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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Louisville, KY

June 21, 2026Orange County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2026, 8:11 PM EDT for Orange County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2026, 8:11 PM EDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2026, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Orange County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 8:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ese Leipsic, INBarn damage reported near Liepsic off North County Road 600 East.
Jun 21, 8:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ese Leipsic, INBarn damage reported near Liepsic off North County Road 600 East.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 21, 5:43 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 246 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2026-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2026-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1335 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

365 
WFUS53 KLMK 220011
TORLMK
INC117-220100-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0020.260622T0011Z-260622T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
811 PM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Orange County in south central Indiana...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 811 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Shoals, moving southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Paoli around 840 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Bromer, Leipsic, Woodlawn Grove, Braxtons Siding, Orangeville, Bonds,
Chambersburg, Syria, Mahan Crossing, and Stampers Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3869 8631 3858 8631 3847 8640 3858 8668
      3869 8668
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 291DEG 32KT 3872 8676 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Webb
2 follow-up statements
353 
WWUS53 KLMK 220041
SVSLMK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
841 PM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

INC117-220100-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-260622T0100Z/
Orange IN-
841 PM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY...

At 841 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles north of Paoli, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Orange County, including the following locations...
Bromer, Mahan Crossing, Leipsic, Stampers Creek, Woodlawn Grove,
Orleans, and Syria.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3860 8655 3869 8650 3869 8631 3858 8631
      3853 8635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 284DEG 31KT 3867 8644 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Webb
676 
WWUS53 KLMK 220056
SVSLMK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
856 PM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

INC117-220106-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-260622T0100Z/
Orange IN-
856 PM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
900 PM EDT...

The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However, heavy
rain is still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for south
central Indiana.

&&

LAT...LON 3860 8655 3869 8650 3869 8631 3858 8631
      3853 8635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 291DEG 32KT 3863 8630 

$$

Webb

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 21, 7:51 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • * Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible this evening into tonight. Damaging winds, isolated tornadoes, and flash flooding are the main threats.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 7:51 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Louisville KY
751 PM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

...Updated Aviatin Discussion...

.KEY MESSAGES...

* Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible this evening into
  tonight. Damaging winds, isolated tornadoes, and flash flooding
  are the main threats.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
Issued at 355 PM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

Ahead of a surface low, currently over northern Missouri, is an area
of convection stretching from St. Louis up through Peoria. Into the
overnight, this low will get pushed towards central Indiana by
junkie zonal flow and is expected to push the line of convection
towards southern Indiana and central Kentucky.

Ahead of the line, in southern Illinois and far western Kentucky dew
points are in the mid 70s. They taper off into the mid 60s over
southern Indiana and central Kentucky. Temperatures over the CWA are
in the low to mid 80s but will continue increasing a few degrees
being lifted by southern winds and mostly clear skies ahead of the
system.

Model agreement has improved greatly from 24 hours ago. CAMs have
the main line entering our southwestern Indiana counties around 23-
00z and continuing to push east and south through the CWA tonight.
This is entering an environment with crazy high precipitable water
values of 1.8 to 2.25+ inches. Anything near 2 inches is a lot and
has to put flash flooding concerns on the mind, so any place that
sees training storms, multiple waves, or slow moving storms could
pick up multiple inches in a short amount of time. Our 6 hours Flash
Flood Guidance ranges from 2.5 to 6 inches over southern Indiana and
central Kentucky with our southwestern counties, near Bowling Green,
being able to take that higher amount. Where we have the Flood Watch
in Indiana is closer to the low and where the higher chances
currently are for flooding. The flooding threat may end up being the
greatest threat this evening/tonight.

On the severe weather side, model soundings and hodographs dynamics
look favorable for tornadoes over southwestern Indiana. Deep layer 0-
6 km shear is over 40 knots. There is good turning with good inflow
in the low levels of the hodograph and low level SRH values are
high, but with the expected arrival of the line being when we lose
diurnal warming near sunset, a stable layer is expected to develop
at the surface. There will be a point to our west moving into our
area that surface based storms become more elevated where it will be
harder to get a tornado to the ground. LCLs are lower in some of the
guidance than they has been, and overall, instability remains fairly
weak with MLCAPE remaining under 1,000 J/kg. The better instability
remains south of Interstate 64 and west of Bowling Green. Believe
it's possible the stronger convection ends up missing a good chunk
of the CWA as convection chases the instability south through
western Kentucky while some activity stays with the low moving over
central Indiana.

