WARSAW, Ind. (WOWO): Officials with the National Weather Service in northern Indiana have confirmed that a low end EF-1 tornado touched down in Warsaw Monday.
Today, members of our team surveyed storm damage in Warsaw, IN. The survey concluded that an EF-1 tornado with 90-mph winds occurred Monday night. https://t.co/DvR4gNlwjE
— NWS Northern Indiana (@NWSIWX) August 7, 2018
Tuesday morning teams surveyed the storm damage from Monday night’s severe weather. They discovered the tornado hit just southeast of Pike Lake around 8:27 p.m., and then tracked rapidly eastward. The tornado reached 90 mph winds and then lifted around 8:34 p.m., 5.2 miles east of downtown Warsaw.
Numerous trees were damaged, cars were impacted by flying debris and several power poles were snapped.
EF SCALE:
EF0…WEAK……65 TO 85 MPH
EF1…WEAK……86 TO 110 MPH
EF2…STRONG….111 TO 135 MPH
EF3…STRONG….136 TO 165 MPH
EF4…VIOLENT…166 TO 200 MPH
EF5…VIOLENT…>200 MPH
