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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
945 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2026 /845 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2026/
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 6/11/26 TORNADO EVENT
UPDATE TO REFLECT THE FULL MAGNITUDE OF THE KOUTS TORNADO, WHICH
TRACKED INTO LA PORTE COUNTY. TO BE CLEAR, EF1 DAMAGE WAS
OBSERVED IN LA PORTE COUNTY. EF3 DAMAGE OCCURRED ELSEWHERE ALONG
THE TORNADO TRACK.
KOUTS, ENDING IN LA PORTE COUNTY
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 165 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 22.28 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 450 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:48 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 WNW DE MOTTE / LAKE COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 41.2422 / -87.2768
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 08:24 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 S SOUTH WANATAH / LA PORTE COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 41.3841 / -86.9008
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A LONG-TRACK TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION
OF GRAND BOULEVARD AND CLAY STREET JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 IN
RURAL LAKE COUNTY AND CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN PORTER
COUNTY JUST NORTH OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER. DAMAGE NEAR THE BEGINNING
OF THE PATH CONSISTED OF DOWNED AND UPROOTED TREES. THE TORNADO
APPEARED TO INCREASE IN SIZE AND INTENSITY AFTER CROSSING US
HIGHWAY 231, DAMAGING THE WALLS AND ROOFING OF SEVERAL HOMES NEAR
W 1000 S JUST NORTH OF BREYFOGEL DITCH.
AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD, IT FURTHER STRENGTHENED
AND WIDENED. THE TORNADO REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF EF-3 FROM
JUST NORTH OF KOUTS TO JUST WEST OF THE PORTER AND LAPORTE COUNTY
LINE. IN THIS AREA, SEVERAL HOMES WERE DESTROYED, AND TWO SEPARATE
SETS OF HIGH TENSION POWER TRUSSES WERE SHEARED APART AND
COLLAPSED. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT SCOURING OF THE GROUND AND DAMAGE
TO CROPS IN THIS REGION, AS WELL. THE TORNADO BEGAN TO WEAKEN AS
IT CROSSED INTO LAPORTE COUNTY, WHERE DRONE FOOTAGE CONTINUED TO
SHOW SWIRL MARKS IN FIELDS AS IT TRACKED NORTHEAST AND EVENTUALLY
TURNED TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST. THE TORNADO THEN DISSIPATED
AFTER DAMAGING TREES AND RESIDENCES ALONG S 1050 W ROAD.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO LA PORTE COUNTY. A CENTER PIVOT
IRRIGATION SYSTEM WAS FLIPPED SOUTH OF W 1600 S. THE TORNADO
TOOK A QUICK TURN TO THE LEFT AS IT BEGAN TO WEAKEN. SEVERAL
RESIDENCES WERE IMPACTED ALONG S 1050 W WITH AREAS OF SNAPPED
AND UPROOTED TREES. AN ATTACHED GARAGE SUFFERED DAMAGE AS WINDS
BROKE THROUGH A GARAGE DOOR AND BLEW OUT THE BACK WALL (EAST
FACING). THE TORNADO LIFTED SHORTLY AFTER IMPACTING THESE
RESIDENCES.
