A low pressure center tracking across the Great Lakes and its associated cold front extending across the Southern Plains will focus occasional showers and thunderstorms through tonight. A few of these thunderstorms may become severe alongside heavy rainfall that may cause flash flooding; Portions of the Southern Plains would be the greatest threat for these hazards through tonight. Read More >
Northern Indiana
Weather Forecast Office
Huntington and Wells County Tornado
July 4, 2003
During the late afternoon of Friday July 4, 2003 a tornado affected areas of extreme eastern Huntington county and west central Wells county. On Saturday July 5 a damage assessment team from the National Weather Service Forecast office in Northern Indiana conducted a survey of possible tornado damage. The survey team confirmed that the damage was caused by a tornado, with a preliminary intensity rating of F1. An F1 tornado produces winds of 73 to 112 mph. An 8.5 mile long damage path was found, beginning in extreme eastern Huntington county about 2 miles southeast of Plum Tree. The path then extended southeast into Wells county, where the tornado lifted about 3 miles south of Liberty Center. Several residences and barns sustained extensive damage from the tornado, and numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. Two high voltage power towers were destroyed. No deaths or injuries have been reported with this storm.
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