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EF2 tornado in Jefferson County, Indiana

Tornado June 18, 2026 · Jefferson County, Indiana

EF2

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 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 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 exited Scott County and continued into western Jefferson County along Henry Road where the tornado gained size and strength. Several farms north of Henry Road had barns totally destroyed with extensive tree damage. Some residences also were completely demolished. Max sustained winds of EF2 120 mph occurred north of the Republican, Kent, and Hanover communities to the west of Madison. The tornado dropped over the cliff past state road 56 toward Clifty Creek Generating Station, where the tornado gained strength. The maximum winds for the entire tornado occurred at the power plant at EF2 130 mph. At this location, a steel electrical transmission line was completely toppled and mangled. The power lines dropped into the Ohio River and closed river traffic at Madison Indiana due to this tornado. In Jefferson County, at least

one injury was reported and at least 6 cattle were killed from the tornado before the tornado crossed the Ohio River into Trimble County, Kentucky.

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 Deputy (38.7530, -85.6836).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1357846. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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