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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
300 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2026 /200 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2026/
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/04/2026 TORNADO EVENT
EMBEDDED WITHIN A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS, A NWS STORM
DAMAGE SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF1 TORNADO OCCURRED IN
DEFIANCE, OH.
DEFIANCE
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.08 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 225 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/04/2026
START TIME: 02:18 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 SW DEFIANCE / DEFIANCE COUNTY / OH
START LAT/LON: 41.2564 / -84.3956
END DATE: 04/04/2026
END TIME: 02:24 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 NE DEFIANCE / DEFIANCE COUNTY / OH
END LAT/LON: 41.296 / -84.3392
SURVEY SUMMARY:
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.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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