Home / Indiana / Franklin

EF2 tornado in Franklin County, Indiana

Tornado June 18, 2026 · Franklin County, Indiana

EF2

Rating

7.6 mi

Whole path

400 yd

Path width

$251K

Damage as recorded

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

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 first evidence of tornado damage occurred along Gobblers Knob Road, where some trees were damaged. Additional damage was found on Seeley Road, where large tree limbs were knocked down. The tornado moved east, producing more tree damage along Johnson Fork Road. The tornado strengthened as it moved into Drewersburg, producing more significant tree damage along Welsh Drive and Drewersburg Road. One single family home along Welsh Road had its roof completely lifted off with collapse of some exterior walls.

Winds that produced this damage were estimated to be around 125 mph, which corresponds to an EF-2 rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The tornado continued east, where a roof was lifted off of a home on Drewersburg Road.

The tornado curved southeast as it moved onto State Line Road, blowing some large tree limbs down. The tornado weakened to EF-0 intensity as it moved into Butler County, Ohio, at 0030EST, about a half mile north of Drewersburg. The tornado continued southeast into Butler County, Ohio, before dissipating at 0033EST near Schradin Road, five miles northeast of Harrison, Ohio.

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 South Gate (39.3412, -84.9296).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Dearborn County EF1 Switzerland County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1340872. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.