Tornadoes · United States · Indiana · 2026

Unrated tornado, Jasper County, Indiana, August 12, 2026

Name: Unrated tornado, Jasper County, Indiana, August 12, 2026
Start: 2026-08-12T15:49:00.000Z
End: 2026-08-12T15:50:00.000Z
Location: Jasper County, Indiana

This Unrated tornado ran 0.4 miles across Jasper County on August 12, 2026, touching down at 10:49 AM CDT and reaching 50 yards wide. It killed nobody.

Preliminary. This is NWS LOT's damage survey, filed in the Damage Assessment Toolkit as Rensselaer. The rating, the path and the casualties are the survey's and can change while it is revised. The Storm Prediction Center compiles the official record of 2026 from these surveys and publishes it in the spring of 2027; this page moves to that tornado's permanent address when it does.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unratedthis tornado
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

The survey

Rating, as surveyed: Unrated, preliminary
Date: August 12, 2026
Touchdown: 10:49 AM CDT (15:49 UTC)
Lifted: 10:50 AM CDT (15:50 UTC)
On the ground: 1 minutes
Path length: 0.4 miles (0.7 km)
Path width: 50 yards (46 m)
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
County: Jasper County
Touchdown point: 40.941, -87.111
Lift-off point: 40.944, -87.104
Surveyed by: NWS LOT
The office's name for it: Rensselaer
Survey last edited: September 5, 2026
Record number: None yet. SPC numbers 2026 in the spring of 2027.

What the survey found

A narrow tornadic damage path through crops was observed in Sentinel-2 satellite imagery just east of Rensselaer. The damage path was a little over 0.4 miles long and about 50 yards wide. Since this tornado did not cause any known damage to any qualified damage indicators, it has been assigned an EF-U rating.

Written by NWS LOT in the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit. A survey is revised as better evidence arrives.

The damage survey

2 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS LOT, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EFU.

Approximate start point of narrow damage path through crops in Sentinel-2 satellite imagery.
Approximate location of last instance of crop damage evident in Sentinel-2 satellite imagery.

Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.

The warnings

No tornado warning for this county appears in the archive as in force at the moment the tornado touched down.

The county was under a severe thunderstorm watch, issued at 13:29 UTC and running to 16:45 UTC.

Issued (UTC)	Expired	Product	Office
13:29 UTC	16:45 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	LOT
15:14 UTC	16:15 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT
15:17 UTC	17:33 UTC	Flood Advisory	LOT
15:42 UTC	17:33 UTC	Flash Flood Warning	LOT
17:33 UTC	19:30 UTC	Flood Advisory	LOT

Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.

The forecast that day

The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Slight Risk. The outlook in force was issued at 12:36 UTC.

SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Aug 12, 7:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Isolated strong storms possible early this morning.
Another fast-moving line of strong/severe thunderstorms is expected later this morning with a damaging wind and heavy rainfall threat.
Our active, stormy weather pattern is expected to persist into the weekend with periodic chances of severe weather and heavy rainfall which could lead to flooding.
A period of dry weather may finally arrive early next week.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 7:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville, IL
719 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Isolated strong storms possible early this morning.

- Another fast-moving line of strong/severe thunderstorms is
  expected later this morning with a damaging wind and heavy
  rainfall threat.

- Our active, stormy weather pattern is expected to persist into
  the weekend with periodic chances of severe weather and heavy
  rainfall which could lead to flooding.

- A period of dry weather may finally arrive early next week.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 329 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026

Forecast remains complex within our persistent pattern of active
weather. Main concern in the near term is the potential for
another fast-moving line of wind-producing storms across at
least a portion of the area later this morning/midday.

A nearly stationary frontal boundary remains in place across
the Midwest early this morning, stretching roughly from near
Omaha to north of Des Moines to Milwaukee. Complicating the
surface pattern however, is the remnant outflow boundary from
Tuesday's derecho, which intersects the front near Waterloo, IA
and extends southeast and bisects IL along a SQI-BMI-MTO-EVV
line. The west/northwest periphery of the cold pool appears to
be fairly shallow however, per 00Z DVN and ILX soundings (as
compared to ILM farther to the east/southeast). Aloft, a subtle
mid-level short wave has been evident in GOES vapor imagery
transiting northern IA and entering northwest IL, inducing a
modest west-southwest 25-30 kt low level jet from northern MO
into northern/central IL/IN. With an axis of 3500-4000 J/kg
MUCAPE along/north of the front/outflow boundary across the
region, there's been concern since last evening for the
potential to develop elevated convection within a northwest-
southeast arc across the area (along/northeast of the remnant
outflow boundary). So far however, only isolated updraft
attempts have been noted and successive CAM runs have backed off
considerably in convective coverage across the forecast area
through daybreak. That said, we'll have to continue to monitor
for any deeper updraft development, as the environment would
support the potential for strong elevated storms with a hail
threat if they develop.