GEORGETOWN, LAKE CICOTT, IN
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.84 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 09:46 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 NW GEORGETOWN / CASS COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 40.7511 / -86.5132
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 09:48 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 E LAKE CICOTT / CASS COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 40.7605 / -86.5037
SURVEY SUMMARY:
DRONE FOOTAGE FROM CASS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHOWS
EVIDENCE OF A TORNADO SOUTHEAST OF LAKE CICOTT. DOZENS, IF NOT
HUNDREDS, OF TREES WERE DAMAGED BY THE BRIEF TORNADO ALONG WITH
INSTANCES OF PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE TORNADO APPEARS TO HAVE BEGUN
OVER A WOODED AREA NEAR THE TERMINATION OF S CR 750 W (SOUTH OF W
CR 50 S). HERE, A FEW TREES WERE UPROOTED FOLLOWED BY AN AREA OF
TREES SNAPPED NEAR THE BASE. BASED ON A CONVERGENT SIGNATURE, THE
TORNADO APPEARS TO HAVE CURVED QUICKLY TO THE NORTHEAST, TAKING A
FEW ROOF PANELS OFF A NEARBY OUTBUILDING. NOW APPROACHING THE
BEND IN THE ROAD OF W CR 50 S, THE TORNADO APPEARS TO HAVE
INTENSIFIED SHARPLY WITH INTENSE DESTRUCTION AND UPROOTING OF
TREES, RESULTING IN A CLEAR CONVERGENT PATTERN. NEARBY BUILDINGS
APPEAR TO HAVE AVOIDED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. ON YET ANOTHER SHARP
JAUNT TO THE NORTH, NOW HEADED TO A FARMSTEAD, THE TORNADO
CONTINUED TO DESTROY TREES BUT ALSO DESTROYED TWO BARNS, REMOVED
PORTIONS OF ROOF OFF THREE OTHER OUTBUILDINGS, AND COMPLETELY
DESTROYED A GRAIN BIN. DEBRIS WAS GATHERED AT THE BASE OF A
NEARBY TREE LINE. ALOFT, A FEW LARGE BRANCHES APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN
SNAPPED. BEYOND THIS, TREES ARE UNTOUCHED SUGGESTING THE TORNADO
LIFTED.
ARGOS
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.83 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 60 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 10:12 PM EDT
START LOCATION: ARGOS / MARSHALL COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 41.2391 / -86.2414
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 10:15 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 NNE ARGOS / MARSHALL COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 41.2609 / -86.2234
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH
TOUCHED DOWN ON THE FAR EASTERN SIDE OF ARGOS IN MARSHALL COUNTY.
DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH WAS LARGELY CONFINED TO TREES. SPECIAL
THANKS TO THE MARSHALL COUNTY EMA FOR PROVIDING VALUABLE DRONE
FOOTAGE.
BOURBON
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.40 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 10:22 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 NE BOURBON / MARSHALL COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 41.3301 / -86.0746
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 10:27 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 5 WSW HASTINGS / KOSCIUSKO COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 41.3695 / -86.0383
SURVEY SUMMARY:
ANOTHER TORNADO, PERHAPS FROM THE SAME PARENT CIRCULATION THAT
SPAWNED THE ARGOS TORNADO, DEVELOPED ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF
BOURBON IN MARSHALL COUNTY. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN A FIELD,
WITH TREE DAMAGE OBSERVED IN THE DISTANCE JUST EAST OF BEECH ROAD
AND NORTH OF 10B ROAD. THE TORNADO RACED NORTHEASTWARD, STRIKING
A PROPERTY WHERE TWO OLD BARNS COLLAPSED AND A THIRD WAS DAMAGED.
METAL ROOFING MATERIAL WAS ALSO BLOWN OFF, AND SEVERAL TREES
SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE, CONSISTENT WITH AN EF-1 RATING. THE
TORNADO THEN CROSSED THE COUNTY LINE INTO KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, WHERE
IT IMPACTED MULTIPLE AMISH PROPERTIES. IN THIS AREA, A CAMPER WAS
FLIPPED, SEVERAL SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED, AND MAXIMUM WINDS
WERE ESTIMATED AT 90 TO 100 MPH.
TIMBERHURST, IN
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 15.50 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 11:12 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 SSE BIG LONG LAKE / LAGRANGE COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 41.5288 / -85.2302
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 11:28 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 NNE ANGOLA / STEUBEN COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 41.654 / -84.9926
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO EMBEDDED WITHIN A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPED THURSDAY NIGHT IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST LAGRANGE COUNTY.
AROUND TAYLOR LAKE AND LAKE OF THE WOODS, DAMAGE TO ELECTRICAL
POLES, ALONG WITH IMPRESSIVE TREE DAMAGE IN SPOTS, WAS DETERMINED
TO BE CONSISTENT WITH AN EF-1 RATING, WITH MAXIMUM WINDS
ESTIMATED AT 90 MPH. THE TORNADO THEN RACED NORTHEASTWARD INTO
STEUBEN COUNTY. AS THE PARENT CELL MERGED WITH ANOTHER PORTION OF
THE LINE, THE TORNADO TOOK A MORE EASTERLY TURN, IMPACTING
PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN ANGOLA. MUCH OF THE DAMAGE ALONG
THE PATH WAS INFLICTED ON TREES, SUGGESTING THE TORNADO MAY HAVE
OCCASIONALLY LIFTED OFF THE SURFACE. SPECIAL THANKS TO STEUBEN
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS
SURVEY.
