Tornadoes · United States · Indiana · 2026

EF1 tornado, Hartman to Wabash, Indiana, June 11, 2026

Name: EF1 tornado, Hartman to Wabash, Indiana, June 11, 2026
Start: 2026-06-12T02:22:00.000Z
End: 2026-06-12T02:27:00.000Z
Location: Hartman to Wabash, Indiana

From Hartman to Wabash, this EF1 tornado ran 4.7 miles across Wabash County on June 11, 2026, touching down at 10:22 PM EDT. It killed nobody and injured 2.

Preliminary. This is NWS IWX's damage survey, filed in the Damage Assessment Toolkit. 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 mphthis tornado
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.
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.

The survey

Rating, as surveyed: EF1, preliminary
Date: June 11, 2026
Touchdown: 10:22 PM EDT (02:22 UTC)
Lifted: 10:27 PM EDT (02:27 UTC)
On the ground: 5 minutes
Path length: 4.7 miles (7.5 km)
Path width: 0 yards (0 m)
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 2
County: Wabash County
Touchdown point: 40.767, -85.855
Lift-off point: 40.800, -85.781
Highest wind the damage implies: 110 mph
Surveyed by: NWS IWX
Survey last edited: June 13, 2026
Record number: None yet. SPC numbers 2026 in the spring of 2027.

What the survey found

A tornado touched down in the vicinity of W 400 S and S 300 W on the southwest edge of Wabash. At this location, a number of wood power poles were snapped at the base. The tornado then raced northeast to Glendale Dr., McKibben St., and Barkley Dr. in Wabash where a number of homes of damaged. Homes lost shingles or even portions of the roof decking. Debris was lofted into nearby tree lines. One dual-axle fifth-wheel camper was tipped over. Insulation and dirt splatter was noted at a few different homes. Beyond Berkley Dr., damage was limited to instances of small limbs down in the neighborhood. Farther northeast, in the vicinity of Lafountaine Ave and W Waterworks Rd., an outbuilding was destroyed when its south-facing door appeared to be blown, in resulting in a collapse of walls and loss of roof panels. The tornado reached its peak intensity as it moved over properties on W Water Works road. Here, two injuries were reported as homes lost windows and roof decking, and a manufactured home was shifted several feet off its foundation. Dirt and insulation splatter was noted in these areas. Beyond S Meridian Rd., damage was once again limited to instances of trees or branches down. Powerlines were down near E Baumbauer Rd, where the tornado appears to have lifted.

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

The damage survey

55 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS IWX, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF1. The highest wind the damage implies is 110 mph.

Large trees snapped and loss of siding.
Side of this outbuilding was impacted by a cluster of roofing materials from a house about three doors down to the W.
Home antenna tower Was bent
Loss of roof decking on a home. Loss of shingles near the garage door, which remained intact. Estimated 25 foot long camper toppled.

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

What the Weather Service recorded

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.

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

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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Jun 11, 8:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Chances for severe weather exist again tonight. Damaging wind, hail, heavy rain, and a few tornadoes are possible with this severe weather threat.
Next chances for showers and storms return Saturday night with another cool frontal passage, bringing cooler temperatures into low/mid 70s to lower 80s along with decreased humidity across the area Sunday and Monday.
A moderate swim risk exists along the southeast Lake Michigan shoreline today and Friday as waves reach 2 to 4 feet. Breaking waves and currents are expected. Stay away from dangerous areas like piers, breakwalls, and river outlets. Always have a flotation device with you in the water.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 8:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
834 PM EDT Thu Jun 11 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Chances for severe weather exist again tonight. Damaging
  wind, hail, heavy rain, and a few tornadoes are possible with
  this severe weather threat.

- Next chances for showers and storms return Saturday night with
  another cool frontal passage, bringing cooler temperatures
  into low/mid 70s to lower 80s along with decreased humidity
  across the area Sunday and Monday.

- A moderate swim risk exists along the southeast Lake Michigan
  shoreline today and Friday as waves reach 2 to 4 feet.
  Breaking waves and currents are expected. Stay away from
  dangerous areas like piers, breakwalls, and river outlets.
  Always have a flotation device with you in the water.

&&

.UPDATE...
Issued at 833 PM EDT Thu Jun 11 2026

Tornado Watch 318 has been issued through 06z for most of the
area. A very unstable air mass continues to advect back
northeast over the area early this evening within a ramping low
level jet. Favorable low level hodo curvature enhanced by a
leftover boundary from earlier convection into areas west of
Interstate 69, and 40-50 kts of bulk shear in the 0-3 km layer
continue to make tornadoes a concern. Higher probabilities
remain for sig wind damage within any bowing segments.