Of greater concern this morning, is an MCS which has been
developing southeast from western South Dakota into northern
Nebraska overnight in association with an attendant mid-level
short wave and MCV. There is notable CAM support indicating this
MCS becoming more organized across eastern NE/western IA toward
daybreak, then propagating quickly eastward along the
aforementioned surface front/outflow boundaries into our IL cwa
after 14/15Z (9-10 AM) this morning. While not quite as robust
as yesterday's derecho, high-res guidance does explicitly
indicate 60-70 mph winds across parts of our forecast area with
this MCS. CAMs indicate an easterly propagation of this system
across the cwa, though with the remnant outflow likely mixing
back north across the southern half of our cwa that may support
more of an east-southeast or southeast track as we saw
yesterday. SPC has pulled their new Day 1 slight (level 2 of 5)
severe risk up to about a Dixon-Renssalear line. It's possible
that could be adjusted further if the evolution of the MCS
supports it later this morning. For now, will be advertising the
severe threat (primarily wind) even a little north of that for
this morning/midday. Thunderstorm threat should then diminish
markedly from the west into this afternoon in the wake of the
MCS and parent short wave.

There may be somewhat of a lull in convection
coverage/potential tonight into early Thursday morning,
depending on the footprint of the anticipated MCS cold pool, and
with some weak mid-level height rises indicated in model
guidance. Have trimmed pops during this period especially up
north along the IL/WI border and Lake Michigan. Another mid-
level wave (currently over NV/UT) is then progged move into the
region on Thursday which look to increase shower and
thunderstorm chances again during the day and with additional
rounds through at least Thursday night. These continued rounds
of storms will maintain at least a marginal severe threat and
a threat of flash flooding if storms train over the same areas.

Unfortunately, medium-range guidance continues to depict our
active pattern remaining in place across the region into the
weekend. There does appear to be decent agreement in the global
models/ensembles that high pressure eventually settles across
the western Lakes region by Monday-Tuesday of next week, pushing
our stalled frontal zone to the south and providing a period of
dry weather at that time.

Ratzer

&&

.AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/...
Issued at 719 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026

Key Messages:

- A complex of storms is likely to affect the terminals between
  mid-morning and mid-afternoon today. Strong to severe wind
  gusts will be possible with these storms.

- IFR/LIFR ceilings and visibilities possible at RFD this
  morning, while patchy MVFR ceilings remain possible elsewhere.
  Additional low ceilings and reduced visibilities possible
  overnight tonight into Thursday morning.

An organized thunderstorm complex is entering northern Illinois
early this morning and will approach the terminals during the
mid-late morning. Some uncertainty remains with whether these
storm complex will begin to dive southeastward along an
instability gradient or whether it will continue to progress
more towards the east and into the heart of the Chicago metro.
Current thinking is that the strongest winds with this storm
complex (50+ kts) may remain south of the terminals, but the
threat for lightning at the Chicago metro terminals remains high
enough to maintain the going TEMPO groups. Also maintained a
VCTS mention at RFD, but the latest radar trends that the storms
should remain south of RFD. Conditions are likely to dry out by
mid-afternoon.

IFR/LIFR ceilings and some visibility reductions are being
observed at/near RFD this morning, while patchy MVFR ceilings
are being observed elsewhere at press time. These conditions may
stick around for a bit this morning, but a return to prevailing
VFR conditions is favored by this afternoon. Persisting rich
low-level moisture and light winds may allow for another
episode of sub-VFR ceilings and visibilities late tonight into
tomorrow morning. The potential for this appears to be greatest
at RFD, DPA, and GYY, but based on how some forecast guidance
fared poorly with the visibility and low ceiling forecast this
morning, confidence in this occurring is only low-medium.

