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EF0 tornado in Boone County, Kentucky

Tornado June 17, 2026 · Boone County, Kentucky

EF0

Rating

13.2 mi

Whole path

450 yd

Path width

$350K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Dearborn County, Indiana → Ohio County, Indiana → Boone County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 450 yards (0.26 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

The tornado developed in Dearborn County, Indiana, at 2314EST on Texas Gas Road, about four miles east of Dillsboro. It moved east across Ohio County, Indiana, before crossing the Ohio River as it entered into Boone County at 2325EST. The last observed damage from this tornado was noted on Belleview Road, where large tree branches were snapped. The tornado quickly weakened and dissipated.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed during the evening hours and continued into the overnight hours as a low pressure system moved through the Ohio Valley.

Began near Belleview (39.0010, -84.8490).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Mason County EF1 Boone County EF1 Switzerland County EF1 Grant County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1339291. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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