Storm mode as of this writing is still a little messy just
upstream with attempts at a few supercells in the pre-frontal
environment now getting into far nw IN. These would carry a
tornado/hail/wind threat with an eventual merger into a QLCS
east through the area through the early overnight. Latest HRRR
and WoFS runs continue to suggest a weakening trend (becoming
more outflow dominant) as this activity gets into northwest OH,
though wind would still be a concern even if this occurs. A
local extension of the TOR Watch or a new Svr Watch may be
needed in our far eastern counties that were not included in
this watch.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 349 PM EDT Thu Jun 11 2026

Severe weather is still looking likely tonight. The main line
of storms will be associated with a cold front currently
located over central WI/IA and northwest MO and orientated in a
northeast to southwest manner. This front will push continue to
push eastward this evening and the timing still is looking good
for this front to approach our western edge of the CWA around 9
PM EDT. Now there is a concern that some scattered storms may
pop-up ahead of this front that could impact our area earlier
due to an old linear MCS associated with an old outflow boundary
that has transited eastward across eastern IA/MO and through
central IL earlier today. Current radar shows that some of that
activity has made it to the eastern IL/western IN border. With
the very unstable airmass still present it would not take much
to get storms to develop from any outflows that push out from
these storms.

All of the ingredients for severe weather will be present
this evening with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s and dew
points in the upper 60s to low 70s in place across the CWA and
this will provide decent surface instability with about
2500-3500 J/kg of SB CAPE. The frontal boundary will also
provide a good lifting focal point (or even a stronger outflow
boundaries that may be present ahead of the front). Effective
bulk shear values of 35 to 55 kts are available with the higher
values located across our northwestern portions of the CWA.
300-400 m2/s2 of SR Helicity is also available ahead of the cold
front which will increase the tornado threat especially earlier
in the evening. SPC currently has a majority of our area under
an enhanced severe storm risk this evening.

The aforementioned storms that are just to the west of our area
could affect the environment and mitigate some of the potential
available for when the front does arrive. So will need to see
how that pans out and could be a fly in the ointment. There also
is the expectation that storms will weaken the further east they
move through the night so the better chances for severe storms
will be further west but cannot rule out a few storms remaining
strong well into the overnight period if the storms can manage
to remain balanced and not be overwhelmed by a descending cold
pool. The storms should be through the area by 3 to 4 AM EDT and
again all threats are on the table but the most likely threat
will be winds and a few tornadoes. Heavy rainfall will accompany
these storms but there will be good forward movement to help
keep the flooding risk at bay.

In the wake of the cold front we will have a cooler and drier
airmass move into the area and should provide a very nice couple
of mostly sunny spring days on Friday and Saturday with
temperatures in the mid 70s to mid 80s. The important part is
the humidity will be decreased with dew points dropping back
into the 50s.

The next chance of showers and storms will arrive late Saturday
and into Sunday morning with another cool frontal boundary
pushing through. SPC does currently have our area under a
marginal risk with that but the diurnal timing looks to perhaps limit
the potential of the storms and will need to monitor that once
we get through tonights event.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY/...
Issued at 641 PM EDT Thu Jun 11 2026

Main focus remains on timing of convective line expected to
track through KSBN mid-late evening and KFWA toward midnight.
Shear and instability profiles definitely hint at the risk for
strong to severe convection with a brief period of 50 kt plus
winds and LIFR/IFR conditions possible with the leading line.
VFR/dry then post-frontal into tomorrow otherwise with westerly
winds up around 12 knots.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...None.
OH...None.
MI...None.
MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 5 AM EDT Friday for LMZ043-046.

&&

UPDATE...Steinwedel
DISCUSSION...Andersen
AVIATION...Steinwedel

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:33 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
933 PM EDT Thu Jun 11 2026

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

0928 PM     Tornado          3 ENE Wanatah           41.46N 86.83W
06/11/2026                   La Porte           IN   Emergency Mngr

            confirmed touchdown via EMA.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 11, 10:01 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1001 PM EDT Thu Jun 11 2026

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

0947 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Clymers                 40.71N 86.45W
06/11/2026                   Cass               IN   Public

            tree downed onto truck.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 11, 10:11 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1011 PM EDT Thu Jun 11 2026

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

0955 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 NNE Dunkirk           40.79N 86.37W
06/11/2026                   Cass               IN   Emergency Mngr

            tree down.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 11, 10:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1022 PM EDT Thu Jun 11 2026

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

1007 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     Peru                    40.75N 86.07W
06/11/2026  E65 MPH          Miami              IN   Public

&&

The surface observations

Huntington (HHG), 31 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)	Temp (°F)	Dew point (°F)	Wind	Gust (kt)	Pressure (mb)	Weather
00:00 UTC

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

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 02:23 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.

