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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
820 PM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025 /720 PM CDT Thu Apr 3 2025/

...NWS Damage Survey for 4/2/25 Tornado Event...

This product has been updated to include survey results for a
confirmed EF-1 tornado in Van Wert county Ohio and another
confirmed EF-2 tornado in Putnam county Ohio.

.Overview...Details from 2 surveys completed today from damage on
April 2 can be viewed below. We can confirm a tornado that impacted
Bourbon, Indiana and areas adjacent to it, as well as 2 more
tornadoes from northwest Ohio.

.Bourbon, IN Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    105 mph
Path Length /statute/:  17.91 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   175 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/02/2025
Start Time:             07:52 PM EDT
Start Location:         1 SSE Rutland / Marshall County / IN
Start Lat/Lon:          41.2292 / -86.3477

End Date:               04/02/2025
End Time:               08:10 PM EDT
End Location:           3 N Etna Green / Kosciusko County / IN
End Lat/Lon:            41.3215 / -86.0285

Survey Summary:
A survey of damage revealed a tornado touched down southeast of
Rutland on SR-10 and tracked quickly northeast. The tornado moved
over numerous empty fields but also impacted several wooded areas
as well as snapped or uprooted trees on private property. The
tornado entered Bourbon and reached peak intensity on the
northeast side of town in the area of Crocus Ct and Rose Lane
where several homes suffered extensive roof damage. Debris was
thrown into the field. Many homes showed garage doors being
compromised, lowering potentially higher wind speeds. The tornado
continued out of town, producing sporadic tree and power pole
damage until reaching north of Etna Green in Kosciusko county
where the damage ended.

.Van Wert...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    95 mph
Path Length /statute/:  12.61 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   300 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/02/2025
Start Time:             11:04 PM EDT
Start Location:         2 ESE Van Wert / Van Wert County / OH
Start Lat/Lon:          40.8503 / -84.5537

End Date:               04/02/2025
End Time:               11:13 PM EDT
End Location:           2 NW Ottoville / Putnam County / OH
End Lat/Lon:            40.957 / -84.3606

Survey Summary:
A tornado touched down on the southeast side of Van Wert, OH
where tree and shingle damage occurred before the tornado
destroyed a two-story barn structure. The tornado might have
briefly skipped as it traversed to the northeast before causing
noticeable damage on Lincoln Hwy. The tornado then caused some
minor damage to a deer farm before destroying a pole barn. The
last noticeable damage occurred just northwest of Ottoville. As
this tornado dissipated, another tornado formed off just to its
north.

.Dupont...

Rating:                 EF2
Estimated Peak Wind:    120 mph
Path Length /statute/:  4.51 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   375 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               2

Start Date:             04/02/2025
Start Time:             11:18 PM EDT
Start Location:         1 NE Mandale / Paulding County / OH
Start Lat/Lon:          41.0261 / -84.3477

End Date:               04/02/2025
End Time:               11:22 PM EDT
End Location:           1 NE Dupont / Putnam County / OH
End Lat/Lon:            41.0679 / -84.2831

Survey Summary:
A second tornado spun up north of the decaying Van Wert tornado,
touching down in far southeast Paulding County. The tornado
severely damaged a pole barn as it moved into Putnam county. The
tornado rapidly moved northeast, hitting a well anchored mobile
homed and flipping it 60 feet away. Three occupants were in the
mobile home and two of them sustained minor injuries. It is here
that the tornado peaked at EF-2 magnitude with an estimated wind
speed of 120 mph. The tornado destroyed another well-anchored
60x120 ft pole barn, throwing its debris onto the bank of the
Auglaize River. To the northeast, it directly hit the town of
Dupont where it did widespread EF-0 to EF-1 damage throughout. The
tornado damaged several large corn silos (one that was full of
corn had the ground anchor bolts break from uplift). It is near
here where the visible damage stopped.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the events and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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