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Tornado Warning — Warned Area, IN — Jun 12, 2026

NWS LOT · ETN 42 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office LOT issued a tornado warning at 00:51 UTC on Jun 12, 2026. The warning was in effect for 39 minutes, ending at Jun 12, 2026 01:30 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 41.25, -87.25, moving east-northeast at about 33 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
4 SW Hebron Lake, IN Unrated Public report of tornado on the grand east of Lowell near I-65. (LOT)
2 SSE Hebron Porter, IN Unrated Storm chaser video shows tornado southeast of Hebron. (LOT)
3 WSW Morocco Newton, IN EF0° NWS storm survey confirmed that an EF-0 tornado with peak winds estimated around 85 mph occurred near Morocco... IN. (LOT)
4 SSE Boone Grove Porter, IN Unrated Trained spotter report of tornado near 900 South Road and 200 West Road with debris in the air. (LOT)
1 N Kouts Porter, IN Unrated Tornado on the ground north of Kouts. Time estimated by radar. (LOT)
2 SW South Wanatah La Porte, IN EF3° This portion of damage is associated with the EF3 tornado that impacted Kouts and points to the southwest. The tornado continued into La Porte county. A center pivot ir (IWX)
3 ENE Wanatah La Porte, IN Unrated confirmed touchdown via EMA. (IWX)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys. ° = rating parsed from the NWS damage-survey text quoted in the SPC report narrative (derived, not an official F-scale entry).

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