EF0 Tornado — Tippecanoe, Indiana

2025-06-18 · near West Pt, Tippecanoe, Indiana

Event narrative

The first tornado of the event impacted mostly trees in a valley before moving up a hill and crossing 850W. A home in the path suffered very minor damage with the tornado dissipating in a field just south of 200S. Tornado had a peak wind of 80 mph.

Wider weather episode

A slowly-approaching cold front focused buoyant low levels, low cloud bases, and sufficient low level shear into the western Midwest on the 18th. A long and bowed squall line strengthened over Illinois during the early afternoon, tracking into Indiana where embedded severe cells extended, by mid-afternoon, from almost South Bend to Evansville. The line steadily crossed central Indiana, exiting the region by early evening. Associated scattered wind damage occurred in 32 of the region's 39 counties, with winds measured to 65 mph or greater in 6 counties, and gusts of 71 mph or greater observed in Owen County and at both the Indianapolis and Muncie ASOS. Large hail was limited to Madison County where it was reported as large as 1.50 inches. Early in the episode, two, brief EF0 tornaodes were spawned in Tippecanoe County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1270278. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.