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EF0 tornado in Jay County, Indiana

Tornado June 11, 2026 · Jay County, Indiana

EF0
Rating
1.1 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

Drone footage provided by Jay County Emergency Management confirmed a brief EF-0 tornado occurred within a line of severe thunderstorms across northwest Jay County. The tornado began just south of 550 N where a barn had the roof blown off. There was also some roof damage to a nearby house and several trees were snapped off. Debris was lofted well northeast into the nearby fields. Debris was observed all the way to State Road 1 where additional minor tree and roof damage was observed. The tornado dissipated shortly after crossing State Road 1.

The wider storm

A squall line raced through northern Indiana and spawned numerous tornadoes. Most tornadoes were narrow and lasted less then 10 minutes. Additional areas of straight line wind damage were noted as well.

Began near Pennville (40.5144, -85.1644).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

13 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF3 La Porte CountyEF2 Elkhart CountyEF1 Lagrange CountyEF1 Lagrange CountyEF1 Marshall CountyEF1 Marshall CountyEF1 Marshall CountyEF1 Cass CountyEF1 Cass CountyEF1 Wabash CountyEF1 Huntington CountyEF1 Huntington CountyEF1 Huntington County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1335206. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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