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NWUS53 KIWX 051909
LSRIWX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
309 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
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..REMARKS..
0218 PM TORNADO 2 SW DEFIANCE 41.26N 84.40W
04/04/2026 DEFIANCE OH NWS STORM SURVEY
A NWS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DETERMINED THAT AN
EF-1 RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADO WAS EMBEDDED IN A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WENT
THROUGH DEFIANCE DURING THE AFTERNOON OF
APRIL 4TH. BEGINNING ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE
OF TOWN, THE TORNADO PRODUCED SOME MINOR
SHINGLE/TREE DAMAGE. AT LEAST ONE HOME WAS
LIKELY DESTROYED DUE TO A FALLEN TREE.
SPORADIC, SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE WAS
OBSERVED THROUGH RIVERSIDE CEMETERY. THE
TORNADO THEN NEARLY PARALLELED S CLINTON ST
AS IT MOVED FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. THE
MOST IMPRESSIVE DAMAGE WAS DONE NEAR
DAVIDSON AND S. CLINTON ST WHERE SEVERAL
TRUNKS WERE SNAPPED, A BRANCH LODGED INTO A
ROOF, AND SEVERAL WOODEN TRANSMISSION LINES
WERE SNAPPED. THE CIRCULATION CONTINUED INTO
DOWNTOWN DEFIANCE, UPROOTING/SNAPPING TREES,
AND PRODUCING MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE
TO NUMEROUS BUSINESSES INCLUDING A LARGE
CHURCH, BANK, AND USPS BUILDING, AMONG
OTHERS. NOTABLE TREE DAMAGE WAS DONE AT THE
OLD FORT BEFORE THE TORNADO CROSSED THE
RIVER CONFLUENCE. VIDEO FOOTAGE FROM
RESIDENCE CONFIRMS A CIRCULATION MADE IT
ACROSS THE RIVER. WIDESPREAD ADDITIONAL TREE
AND ROOF DAMAGE WAS THEN NOTED IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS JUST NORTH OF THE MAUMEE RIVER
AND WEST OF CARPENTER RD. FINALLY, SEVERAL
TRUNKS WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED IN THE EAGLE
ROCK GOLF COURSE BEFORE THE CIRCULATION
APPEARS TO HAVE DISSIPATED.
NORMAN/BROWN
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