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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0900 PM EST FRI NOV 22 2013 /0800 PM CST FRI NOV 22 2013/

...15 TORNADOES CONFIRMED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...

NOVEMBER 22 EVENING UPDATE: CHANGED PATH WIDTH OF TORNADO 4 FROM 250
YARDS TO 150 YARDS. MADE MINOR TWEAKS TO PATH LENGTH OF TORNADO 14
AND 15.

MORE DETAILED MAPS OF THE EXACT TRACKS AND PICTURES WILL BE POSTED
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA WEBPAGE AND SOCIAL
MEDIA PAGES LATER TODAY.

...2 EF2 TORNADOES CONFIRMED IN WHITE COUNTY IN...
...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN PULASKI COUNTY IN...
...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN WHITE COUNTY IN...
...2 EF0 TORNADOES CONFIRMED IN CASS COUNTY IN...
...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN CASS COUNTY MI...
...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN MIAMI COUNTY IN...
...EF2 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN KOSCIUSKO IN...
...2 EF1 TORNADOES CONFIRMED IN KOSCIUSKO IN...
...EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN GRANT COUNTY IN...
...EF2 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN GRANT COUNTY IN...
...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN VAN WERT COUNTY OH...
...EF2 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN PUTNAM COUNTY OH...

ALL INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TRACKED EAST ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA
SUNDAY AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 17. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. NWS DAMAGE SURVEY TEAMS TRAVELED ACROSS THE
REGION TO SURVEY AREAS OF EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS
OF THE SURVEYS ARE BELOW.

...TORNADO #1 /WHITE COUNTY IN/...

RATING: EF-2
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 125 MPH
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH: UNDER FURTHER REVIEW
PATH LENGTH: 9.52 MILES
START TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 246 PM EST
END TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 255 PM EST
LOCATION: ENTERED WHITE COUNTY NEAR BENTON/WHITE/TIPPECANOE COUNTY
BORDER AS A CONTINUATION OF BENTON COUNTY TORNADO SURVEYED BY NWS
CHICAGO. LIFTED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WNW OF BROOKSTON.
DESCRIPTION: PATH WIDTH INCLUDES SURROUNDING 1400 YD WIDE SEVERE
WIND DAMAGE AND WILL BE REFINED AFTER ADDITIONAL REVIEW. VERY WIDE
CIRCULATION WITH EMBEDDED VORTICIES. 20 TO 25 BARNS DESTROYED WITH
DEBRIS THROWN UP TO 2 MILES AWAY. 10 TWO FOOT DIAMETER WOODEN
ELECTRICITY POLES SNAPPED AT THE BASE. SMALL HOME HAD ITS ROOF
COMPLETELY REMOVED WITH THE DEBRIS THROWN UP TO HALF A MILE
NORTHEAST. SECTIONS OF THE ROOF WERE STUCK IN THE GROUND LIKE
PROJECTILES.

...TORNADO #2 /WHITE COUNTY IN/...

RATING: EF-2
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 120 MPH
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH: 300 YARDS
PATH LENGTH: 4.15 MILES
START TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 251 PM EST
END TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 257 PM EST
LOCATION: 4 MILES WEST OF CHALMERS TO 2 MILES NORTH OF CHALMERS
DESCRIPTION: EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE STRUCTURES...TREES...AND
POWERLINES OVER A 300 YD WIDTH AREA.

...TORNADO #3 /PULASKI COUNTY IN/...

RATING: EF-1
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 110 MPH
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH: 100 YARDS
PATH LENGTH: 13.29 MILES
START TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 303 PM EST
END TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 313 PM EST
LOCATION: TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED JUST SOUTHWEST OF US 421 AND DELAWARE
STREET IN MEDARYVILLE AND LIFTED ROUGHLY 2.5 MILES NE OF DENHAM

...TORNADO #4 /WHITE COUNTY IN/...

RATING: EF-1
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 100 MPH
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH: 150 YARDS
PATH LENGTH: 0.81 MILES
START TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 307 PM EST
END TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 308 PM EST
LOCATION: NORTHEAST PORTION OF WHITE COUNTY. 1400 EAST BETWEEN 400
NORTH AND 500 NORTH
DESCRIPTION: MOBILE HOME DESTROYED.

