From the northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
910 PM EST MON NOV 18 2013 /810 PM CST MON NOV 18 2013/
...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN VAN WERT COUNTY...
...EF2 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN PUTNAM COUNTY...
ALL INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TRACKED EAST ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA SUNDAY
AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 17. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA. NWS DAMAGE SURVEY TEAMS TRAVELED ACROSS THE REGION
TO SURVEY AREAS OF EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE RESULTS OF SOME OF THE
SURVEYS ARE BELOW.
...TORNADO /VAN WERT COUNTY OH/...
RATING: EF-1
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 100 MPH
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH: 150 YARDS
PATH LENGTH: APPROX. 2 MILES
START TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 447 PM EST
END TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 449 PM EST
LOCATION: TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ABOUT 0.3 MILES SOUTH OF ELM SUGAR
ROAD AND DONER ROAD INTERSECTION AND LIFTED JUST SOUTH OF THE
PAULDING COUNTY/VAN WERT COUNTY LINE TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF CONVERSE ROSELM AND KIDNER ROADS.
DESCRIPTION: THE TORNADO PATH WILL BE POSTED TO OUR
WEBPAGE...FACEBOOK PAGE...AND TWITTER PROFILE ON TUESDAY.
...TORNADO /PAULDING COUNTY OH AND PUTNAM COUNTY OH/...
RATING: EF-2
PATH LENGTH: 8 MILES
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 130 MPH
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH: 440 YARDS
START TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 451 PM EST
END TIME: ESTIMATED AROUND 459 PM EST
LOCATION: TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ABOUT 0.25 MILES SOUTH OF THE
INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 66 AND COUNTY LINE ROAD IN SOUTHEAST PAULDING
COUNTY AND LIFTED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLOVERDALE IN WEST
CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY.
DESCRIPTION: THE TORNADO PATH WILL BE POSTED TO OUR
WEBPAGE...FACEBOOK PAGE...AND TWITTER PROFILE ON TUESDAY.