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NWUS53 KIWX 190032
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
832 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
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1042 PM TORNADO 2 NE ELKHART 41.71N 85.93W
06/11/2026 ELKHART IN NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 1 INJ ***
CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 3 NE
ELKHART FOR AN INJURY. CORRECTION TO THE
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BRISTOL, IN TORNADO TO
EXPAND THE TRACK BOTH WEST AND EAST. 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. ALONG THE PATH, SHINGLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES WAS OBSERVED ALONG WITH UPROOTED
TREES. LATER IN ITS TRACK, THE TORNADO
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. 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.
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