EF1 tornado, Georgetown to Adamsboro, Indiana, June 11, 2026

1. EF065 to 85 mph

   Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

2. EF186 to 110 mphthis tornado

   Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. EF4166 to 200 mph

   Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

6. 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.

7. Unrated

   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.

Rating, as surveyed

EF1, preliminary

Date

June 11, 2026

Touchdown

9:58 PM EDT (01:58 UTC)

Lifted

10:01 PM EDT (02:01 UTC)

On the ground

3 minutes

Path length

1.5 miles (2.4 km)

Path width

100 yards (91 m)

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

County

Cass County

Touchdown point

40.811, -86.295

Lift-off point

40.828, -86.278

Highest wind the damage implies

90 mph

Surveyed by

NWS IWX

Survey last edited

June 12, 2026

Record number

None yet. SPC numbers 2026 in the spring of 2027.

Drone footage provided by Cass County Emergency Management confirmed an EF-1 tornado occurred within a line of severe thunderstorms across northeast Cass County. The tornado began just south of County Road 325 N between County Road 400 E and 450 E where the roof of a barn was damaged. The tornado then tracked northeast and produced noticeable scouring of crops. The tornado destroyed a 40ft pole barn on County Road 375 N and caused additional damage to the roofs of barns along County Road 500 E. The tornado dissipated by County Road 425 N where some minor tree damage was observed.

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

31 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS IND and NWS IWX, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EFU. The highest wind the damage implies is 100 mph.

• Trees were uprooted, but nearby damage doesn't support a DI of 75 mph.
• Drone footage from EM shows dozens of trees uprooted or snapped. Convergent pattern noted.
• Drone footage from EM shows trees snapped toward top.
• Drone footage from EM shows numerous trees down here, most appear to be uprooted.

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

A squall line raced through northern Indiana and spawned numerous tornadoes. Most tornadoes were narrow and lasted less then 10 minutes. Additional areas of straight line wind damage were noted as well.

Drone footage from Cass County Emergency Management shows evidence of a tornado southeast of Lake Cicott. Dozens, if not hundreds, of trees were damaged by the brief tornado along with instances of property damage. The tornado appears to have begun over a wooded area near the termination of S CR 750 W (South of W CR 50 S). Here, a few trees were uprooted followed by an area of trees snapped near the base. Based on a convergent signature, the tornado appears to have curved quickly to the northeast, taking a few roof panels off a nearby outbuilding. Now approaching the bend in the road of W CR 50 S, the tornado appears to have intensified sharply with intense destruction and uprooting of trees, resulting in a clear convergent pattern. Nearby buildings appear to have avoided significant damage. On yet another sharp jaunt to the north, now headed to a farmstead, the tornado continued to destroy trees but also destroyed two barns, removed portions of roof off three other outbuildings, and completely destroyed a grain bin. Debris was gathered at the base of a nearby tree line. Aloft, a few large branches appear to have been snapped. Beyond this, trees are untouched suggesting the tornado lifted.

Drone footage provided by Cass County Emergency Management confirmed an EF-1 tornado occurred within a line of severe thunderstorms across northeast Cass County. The tornado began just south of County Road 325 N between County Road 400 E and 450 E where the roof of a barn was damaged. The tornado then tracked northeast and produced noticeable scouring of crops. The tornado destroyed a 40ft pole barn on County Road 375 N and caused additional damage to the roofs of barns along County Road 500 E. The tornado dissipated by County Road 425 N where some minor tree damage was observed.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

No tornado warning for this county appears in the archive as in force at the moment the tornado touched down. One was issued for the county at another hour that day.

The county was under a tornado watch, issued at 00:08 UTC and running to 03:00 UTC.

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 Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Enhanced Risk, with a 0.10 chance of a tornado within 25 miles, in the hatched area where significant tornadoes were expected. The outlook in force was issued at 01:00 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.

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.

Logansport (GGP), 14 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

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

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 01:58 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.

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

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

The live radar over the trackEvery 2026 tornado in IndianaEvery tornado in Indiana since 1950Warnings in force in Indiana nowThe forecast where you are

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

All 66 of them

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.

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.