By around 6z or a little after, the bulk of the convection will
likely be south and east of the CWA. For the rest of the night,
ceiling are expected to be low with isolated to scattered showers
likely.

Monday, the system's cold front will lag on the back side of the low
and is expected to push through during the afternoon hours. This
will veer winds towards the northwest, limiting highs to the mid to
upper 70s over southern Indiana and the low 80s over southern
Kentucky. Additional waves of showers and non-severe thunderstorms
will remain possible through Monday.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Issued at 355 PM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

By Monday night, CAA is over the CWA as a large surface high gets
pushed east from the Plains through Indiana by Tuesday night. This
will bring a return of WAA on Wednesday, lifting temperatures that
were slightly below normal Tuesday and Wednesday back to near normal
by Thursday.

The CWA is expected to remain dry through Wednesday, but as the high
pushes off the the east, zonal flow will push small surface lows
from the Plains through the Ozarks into the Lower Ohio Valley. It
don't look like a washout, but shower and thunderstorms chances will
increase during this period. Towards the end of the week, a strong
ridge will likely bring warmer temperatures and drier weather.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY/...
Issued at 748 PM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

VFR conditions will continue from now until a broken line of storms
approaches from the west near 01Z at HNB, to near 05Z in south
and eastern airports. These storms will bring MVFR ceilings and
variable winds gusting up to 35kts or higher if individual cells
turn severe. Once the showers or storms roll through all
airports, ceilings will lower to low end MVFR and high end IFR,
with the lowest ceilings in the NW near HNB. Winds will continue
to blow from the S/SW until the storms end, eventually turning
out of the west later Monday afternoon. Ceilings are slow to
recover if much at all during the day on Monday remaining in
MVFR category through the afternoon. Thunderstorms may refire in
BWG/RGA later in the day, but otherwise airports remain dry
with MVFR conditions expected Monday afternoon.

&&

.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...None.
IN...Flood Watch through Monday morning for INZ076>079-083-084-
     089>092.

&&

SHORT TERM...KDW
LONG TERM...KDW
AVIATION...BKF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLMKDubois, Orange, Washington42 min
Jun 21, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois, Orange, Washington39 min
Jun 21, 8:46 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKOrange, Washington44 min
Jun 21, 8:55 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKWashington50 min
Jun 21, 8:59 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLMKDubois46 min
Jun 21, 9:06 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKOrange39 min
Jun 21, 9:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Scott, Washington43 min
Jun 21, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois, Orange25 min
Jun 21, 9:27 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington48 min
Jun 21, 9:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKOrange, Washington3 hr
Jun 21, 9:31 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKClark, Jefferson, Scott, Washington44 min
Jun 21, 9:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson28 min
Jun 21, 9:36 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Perry39 min
Jun 21, 9:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Orange, Washington36 min
Jun 21, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois, Perry38 min
Jun 21, 9:56 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington15 min
Jun 21, 10:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry3 hr
Jun 21, 10:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd39 min
Jun 21, 10:07 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Perry53 min
Jun 21, 10:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott and 1 more3 hr
Jun 21, 10:30 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison45 min
Jun 21, 10:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison3 hr
Jun 21, 10:56 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKPerry49 min
Jun 21, 11:03 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHarrison27 min
Jun 21, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Perry24 min
Jun 21, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison31 min
Jun 21, 11:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry26 min
Jun 21, 11:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry47 min
Jun 22, 12:22 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKPerry38 min
Jun 22, 12:50 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKPerry40 min
Jun 22, 1:38 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKPerry4 hr
Jun 22, 1:51 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison8 hr
Jun 22, 2:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKPerry25 min
Jun 22, 6:04 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKPerry4 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.