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EF1 tornado in Ohio County, Indiana

Tornado June 17, 2026 · Ohio County, Indiana

EF1
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 → Ohio County → Boone County, Kentucky; 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 EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 at 2314EST on Texas Gas Road, about 4 miles east of Dillsboro. It moved east and crossed Laughery Creek as it entered Ohio County at 2317EST, about 2.8 miles southeast of Dillsboro. The tornado then moved across Laughery Creek, producing significant tree damage along and near Laughery Creek and in wooded areas along Hartford Pike, where numerous trees were snapped. Along Holmes Hill Road, more tree damage was observed along with the roof being lifted off an outbuilding. On Thuermer Hollow Road, more trees were damaged and a roof was lifted off a barn. Along State Route 56, additional roof damage to a barn and damage to large healthy trees were noted. Farther east on the Indiana side of the Ohio River, numerous trees were knocked down at a campground. The tornado crossed the Ohio River and entered into Boone County, Kentucky at 2325EST before it dissipated at at 2326EST, just across the Ohio River along Belleview Road.

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 Hartford (39.0080, -84.9310).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1339298. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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