Five tornadoes confirmed across the Wabash Valley from Wednesday storms
WABASH VALLEY (WTWO/WAWV) — The National Weather Service (NWS) has confirmed that five tornadoes touched down across the Wabash Valley during Wednesday's severe weather outbreak.
Suffering significant damage was New Goshen in northern Vigo County. NWS has confirmed a high-end EF-1 tornado touched down around 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday with estimated peak wind speed of 110 mph.
According to the NWS survey, a narrow tornado began at the Illinois-Indiana state line and tracked east-northeast toward West New Goshen. The tornado then made a turn through New Goshen producing a high-end EF-1 tornado, damaging multiple structures and homes.
A second EF-1 tornado touched down in Parke County at approximately 8:25 p.m. on Wednesday. NWS confirms the tornado began in a rural field just east of Numa damaging a home and two other properties. Damage from the storm was scattered in southeastern parts of Parke County. The tornado continued into Coxville, before passing Catlin. Thankfully, most of the area is rural with only tree damage being observed.
RELATED: New Goshen community suffers damage, power outages from storm
Later in the evening, a confirmed EF-0 touched down near Bedford in Lawrence County with estimated wind speeds of 80 mph. The National Weather says a brief tornado damaged a pole barn near the intersection of State Route 446 and Mundell Church Road. Also, two 2x4s were embedded into the ground.
In Illinois, the National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-1 touched down in Effingham County near the Indiana state line. The NWS survey was conducted near the I-70 corridor, with updates to become available at a later date.
Most of structural damage was near the start of the tornado track, along N 500th Street, and a half mile north of E. 700th Ave. The tornado produced an estimated wind speed of 105 mph, with one home losing a portion of its roof.
In Edgar County, the National Weather Service Office reports an EF-1 tornado touched down on the Edgar County line and moved northeast, that ended up impacting the New Goshen area.
Historically Wednesday, April 2nd marks the third most severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings issued by all National Weather Service offices across the United States.
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