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EF1 tornado in Scott County, Indiana

Tornado June 18, 2026 · Scott County, Indiana

EF1

Rating

23.1 mi

Whole path

1,000 yd

Path width

Injury

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,000 yards (0.57 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 National Weather Service completed a storm survey and determined that a tornado occurred during the early morning hours on June 18, 2026 in Scott County and Jefferson County Indiana and then crossed the river into Trimble County Kentucky. The tornado was 1000 yards wide and 23.62 miles in length. Maximum winds were

EF2 130 mph.

The tornado first touched down on the northeast side of Austin, Indiana near the community park. Several trees were damaged with twisted tops or brought down entirely in the park. Some fencing and bleacher damage was also observed at the ball fields. The tornado continued across rural portions of Scott county just north of state road 256 with tree damage along the way. The most notable damage started occurring in extreme eastern Scott county north of Wooster along Blanton Road. Drone footage had shown a clear path in the woods of extensive tree damage with several house structures also having damage south of Hardy Lake. High end EF1 winds around 110 mph began here before the tornado crossed into Jefferson County.

The wider storm

A Mesoscale Convective System moved across the Ohio Valley on the night of June 17th, 2026 and the morning of June 18th, 2026. Supercells congealed into a line of storms as it moved south into southern Indiana and northern Kentucky. These storms brought severe winds and a few tornadoes to the area. Additionally, long residence time of heavy rainfall lead to flash flooding that lasted through most of the day on June 18th, 2026.

Began near Austin (38.7527, -85.8006).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1357841. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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