Severe Weather Outbreak Unleashes Tornadoes and Widespread Damage Across Midwest

A dangerous severe weather outbreak swept across the Midwest on Wednesday in June 2026, producing confirmed tornadoes, destructive wind, and large hail that left a trail of damage stretching from Iowa through Illinois and into Indiana. The most severely affected corridor experienced widespread structural damage, downed trees and power lines, and powerful wind gusts as a line of severe thunderstorms moved eastward across the region. Multiple tornadoes were confirmed throughout the day, with discrete supercells developing ahead of the main line of storms, producing additional reports of large hail and wind damage.

One particularly violent tornado touched down in Clark County, Indiana on Wednesday night, with such intensity that it lofted debris thousands of feet into the atmosphere. FOX Weather's exclusive Debris Tracker indicated debris being carried as far as 21 miles from the tornado's track, suggesting pieces of homes, trees, and other materials fell to the ground well away from the hardest-hit areas. Another confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado moved across central and south-central Indiana Tuesday night, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a Tornado Warning with a "Particularly Dangerous Situation" (PDS) designation as it moved east at 45 mph near Martinsville and Bloomington.

A damaging tornado also struck Teutopolis, Illinois, leaving heavily damaged homes in its path. The outbreak produced impacts across multiple states, with emergency crews and National Weather Service survey teams continuing to assess damage in the days following the event. Forecasters warned that the threat posed a life-threatening situation, with flying debris capable of causing fatalities and mobile homes likely to be destroyed, while considerable to complete destruction was possible for homes, businesses, and vehicles in the tornado's path. Communities including Columbus, Nashville, Edinburgh, and others across Monroe, Morgan, Brown, Johnson, and Bartholomew counties in Indiana were among those impacted by the severe weather system.