ANDREWS, IN
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.83 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 10:33 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 SSW ANDREWS / HUNTINGTON COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 40.8146 / -85.6399
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 10:41 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 ENE ANDREWS / HUNTINGTON COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 40.8708 / -85.5574
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO DEVELOPED SOUTHWEST OF ANDREWS, RACING NORTHEAST TOWARD
HUNTINGTON. AT LEAST TWO PROPERTIES ON W DIVISION RD WERE
IMPACTED, AS INDICATED BY A LOSS OF SHINGLES, SIDING, AND ROOF
PANELS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DAMAGED AS WELL, INCLUDING TREES
SNAPPED. NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF W 100 N AND N 800 W, ADDITIONAL
TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED AND AN OUTBUILDING LOST SEVERAL ROOF
PANELS. ALONG W 200 N, A NUMBER OF TREES WERE DAMAGED AT ONE
PROPERTY. ACROSS THE STREET, A MOBILE HOME LOST ITS ROOF. THE
TORNADO APPEARS TO HAVE LIFTED PRIOR TO REACHING THE YAKE
SUBDIVISION, JUST SOUTH OF THE WABASH RIVER. IN THE SUBDIVISION,
ISOLATED TREE BRANCHES WERE DOWN.
.WARREN, IN, 4 MILES NORTHWEST
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.90 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 10:39 PM EDT
START LOCATION: PLEASANT PLAIN / HUNTINGTON COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 40.6993 / -85.5487
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 10:48 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 WSW PLUM TREE / HUNTINGTON COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 40.7377 / -85.408
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NORTH OF PLEASANT PLAIN, AT A RESIDENCE ON
S 500 W. HERE, NEARLY TWO DOZEN TREES WERE DAMAGED, INCLUDING
MULTIPLE TREES SNAPPED AT LEAST HALFWAY UP THEIR TRUNKS. TREE
DAMAGE APPEARED TO CONTINUE INTO A TREE LINE OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST. THROUGHOUT ITS NEARLY 8-MILE LONG PATH TO THE
NORTHEAST, SPORADIC INSTANCES OF TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED UNTIL IT
APPROACHED STATE ROUTE 5, JUST NORTHWEST OF I-69. HERE, THE
TORNADO CAUSED ALMOST TOTAL DESTRUCTION TO A NEWLY BUILT
BARNDOMINIUM. ONLY THE EASTERN WALL WAS LEFT STANDING WITH DEBRIS
LOFTED AT LEAST 100 YARDS INTO ADJACENT FIELDS. TREE DAMAGE
CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEAST OF HERE WHERE AT LEAST TWO TREE TRUNKS
WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST EAST OF I-69, ALONG S
200 E. MANY THANKS TO HUNTINGTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WHO
HELPED DOCUMENT THIS TORNADO PATH.
.HUNTINGTON, IN, 2.5 MILES NORTHEAST
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.65 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 25 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 10:44 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 NW BOWERSTOWN / HUNTINGTON COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 40.9122 / -85.4743
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 10:45 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 NW BOWERSTOWN / HUNTINGTON COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 40.9178 / -85.4644
SURVEY SUMMARY:
IN AN OPEN AREA NORTH OF US 24 AND EAST OF STATE ROUTE 9, AN
INCREDIBLY BRIEF TORNADO APPEARS TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN AND
IMPACTED A SINGLE RESIDENCE. HERE, A TWO-STORY HOME COMPLETELY
LOST ITS ROOF AND DEBRIS WAS DEPOSITED INTO ADJACENT FIELDS.