Ogorek

&&

.LOT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...None.
IN...None.
LM...None.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 4:20 AM CDT, 6 hours 29 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL
420 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026

ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-
010-011-019-130930-
Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-De Kalb-Kane-DuPage-
La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford-
Northern Cook-Central Cook-Southern Cook-Northern Will-
Southern Will-Eastern Will-Lake IN-Porter-Newton-Jasper-Benton-
420 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026 /520 AM EDT Wed Aug 12 2026/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central
Illinois...northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Elevated Thunderstorm Risk...with an associated:
     Level 1 of 5 Tornado Risk.
     Level 2 of 5 Damaging Wind Risk...up to 75 mph.
     Level 1 of 5 Large Hail Risk...up to quarter size.
  Elevated Flooding Risk.

DISCUSSION...

Isolated thunderstorms are possible early this morning, the
strongest of which may be capable of producing brief hail and
localized downpours.

A fast-moving line of strong to severe thunderstorms is then
expected to move east across the area from mid-morning into early
this afternoon. These storms will have the potential to produce
damaging winds and isolated tornadoes, in addition to producing
torrential rains which may lead to localized flooding. At this
time, the greatest risk of severe would appear to be from the I-88
corridor south and eastward.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Thursday and Friday...
  Elevated Flooding Risk.
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk...with an associated:
     Level 1 of 5 Severe Thunderstorm Risk.
Saturday...
  Elevated Flooding Risk.
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk.
Sunday...
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk.

DISCUSSION...

An active weather pattern with periodic thunderstorm chances is
expected to persist into the weekend. Some of these storms may be
strong to severe at times, as well as capable of producing heavy
rainfall which could lead to flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotters may be needed from mid-morning into early this
  afternoon.

GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:

  Moving toward the east-southeast at around 35 mph for early morning
  storms. If mid-morning storms form a bowing line, it may move east at
  45 to 55 mph.

LMZ740>745-130930-
Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL-
Wilmette Harbor to Northerly Island IL-
Northerly Island to Calumet Harbor IL-
Calumet Harbor IL to Gary IN-Gary to Burns Harbor IN-
Burns Harbor to Michigan City IN-
420 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Illinois
nearshore waters of Lake Michigan and the Indiana nearshore
waters of Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Elevated Thunderstorm Risk...with an associated:
   Level 1 of 5 Thunderstorm Wind Gust Risk...up to 60 knots.
   Level 1 of 5 Hail Risk...up to quarter size.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Thursday...
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk.
Friday...
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk...with an associated:
     Level 1 of 5 Severe Thunderstorm Risk.
Saturday and Sunday...
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk.

Ratzer

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 12, 9:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Chicago IL
911 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0842 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Sublette                41.64N 89.23W
08/12/2026                   Lee                IL   Law Enforcement

            large tree branch (est 8-12 inch) snapped
            and blocking roadway.

&&

sb

Local storm report, Aug 12, 9:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Chicago IL
913 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0902 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     4 NNW Naplate           41.38N 88.91W
08/12/2026  M53 MPH          La Salle           IL   Public

            Private weather station: 4.2 NNW Naplate.

&&

sb

Local storm report, Aug 12, 9:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Chicago IL
926 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0919 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     Somonauk                41.63N 88.68W
08/12/2026  M60 MPH          De Kalb            IL   Emergency Mngr

&&

sb

Local storm report, Aug 12, 9:51 AM CDT, 58 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Chicago IL
951 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     3 NNE Verona            41.26N 88.48W
08/12/2026  M54 MPH          Grundy             IL   Public

            Private weather station: 3.3 NNE Verona.

&&

sb

Local storm report, Aug 12, 10:23 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Chicago IL
1023 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0937 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 NNE Morris            41.40N 88.40W
08/12/2026                   Grundy             IL   Public

            power lines down near RT 6 and Ashley road.

&&

sb

Local storm report, Aug 12, 10:26 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Chicago IL
1026 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1015 AM     Flood            2 NW Rockdale           41.53N 88.15W
08/12/2026                   Will               IL   Public

            a few inches of standing water on Glenwood
            Ave. relayed via social media.

&&

sb

The air that afternoon

The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.

