After further investigation, the National Weather Service determined Wednesday that seven tornados swept through five Indiana counties early Tuesday morning. Three of them swept through parts of Kosciusko. Other counties in the paths of the tornados included Wabash, LaGrange, Marshall and Whitley. According to the local NWS website at www.weather.gov/iwx, an EF-0 tornado touched down just south of CR 1250N and east of CR 400W around 1:06 a.m. Tuesday. As reported in Wednesday’s newspaper, it had a maximum wind speed of 80 mph, a path width of 50 yards and path length of 1.9 miles. It lasted about two minutes. Its location spanned 3.5 miles west to 2.2 miles west-northwest of Milford. An EF-1 with a maximum wind speed of 100 mph was confirmed last night. Its path width was 150 yards, with a length of 7 miles. It lasted from approximately 1:08 a.m. to 1:15 a.m. Tuesday and went through Wabash and Kosciusko counties. According to the agency’s description, the tornado touched down just west of Ind. 15 in a cornfield in northwest Wabash County. It proceeded east-northeast with extensive tree and crop damage. 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, a large grain silo facility with one large grain bin completely flattened and severe damage to a harvester silo. Before the tornado dissipated in a grove of trees, it caused damage to a corn field and trees. The location of its path was listed as 2.8 miles south-southwest of Silver Lake to 6.9 miles east-southeast of the town. The third tornado that touched down in Kosciusko was an EF-1 with maximum wind speed of 95 mph. Its path width was 150 yards, with a length of 0.6 miles. It lasted from approximately 1:06 to 1:08 a.m. In the NWS’s description, the tornado touched down near a property on South CR 400W where several tree trunks were snapped at the tops with two trees uprooted. A small barn suffered extensive roof damage and had partial wall failure. The tornado shifted toward the southeast, crossing Ind. 25. Over 20 healthy trees were either uprooted or snapped several feet in the air. One of the uprooted trees fell onto a residence. In nearby Whitley County, an EF-1 with a maximum wind speed of 100 mph had a path width of 50 yards and length of 0.4 miles. It lasted from approximately 1:08 to 1:15 a.m. Tuesday. The location is described as 2.7 miles southwest of South Whitley to 2.2 miles south-southwest of the town. According to the description, the 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 the northeast and embedded through the treeline a 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. Severe tree damage occured through a large grove of trees just north of this location, with signficant debris in the trees. Many of the trees were snapped and/or uprooted.
