What the report says
A second tornado spun up north of the decaying Van Wert tornado, touching down in far southeast Paulding County. The tornado severely damaged a pole barn as it moved into Putnam county. The tornado rapidly moved northeast, hitting a well anchored mobile homed and flipping it 60 feet away. Three occupants were in the mobile home and two of them sustained minor injuries. It is here that the tornado peaked at EF-2 magnitude with an estimated wind speed of 120 mph. The tornado destroyed another well-anchored 60x120 ft pole barn, throwing its debris onto the bank of the Auglaize River. To the northeast, it directly hit the town of Dupont where it did widespread EF-0 to EF-1 damage throughout. The tornado damaged several large corn silos (one that was full of corn had the ground anchor bolts break from uplift). It is near here where the visible damage stopped. The path length of the tornado is 4.51 miles with a maximum width of 375 yards.
- Event (NWS name)
- TORNADO
- When
- Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 11:18 PM EDT
- Where
- 1 NE Mandale
- County
- Paulding County
- Measurement
- None given
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Location
- 41.03, -84.35 · map