Severe Thunderstorms from the Midwest to Mid-Atlantic Tonight; The Heat Continues in the Southern and Eastern U.S.

Strong to severe thunderstorms capable of producing large to very large hail, damaging wind gusts and a few strong tornadoes are likely from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic tonight. Moderate Risk (level 4 of 5) of severe thunderstorms is outlooked for the Midwest. A widespread heat wave will peak in the South and East on Friday, with many temperature records expected to be broken. Read More >

June 26, 2011
Counties: Dubois
EF-Scale: EF-1
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 130 yards
Path length: 2.2 mile
Time: 2:54am EDT
Notes: In the Duff area several homes suffered minor damage and numerous trees, both softwood and hardwood, were snapped or uprooted.

June 26, 2011
Counties: Perry (from Spencer)
EF-Scale: EF-1
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 200 yards
Path length: 2.3 miles
Time: 2:12am CDT
Notes: A tornado touched down 0.7 miles south of St. Meinrad in Spencer County on the southern end of the St. Meinrad Seminary grounds. It destroyed a cinder block outbuilding and took a 100 foot section of roofing off of a large metal outbuilding. The tornado also uprooted numerous trees and ripped off sections of roofing from several other buildings. The tornado weakened as it moved into forested hills where it snapped and uprooted several trees along a narrowing path. The tornado lifted near Catnip Road in Perry County which is about 2.3 miles east of St. Meinrad.

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Severe Thunderstorms from the Midwest to Mid-Atlantic Tonight; The Heat Continues in the Southern and Eastern U.S.

Tornadoes of June 26, 2011