Three tornadoes confirmed across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio from April 2 storms
Apr 03, 2025
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - National Weather Service Northern Indiana storm survey teams analyzed storm damage Thursday after our Wednesday severe storms. Their analysis confirms 3 tornadoes moved across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio.
Here are the excerpts from their report:
Tornado #1:
Wednesday's first tornado in northeast Indiana moved from Marshall County into Kosciusko County.
A survey of damage revealed a tornado touched down southeast ofRutland on SR-10 and tracked quickly northeast. The tornado movedover numerous empty fields but also impacted several wooded areasas well as snapped or uprooted trees on private property. Thetornado entered Bourbon and reached peak intensity on thenortheast side of town in the area of Crocus Ct and Rose Lanewhere several homes suffered extensive roof damage. Debris wasthrown 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.Tornado #2:
Wednesday's second tornado started in Van Wert County and traveled to Putnam County.
A tornado touched down on the southeast side of Van Wert, OHwhere tree and shingle damage occurred before the tornadodestroyed a two-story barn structure. The tornado might havebriefly skipped as it traversed to the northeast before causingnoticeable damage on Lincoln Hwy. The tornado then caused someminor damage to a deer farm before destroying a pole barn. Thelast noticeable damage occurred just northwest of Ottoville. Asthis tornado dissipated, another tornado formed off just to itsnorth.Tornado #3:
The third tornado traveled from Paulding County into Putnam County.
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. ...read more read less