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EF0 tornado in Wells County, Indiana

Tornado March 11, 2026 · Wells County, Indiana

EF0

Rating

2.6 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 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

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.

The wider storm

A strong cold front swept through on March 11th, causing temperatures to plummet from the 60s into the 30s. A squall line (QLCS) developed ahead of the front, bringing damaging winds and embedded tornadoes to Wells and Jay counties in eastern Indiana.

Began near Vera Cruz (40.6983, -85.1116).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Jay County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1324003. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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