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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
933 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2026 /741 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2026/
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/11/2026 TORNADO EVENT
UPDATE
CORRECTED END DATE OF WABASH TORNADO.
.A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED SOME EMBEDDED TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE DURING THE LATE EVENING THURSDAY JUNE 11TH.
ADDITIONAL SURVEYS WILL BE CONDUCTED TOMORROW. UPDATED INFORMATION
WILL BE POSTED HERE AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
IN ADDITION TO THE FIVE TORNADOES BELOW, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SURVEY CONFIRMED EF-3 DAMAGE IN KOUTS, INDIANA (PORTER COUNTY).
THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO LA PORTE COUNTY BUT WEAKENED AS IT DID
SO. ADDITIONAL DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED THIS WEEKEND.
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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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