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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
929 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
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..REMARKS..
0958 PM TORNADO 2 NW ADAMSBORO 40.81N 86.29W
06/11/2026 CASS IN NWS STORM SURVEY
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.
1011 PM TORNADO 3 E PLYMOUTH 41.35N 86.26W
06/11/2026 MARSHALL IN NWS STORM SURVEY
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.
1022 PM TORNADO 3 SW WABASH 40.77N 85.85W
06/11/2026 WABASH IN NWS STORM SURVEY
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.
1046 PM TORNADO 4 ENE ELKHART 41.71N 85.90W
06/11/2026 ELKHART IN NWS STORM SURVEY
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.
1100 PM TORNADO 1 SW BALBEC 40.52N 85.16W
06/11/2026 JAY IN NWS STORM SURVEY
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.
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