...TORNADO #5 /CASS COUNTY IN/...

RATING: EF-2
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 120 MPH
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH: 250 YARDS
PATH LENGTH: 9.8 MILES
START TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 317 PM EST
END TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 327 PM EST
LOCATION: 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF YOUNG AMERICA TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF WALTON
DESCRIPTION: CONTINUATION FROM TIPPECANOE/CARROLL COUNTY LONG PATH
EF3 TORNADO. HIGHEST DEGREE OF DAMAGE FOUND IN CASS COUNTY WAS EF2
RATING. TORNADO ENTERED CASS COUNTY 1.5 MILES NW OF YOUNG AMERICA.
MULTIPLE FARM STRUCTURES DESTROYED. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO SEVERAL
HOMES. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DESTROYED.

...TORNADO #6 /CASS COUNTY IN/...

RATING: EF-0
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 85 MPH
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH: 150 YARDS
PATH LENGTH: 1.13 MILES
START TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 320 PM EST
END TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 322 PM EST
LOCATION: 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOGANSPORT TO 1 MILE SOUTH OF
LOGANSPORT
DESCRIPTION: FACTORY SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WEST OF INTERSTATE
65. HOME LOST ROOF WITH SCATTERED TREE AND ROOF DAMAGE ALONG A PATH
TO LOGANSPORT HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THE GYMNASIUM ROOF WAS DAMAGED.

...TORNADO #7 /CASS COUNTY MI/...

RATING: EF-1
PATH LENGTH: JUST UNDER 0.5 MILES
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 110 MPH
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH: 50 YARDS
START TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 327 PM EST
END TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 329 PM EST
LOCATION: TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED JUST WEST OF A HIGH SCHOOL IN
CASSOPOLIS AND LIFTED OVER A GOLF COURSE JUST NORTH OF THE HIGH
SCHOOL

...TORNADO #8 /MIAMI COUNTY IN/...

RATING: EF-1
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 110 MPH
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH: 250 YARDS
PATH LENGTH: 2.85 MILES
START TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 330 PM EST
END TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 333 PM EST
LOCATION: 1.5 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF GRISSOM AFB TO 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GRISSOM AFB
DESCRIPTION: SEVERAL FARM BUILDINGS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. EXTENSIVE
TREE DAMAGE AND MULTIPLE POWER POLES SNAPPED. MOBILE HOME DESTROYED.

...TORNADO #9 /KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN/...

RATING:  EF-1
PATH LENGTH:  1.1 MILES
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 100 MPH
MAXIMUM ESTIMATE PATH WIDTH:  250 YARDS
START TIME:  ESTIMATED AROUND 338 PM EST
END TIME:  ESTIMATED AROUND 340 PM EST
LOCATION:  TOUCHDOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF SR 25 AND S 800 W 2 AND
1/2 MILES EAST OF MENTONE AND LIFTED ONE HALF MILE SOUTH OF SHILLING
ROAD.
DESCRIPTION: TORNADO DAMAGED TWO HOMES INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT ROOF
DAMAGE WITH DEBRIS CARRIED NORTHEAST. BARN WAS PUSHED OFF FOUNDATION
AND SUFFERED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ROOF AND WALLS. METAL SHED HAD A
WALL BLOWN IN AND SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF ROOF. ADDITIONAL SMALL
OUTBUILDING WAS LIFTED WITH SOME DEBRIS NOTED ONE MILE NORTHEAST.
FURTHER NORTHEAST A CLEAR PATH OF DESTRUCTION WAS NOTED IN A LARGE
HARDWOOD FOREST WITH OVER 50 LARGE/MATURE TREES SNAPPED AND BROKEN.
A HOME HERE SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE...BROKEN WINDOWS...AND PORCH
DAMAGE. TORNADO LIFTED JUST NORTHEAST OF THIS POINT OVER AN OPEN
FIELD.

...TORNADO #10 /GRANT COUNTY IN/...

RATING: EF-2
PATH LENGTH: 12 MILES
PATH WIDTH: /MAXIMUM/: 0.4 MILES
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 125 MPH
START TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 342 PM EST
END TIME:  ESTIMATED AROUND 352 PM EST
LOCATION: PATH BEGAN 2 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SWEETSER AND ENDED
NORTH OF THE GRANT/WABASH COUNTY LINE ON COUNTY ROAD 700
NORTH...EAST OF COUNTY ROAD 600 EAST.
DESCRIPTION: ESTIMATED 30-40 HOMES DAMAGED WITH 6 TO 10 HOMES
RECEIVING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.  DOZENS OF VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED OR
DESTROYED.

