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EF0 tornado in Starke County, Indiana

Tornado March 10, 2026 · Starke County, Indiana

EF0

Rating

0.7 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$35K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Video obtained from storm chasers claiming to be on the south-

southeast side of the parent mesocyclone clearly show two

distinct tornadoes occurring at the same time. One larger circulation

with numerous power flashes, with a smaller 2nd circulation off to

the southwest. Based on the unusual damage path that the NWS damage

assessment uncovered, this aligns with the idea that a small,

short-lived circulation formed on the southern periphery of the

large wedge tornado, producing brief EF-0 damage before dissipating.

The wider storm

On the evening of March 10th, a discrete supercell moved from Illinois into northwest Indiana. It produced an EF-2 tornado in Starke County with maximum winds of 115 mph, prompting a rare Tornado Emergency for the area near Knox, IN. Following the initial supercell, a line of storms moved through on the morning of March 11th. Training storms produced significant rainfall between 1 and 3, with localized amounts reaching 4-5, resulting in Flash Flood Warnings and Flood Advisories.

Began near Toto (41.2655, -86.7473).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Starke County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1317748. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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