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EF0 tornado in Lake County, Indiana

Tornado June 11, 2026 · Lake County, Indiana

EF0
Rating
4.1 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

A tornado with estimated peak winds of 80 mph touched down along W 151st Avenue west of Parrish Avenue where video showed the tornado forming. The tornado moved through the Lynnsway subdivision on the southwest side of Cedar Lake where it caused roofing and siding damage to multiple houses and lofted trash cans and outdoor furniture into the air. The tornado moved northeast producing sporadic tree damage across the south side of Cedar Lake. The tornado ended near the Pheasant Valley Country Club.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Indiana during the afternoon and evening of June 11th producing wind damage, localized flooding and several tornadoes.

Began near Creston (41.3445, -87.4586).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Lake CountyEF2 Lake CountyEF1 Benton CountyEF0 Lake CountyEF0 Newton CountyEF0 Newton County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1342270. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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