HARDLY ANY RAFTERS REMAIN AND NO ROOF DECKING IS PRESENT. INTENSE
DIRT AND INSULATION SPLATTER WAS NOTED ON THE EAST AND NORTH SIDE
OF THE HOME. ADDITIONALLY, A DETACHED GARAGE TO THE SOUTH-
SOUTHEAST OF THE HOME WAS DEMOLISHED BY THE TORNADO. A PROPERTY
LESS THEN 500 YARDS TO THE NORTHEAST WAS NOT IMPACTED, SUGGESTING
THE TORNADO QUICKLY LIFTED BEYOND 600 N.
ADAMSBORO, IN TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.49 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 09:58 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 NW ADAMSBORO / CASS COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 40.8106 / -86.2947
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 10:01 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 3 NNW ADAMSBORO / CASS COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 40.8278 / -86.2775
SURVEY SUMMARY:
DRONE FOOTAGE PROVIDED BY CASS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
CONFIRMED AN EF-1 TORNADO OCCURRED WITHIN A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST CASS COUNTY. THE TORNADO BEGAN
JUST SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 325 N BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 400 E AND
450 E WHERE THE ROOF OF A BARN WAS DAMAGED. THE TORNADO THEN
TRACKED NORTHEAST AND PRODUCED NOTICEABLE SCOURING OF CROPS. THE
TORNADO DESTROYED A 40FT POLE BARN ON COUNTY ROAD 375 N AND
CAUSED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE ROOFS OF BARNS ALONG COUNTY ROAD
500 E. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED BY COUNTY ROAD 425 N WHERE SOME
MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED.
PLYMOUTH, IN
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.73 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 125 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 10:11 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 ENE PLYMOUTH / MARSHALL COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 41.3516 / -86.2623
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 10:12 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 3 ENE PLYMOUTH / MARSHALL COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 41.3599 / -86.2536
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A BRIEF TORNADO SPUN UP SOUTH OF 8A ON KING RD, UPROOTING OR
SNAPPING MULTIPLE TREES AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO A BARN. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHEAST, FLIPPING A CENTER PIVOT BEFORE ENTERING A
GROVE OF TREES CAUSING SEVERAL SNAPPED TREES. THE CIRCULATION
MOVED QUICKLY NORTHEAST, KNOCKING DOWN A FEW MORE TREES NORTH OF
8A RD. THE TORNADO QUICKLY LIFTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 8A RD
AFTER DOING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A BARN.
WABASH, IN TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.66 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 110 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 2
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 10:22 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 SSW WABASH / WABASH COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 40.7671 / -85.8551
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 10:27 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 W SERVIA / WABASH COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 40.8005 / -85.7805
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE VICINITY OF W 400 S AND S 300 W ON
THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF WABASH. AT THIS LOCATION, A NUMBER OF WOOD
POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED AT THE BASE. THE TORNADO THEN RACED
NORTHEAST TO GLENDALE DR., MCKIBBEN ST., AND BARKLEY DR. IN
WABASH WHERE A NUMBER OF HOMES OF DAMAGED. HOMES LOST SHINGLES OR
EVEN PORTIONS OF THE ROOF DECKING. DEBRIS WAS LOFTED INTO NEARBY
TREE LINES. ONE DUAL-AXLE FIFTH-WHEEL CAMPER WAS TIPPED OVER.
INSULATION AND DIRT SPLATTER WAS NOTED AT A FEW DIFFERENT HOMES.
BEYOND BERKLEY DR., DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO INSTANCES OF SMALL
LIMBS DOWN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. FARTHER NORTHEAST, IN THE
VICINITY OF LAFOUNTAINE AVE AND W WATERWORKS RD., AN OUTBUILDING
WAS DESTROYED WHEN ITS SOUTH-FACING DOOR APPEARED TO BE BLOWN, IN
RESULTING IN A COLLAPSE OF WALLS AND LOSS OF ROOF PANELS. THE
TORNADO REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY AS IT MOVED OVER PROPERTIES ON
W WATER WORKS ROAD. HERE, TWO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AS HOMES
LOST WINDOWS AND ROOF DECKING, AND A MANUFACTURED HOME WAS
SHIFTED SEVERAL FEET OFF ITS FOUNDATION. DIRT AND INSULATION
SPLATTER WAS NOTED IN THESE AREAS. BEYOND S MERIDIAN RD., DAMAGE
WAS ONCE AGAIN LIMITED TO INSTANCES OF TREES OR BRANCHES DOWN.