Lincoln, IL (KILX), 12:00Z

3.8 hours before the tornado, 154 km from the path. August 12, 2026.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -186 J/kg
Surface CAPE: 2407 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0
0-3 km lapse rate: 4.1 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

Lincoln, IL (KILX), 00:00Z

8.2 hours after it, 154 km from the path. August 13, 2026.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.

Hodograph

Mixed-layer CAPE: 366 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -161 J/kg
Surface CAPE: 1576 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 9.7
0-3 km lapse rate: 5.8 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The surface observations

Rensselaer (RZL), 6 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)	Temp (°F)	Dew point (°F)	Wind	Gust (kt)	Pressure (mb)	Weather
13:55 UTC	73.4	73.4	170° 5 kt		1010.5
14:15 UTC	73.4	73.4	170° 3 kt		1010.5
14:35 UTC	75.2	73.4	200° 3 kt		1010.8
14:55 UTC	73.4	73.4	170° 4 kt		1010.2	-VCTSRA
15:15 UTC	73.4	73.4	0° 0 kt		1010.8	-VCTSRA
15:35 UTC	73.4	73.4	210° 6 kt		1010.2	VCTSRA
15:55 UTC	69.8	69.8	320° 20 kt	44	1013.5	+TSRA
16:15 UTC	68	68	280° 7 kt		1014.2	TSRA
16:35 UTC	68	68	270° 7 kt		1013.2	VCTSRA
16:55 UTC	69.8	68
17:15 UTC	69.8	68
17:35 UTC	69.8	69.8	0° 0 kt		1012.2	-RA

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 15:52 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

What was reported nearby

Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.

Time (UTC)	Report	Where	County	Remark
15:35 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	Morocco	Newton, IN	Photo shared on social media showing large trees downed on a garage in Morocco, Indiana. Time estimated by radar.
15:40 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	Brook	Newton, IN	Report shared on social media of power poles downed in Brook. Time estimated by radar.
15:52 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	6 Ese Rensselaer	Jasper, IN	Report relayed via social media of downed power poles in McCoysburg. The nearby AWOS in Rensselaer measured a peak wind gust of 51 mph. Time estimated by radar.
16:09 UTC	RAIN 2.94	2 Ne Roselawn	Newton, IN	Private weather station: KINDEMOT27 reported 2.94 inches so far, with 2.82 in past hour.
16:13 UTC	FLASH FLOOD	Royal Center	Cass, IN	Deputy Town Marshall reporting streets flooding in front of Pioneer Elementary Schooll.
16:13 UTC	FLASH FLOOD	Royal Center	Cass, IN	Deputy Town Marshall reporting streets flooding in front of Pioneer Elementary Schooll.
16:22 UTC	FLASH FLOOD	2 Sse Thornhope	Cass, IN	INDOT being requested for high water (possible road closure) on US 35 near Royal Center Pike.
16:22 UTC	FLASH FLOOD	2 Sse Thornhope	Cass, IN	INDOT being requested for high water (possible road closure) on US 35 near Royal Center Pike.
16:30 UTC	FLOOD	Roselawn	Newton, IN	report of yard flooding and 2 inches of water flowing on roadway. Exact location in town unknown.
17:30 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sse Winamac	Pulaski, IN	Video showing US 35 flooded at the Caseys gas station south of Winamac.
17:30 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sse Winamac	Pulaski, IN	Video showing US 35 flooded at the Caseys gas station south of Winamac.
18:20 UTC	RAIN 11	1 E Winamac	Pulaski, IN	Public report of flooding near a home on the east side of Winamac where they estimate almost 11 inches of rain has fallen since yesterday morning. This is 36 hour rainfall total.
18:20 UTC	RAIN 11	1 E Winamac	Pulaski, IN	Public report of flooding near a home on the east side of Winamac where they estimate almost 11 inches of rain has fallen since yesterday morning. This is 36 hour rainfall total.

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service local storm reports.

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The other tornadoes of August 12, 2026

2 more have been surveyed in the United States that day, so far.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 12	3:03 PM EDT	EF1	Knox, IN	1.5	150
August 12	4:09 PM EDT	EF1	Pike, IN	1.0	250

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. A survey can be revised, so the rating, the path and the casualties can all still change.

Sources

NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit, the record the survey teams file from the damage, and NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Neither is the official database for 2026, which SPC publishes in the spring of 2027.