWNBURST...

NATURE: STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
TIME: 1157 PM EDT JUNE 12...2013
LOCATION: THE TOWN OF HAMLER
WIND SPEED: ESTIMATED 90 MPH WINDS
DESCRIPTION: TWO AND A HALF MILE LONG AND 1 MILE WIDE DOWNBURST
SWATH WAS FOUND IN AND NEAR THE TOWN OF HAMLER. DAMAGE PATH BEGAN
NEAR TOWNSHIP ROAD D TO THE SOUTHEAST OF HAMLER AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST
TO THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF HAMLER.
WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE WAS FOUND...ESPECIALLY IN
THE TOWN OF HAMLER. ALL DEBRIS WAS FOUND DEPOSITED TO THE EAST.


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BENTLEY/OBERGFELL
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
