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EF0 tornado in Switzerland County, Indiana

Tornado June 18, 2026 · Switzerland County, Indiana

EF0

Rating

9.7 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

$200K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Switzerland County → Carroll County, Kentucky; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 first sign of tornadic damage was just east of Patton Hollow Road where numerous trees were damaged. The tornado continued southeast, with notable damage at two properties located off of East State Route 56. Several large, hardwood trees were uprooted and/or snapped at the base. Additionally, both of these homes observed a substantial loss of roofing materials, as well as damage to their wooden porches.

The tornado crossed the Ohio River, moving into Carroll County, Kentucky at 0246EST, about 2.2 miles east-northeast of Lamb. The tornado moved southeast and eventually ended at 0256EST, along Ghent Eagle S., Briar Fork, and Indian Creek Roads, about two miles west of Sanders.

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 Braytown (38.7049, -85.1592).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Dearborn County EF2 Franklin County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1340874. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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