This ground now

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The other tornadoes of June 11, 2026

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

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries
June 11	5:10 AM CDT	EF1	Cass, NE	2.0	40
June 11	5:15 AM CDT	EF0	Cass, NE	0.3	20
June 11	5:21 AM CDT	EF1	Cass, NE	2.0	40
June 11	5:29 AM CDT	EF1	Fremont, IA	1.5	30
June 11	5:33 AM CDT	EF0	Mills, IA	1.7	20
June 11	5:58 AM CDT	EF1	Page, IA	7.2	100
June 11	6:08 AM CDT	EF1	Montgomery, IA	5.7	0
June 11	6:08 AM CDT	EF1	Montgomery, IA	5.7	0
June 11	6:11 AM CDT	EF1	Page, IA	1.9	50
June 11	6:26 AM CDT	EF2	Adams, IA	6.0	200
June 11	4:05 PM CDT	Unrated	Washington, IA	0.1	0
June 11	4:15 PM CDT	Unrated	Hancock, IL	0.2	0
June 11	4:54 PM CDT	Unrated	McDonough, IL	0.1	0
June 11	4:56 PM CDT	EF3	Woodford, IL	11.2	930
June 11	5:17 PM CDT	EF0	Fulton, IL	2.4	30
June 11	5:31 PM CDT	Unrated	Fulton, IL	0.2	20
June 11	5:31 PM CDT	EF1	LaSalle, IL	4.4	500
June 11	5:32 PM CDT	EF3	Livingston, IL	11.9	600	7
June 11	5:44 PM CDT	EF1	Livingston, IL	22.8	900
June 11	5:55 PM CDT	Unrated	Livingston, IL	0.8	250
June 11	5:58 PM CDT	Unrated	LaSalle, IL	0.3	100
June 11	6:08 PM CDT	EF1	Tazewell, IL	12.9	300
June 11	6:12 PM CDT	EF1	Kenosha, WI	0.5	75
June 11	6:12 PM CDT	Unrated	Bureau, IL	1.4	0
June 11	7:01 PM CDT	Unrated	Lee, IL	6.0	50
June 11	7:06 PM CDT	EF0	McLean, IL	11.0	100
June 11	7:08 PM CDT	Unrated	Kankakee, IL	0.6	50
June 11	7:11 PM CDT	EF0	Lake, IN	6.0	150
June 11	7:20 PM CDT	EF1	Champaign, IL	9.1	0
June 11	7:23 PM CDT	EF1	Ford, IL	6.9	100
June 11	7:25 PM CDT	EF2	Lake, IN	6.5	700	1
June 11	7:26 PM CDT	EF1	Champaign, IL	3.0	150
June 11	7:32 PM CDT	EF0	Lake, IN	4.1	150
June 11	7:36 PM CDT	EF0	Lake, IN	12.7	200
June 11	7:39 PM CDT	EF1	Vermilion, IL	13.6	100
June 11	7:44 PM CDT	EF1	Vermilion, IL	8.1	100
June 11	7:45 PM CDT	EF0	Iroquois, IL	2.1	250
June 11	7:48 PM CDT	EF1	Iroquois, IL	1.2	50
June 11	7:48 PM CDT	EF3	Lake, IN	22.5	450
June 11	7:52 PM CDT	EF1	DuPage, IL	3.0	400
June 11	7:58 PM CDT	EF0	Newton, IN	12.6	200
June 11	8:58 PM EDT	EF1	Benton, IN	12.3	250
June 11	7:58 PM CDT	EF0	Newton, IN	15.6	200
June 11	8:59 PM EDT	EF0	Warren, IN	10.5	75
June 11	8:04 PM CDT	EF0	DuPage, IL	1.3	150
June 11	8:15 PM CDT	EF2	Cook, IL	8.3	350	6
June 11	8:23 PM CDT	Unrated	Porter, IN	0.2	10
June 11	9:29 PM EDT	EF0	Barry, MI	4.6	50
June 11	9:31 PM EDT	EF0	Kent, MI	4.2	70
June 11	9:31 PM EDT	EF0	Carroll, IN	3.4	75
June 11	9:43 PM EDT	EF0	Carroll, IN	0.3	25
June 11	9:46 PM EDT	EF1	Cass, IN	0.8	250
June 11	9:58 PM EDT	EF1	Cass, IN	1.5	100
June 11	10:11 PM EDT	EF1	Marshall, IN	0.7	125
June 11	10:11 PM EDT	EF0	Marshall, IN	2.9	125
June 11	10:33 PM EDT	EF1	Huntington, IN	5.8	75
June 11	10:39 PM EDT	EF1	Huntington, IN	7.9	50
June 11	10:42 PM EDT	EF2	Elkhart, IN	6.1	100	1
June 11	10:44 PM EDT	EF1	Huntington, IN	0.7	25
June 11	10:59 PM EDT	EF1	LaGrange, IN	9.9	1,300	1

All 65 of them

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.