...TORNADO #11 /WABASH COUNTY IN AND KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN/...

RATING: EF-2
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 125 MPH
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH: 150 YARDS
PATH LENGTH: 4.17 MILES
INJURIES: 2
START TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 343 PM EST
END TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 348 PM EST
LOCATION: 2.5 SOUTH OF SILVER LAKE TO 3 MILES EAST OF SILVER LAKE
DESCRIPTION: TWO BARNS WERE DESTROYED ALONG SR 15 IN WABASH COUNTY.
TORNADO THEN MOVED INTO KOSCIUSKO COUNTY AND SEVERELY DAMAGED A FARM
RESIDENCE. SEVERAL CATTLE WERE KILLED. MULTIPLE FARM STRUCTURES AND
HOUSES DAMAGED WITH 2 PEOPLE INJURED FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

...TORNADO #12 /KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN/...

RATING:  EF-1
PATH LENGTH:  1.7 MILES
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED:  95 MPH
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH:  275 YARDS
START TIME:  ESTIMATED AROUND 348 PM EST
END TIME:  ESTIMATED AROUND 350 PM EST
LOCATION:  TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED IN AN OPEN FIELD 1.6 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF OSWEGO AND LIFTED JUST EAST OF OSWEGO.
DESCRIPTION: TORNADO DAMAGED A CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND
RAPIDLY MOVED NORTH NORTH EAST...CROSSING COUNTY ROAD EAST 450
NORTH...WEST OF COUNTY ROAD NORTH 250 EAST AND CAUSING 7 UTILITY
POLES TO EITHER SNAP OR SEVERELY LEAN ACROSS THE ROAD. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED INTO THE PINES SUBDIVISION AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO
12 TO 18 INCH DIAMETER PINE TREES...SNAPPING MANY OF THEM. ONE HOME
AND TWO VEHICLES WERE IMPACTED BY THE FALLING DEBRIS. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHEAST OVER A COMBINATION OF OPEN FIELDS AND GROVES OF
TREES...WITH NUMEROUS SNAPPED HARDWOOD TREES. A HOME SUFFERED ROOF
DAMAGE ON NORTH COUNTY ROAD 300 EAST JUST SOUTH OF OSWEGO WITH THE
TORNADO LIFTING SHORTLY AFTER THIS OVER AN OPEN FIELD.

...TORNADO #13 /GRANT COUNTY IN/...

RATING: EF-0
PATH LENGTH: BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 70 MPH
TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 355 PM EST
LOCATION:0.25 MILES WEST OF 300 WEST/300 NORTH JUST SOUTH OF
ROSEBURG.

...TORNADO #14 /VAN WERT COUNTY OH/...

RATING: EF-1
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED:  100 MPH
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH:  150 YARDS
PATH LENGTH:  1.97 MILES
START TIME:  ESTIMATED AROUND 447 PM EST
END TIME:  ESTIMATED AROUND 449 PM EST
LOCATION:  TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ABOUT 0.3 MILES SOUTH OF ELM SUGAR
ROAD AND DONER ROAD INTERSECTION AND LIFTED JUST SOUTH OF THE
PAULDING COUNTY/VAN WERT COUNTY LINE TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF CONVERSE ROSELM AND KIDNER ROADS.

...TORNADO #15 /PAULDING COUNTY OH AND PUTNAM COUNTY OH/...

RATING:  EF-2
PATH LENGTH:  11.11 MILES
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED:  130 MPH
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH:  440 YARDS
START TIME:  ESTIMATED AROUND 452 PM EST
END TIME:  ESTIMATED AROUND 503 PM EST
LOCATION: TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ON COUNTY ROAD 0 WEST OF ROAD 27 IN
PUTNAM COUNTY. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST CLIPPING THE PAULDING
PUTNAM COUNTY LINE BEFORE RE ENTERING PUTNAM COUNTY AND LIFTED
ABOUT 5 MILES NE OF CLOVERDALE.


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