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NWUS53 KIWX 130232
LSRIWX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1032 PM EDT THU MAR 12 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0735 AM TORNADO 2 WSW VERA CRUZ 40.69N 85.11W
03/11/2026 WELLS IN NWS STORM SURVEY
A WEAK CIRCULATION TOUCHED DOWN IN AN OPEN
FIELD SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF CR S
600 E AND E 350 S. THE TORNADO MOVED
NORTHEAST CAUSING DAMAGE TO A POLE BARN
WHICH LOST ITS ROOF AS WELL AS HAD LEANING
WALLS. DEBRIS IMPACTED AN ADJACENT POLE BARN
WITH THE PIECES OF METAL BEING CARRIED
DOWNSTREAM INTO A YARD JUST TO THE EAST OF
THE ABOVE NOTED INTERSECTION. THE
CIRCULATION CONTINUED ACROSS MAINLY
UNPLANTED FIELDS, BUT DRONE IMAGERY
INDICATED A NARROW AREA OF VERY LIGHT
SCOURING IN THE FIELD AND INFLOW INTO THE
TORNADO. A TREE FELL ONTO SR 116 NEAR E 300
S, WHICH A CAR RAN INTO TO. IT THEN
CONTINUED NORTHEAST BEFORE LIFTING NEAR THE
COUNTY LINE AT S 700 W-1. A SMALL GARAGE WAS
SHIFTED OFF ITS FOUNDATION AS THE GARAGE
DOOR WAS IMPACTED BY THE WINDS AS IT
DISSIPATED.
0916 AM TORNADO 2 S REDKEY 40.32N 85.15W
03/11/2026 JAY IN NWS STORM SURVEY
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF CR W 800 S
AND WEST OF SR 1, CROSSING THE ROAD AND
SNAPPING 3 POWER POLES. ON THE NORTHERN
EDGE, A BARN SUFFERED DOOR DAMAGE, A FEW
DOWNED TREES AND DAMAGE TO A GREENHOUSE. THE
TORNADO MOVED NE, CROSSING W 800 S AND
CAUSING ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME AS WELL AS
SOME TREE DAMAGE ON A FEW PROPERTIES. AS IT
WAS PASSING NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF
CR W 800 S AND S 700 W, IT CAUSED ROOF
DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF A POLE BARN WITH
DEBRIS BEING CARRIED ROUGHLY 350 YARDS TO
THE EAST. THE FINAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED AT 2
ANIMAL BARNS ON S 600 W WHERE ROOF LOST WAS
NOTED, THE MOST EXTENSIVE BEING ON THE WEST
SIDE OF S 600 W WHERE THE METAL ROOFING WAS
CARRIED INTO AN ADJACENT FIELD. NO DAMAGE
WAS NOTED BEYOND THIS AREA.
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