POWERLINES WERE DOWN NEAR E BAUMBAUER RD, WHERE THE TORNADO
APPEARS TO HAVE LIFTED.
BRISTOL, IN TORNADO
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.22 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 10:46 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 ENE ELKHART / ELKHART COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 41.7094 / -85.904
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 10:50 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 WSW BRISTOL / ELKHART COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 41.7167 / -85.8638
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT AN EF-2
TORNADO OCCURRED IN ASSOCIATION WITH A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS NORTHERN ELKHART COUNTY. THE PATH OF THE TORNADO BEGAN IN THE
COUNTY ROAD 15 AND BAINBRIDGE DRIVE AREA JUST WEST OF BRISTOL, IN
WHERE SOME MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE TO HOMES WAS OBSERVED ALONG WITH SOME
UPROOTED TREES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS OPEN FIELDS,
AND THEN REACHED THE HYDE PARK DRIVE AND STANFORD DRIVE AREAS WHERE
ADDITIONAL TREES WERE UPROOTED. A RESIDENCE ON HYDE PARK DRIVE SUSTAINED
A COMPLETE LOSS OF A GARAGE WITH ACCOMPANYING SIGNIFICANT RESULTANT ROOF
DAMAGE. ONE INJURY WAS REPORTED AT THIS RESIDENCE. A SMALL SHED WAS ALSO
MOVED OFF ITS BASE AT THIS SAME RESIDENCE ON HYDE PARK DRIVE. ANOTHER
RESIDENCE ON STANFORD DRIVE SUFFERED A NEAR COMPLETE LOSS OF ITS ROOF.
THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED A FIELD AS IT APPROACHED THE PHEASANT RIDGE
SUBDIVISION AND RESULTED IN SEVERAL SNAPPED TREES ALONG A TREE LINE.
SEVERAL LARGE TREE BRANCHES AND ADDITIONAL UPROOTED TREES WERE NOTED IN
THE PHEASANT RIDGE SUBDIVISION ON FOLKSTONE COURT. SOME MINOR SHINGLE
DAMAGE WAS ALSO OBSERVED TO A RESIDENCE ON FOLKSTONE COURT. THE TORNADO
ALSO RESULTED IN LARGE TREES DOWNED ON COUNTY ROAD 19 TO THE IMMEDIATE
EAST OF PHEASANT RIDGE DRIVE. THE END OF THE TORNADO PATCH APPEARED TO BE
JUST EAST OF COUNTY ROAD 19 AFFECTING THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE DRIVE AND
SONGBIRD WAY VICINITY WHERE SOME SMALL BRANCHES WERE DOWNED. THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ELKHART EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE
BRISTOL FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THE OSOLO FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR A GREAT DEAL
OF ASSISTANCE WITH THIS SURVEY.
BALBEC, IN TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.14 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 11:00 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 SSW BALBEC / JAY COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 40.5144 / -85.1644
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 11:02 PM EDT
END LOCATION: BALBEC / JAY COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 40.5256 / -85.1486
SURVEY SUMMARY:
DRONE FOOTAGE PROVIDED BY JAY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
CONFIRMED A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO OCCURRED WITHIN A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST JAY COUNTY. THE TORNADO BEGAN JUST
SOUTH OF 550 N WHERE A BARN HAD THE ROOF BLOWN OFF. THERE WAS
ALSO SOME ROOF DAMAGE TO A NEARBY HOUSE AND SEVERAL TREES WERE
SNAPPED OFF. DEBRIS WAS LOFTED WELL NORTHEAST INTO THE NEARBY
FIELDS. DEBRIS WAS OBSERVED ALL THE WAY TO STATE ROAD 1 WHERE
ADDITIONAL MINOR TREE AND ROOF DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. THE TORNADO
DISSIPATED SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING STATE ROAD 1.
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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