EF1 tornado in Benton County, Indiana

A tornado with estimated peak winds of 95 mph touched down between W 700 S Road and Farrell Ditch, just west of S 500 W Road. The tornado damaged a barn and peeled shingles off of a house along S 400 W Road. Sheet metal from the barn was blown into a field several hundred feet to the east. Tree damage occurred as the tornado crossed Route 41. A barn was blown down and at least 5 utility poles were blown down as the tornado crossed S 200 W Road. The tornado turned northeast and blew the press box off of bleachers into a utility pole at a race track. The tornado was likely at peak intensity as it moved through the unincorporated community of Chase were a grain elevator and multiple associated grain bins were destroyed and a couple of tree trunks were snapped. The tornado turned east northeast snapping multiple rows of utility poles from Meridian Road to S 200 E Road and downing another set of power poles in Atkinson. As the tornado reached E 200 S and S 600 E Roads, it blew down more utility poles and a few trees. The roof, chimney and gutters of a house were damaged. A chicken coup was blown into a field, killing 30 chickens. The tornado ended just northeast of the intersection of E 200 S Road and S 600 E Road.

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