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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1111 AM EDT WED AUG 19 2026 /1011 AM CDT WED AUG 19 2026/
...UPDATED: NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 08/11/26 TORNADO EVENT IN JAY COUNTY...
UPDATE
UPDATED INFORMATION ON TORNADO EVENT IN SOUTHERN JAY COUNTY ON 08/11/26.
SOUTHERNJAY
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 65 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.61 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 15 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 08/11/2026
START TIME: 07:58 AM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 S BOUNDARY CITY / JAY COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 40.3137 / -84.9259
END DATE: 08/11/2026
END TIME: 08:00 AM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 SSE BOUNDARY CITY / JAY COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 40.3096 / -84.9158
SURVEY SUMMARY:
JAY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOUND A NARROW DAMAGE PATH
THROUGH A MATURE SOYBEAN CROP AS THEY WERE TRAVELING ON S 350 E
IN EXTREME SOUTHERN JAY COUNTY. THIS CROP DAMAGE SEEMED TO BE
GOING FROM NW TO SE. AN ORIGINAL SHORT EF-U TORNADO WAS
DESIGNATED AS THERE WAS ORIGINALLY NO EVIDENCE OF THIS TORNADO
HITTING ONE OF THE DESIGNATED DAMAGE INDICATORS. DUE TO IMPROVING
WEATHER, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WAS ABLE TO GET THEIR DRONE UP AND
FOUND CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THE TORNADO BEGAN FARTHER TO THE
NORTHWEST IN ANOTHER FIELD OF CROPS. IT TRAVERSED SOUTHEAST,
COMING VERY CLOSE TO A PROPERTY WHICH IS LOCATED ALONG THE COUNTY
BOUNDARY. IT IS IN THIS AREA THAT THE TORNADO WAS LIKELY THE
WIDEST AND MOST INTENSE BASED ON CROP DAMAGE. IT THEN CROSSED S
300 E AND CONTINUED SOUTHEAST. IT APPEARS TO HAVE STRUCK A SMALL
CLUSTER OF TREES WHERE IT BROKE SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS, EARNING THE
DESIGNATION OF AN EF-0. IT QUICKLY TERMINATED AFTER THAT BEFORE
REACHING THE COUNTY BOUNDARY ROAD. SPECIAL THANKS TO JAY COUNTY'S
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE ASSISTANCE IN DOCUMENTING
THIS STORM.
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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