Indiana storm events
Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in Indiana between 1950 and 2025, sourced from NOAA's Storm Events Database.
41,818
Storm events
2,023
Tornadoes
0
Hurricanes
566
Deaths
Significant recent events in Indiana
Events with deaths, multiple injuries, $1M+ property damage, or EF3+ tornadoes.
A line of strong to severe storms moved across central and southern Indiana during the evening. As the line of storms approached Greene County a surge or bowing segment was noted in the line. This allowed for a quick moving tornado to impact downtown Linton. The tornado started n…
A period of very light snow and/or freezing drizzle through the morning rush hour impacted travel across the Indianapolis Metro. Several car accidents occurred during the morning, including one that caused a direct fatality to a 38 year old man in a vehicle.
Several instances of flash flooding took place around Gary, Hammond, Whiting, and East Chicago. A sewer storage facility exceeded capacity and overflowed. Multiple basements were flooded in Hammond. Up to three feet of water was reported on Indianapolis Blvd in Whiting from 120th…
The episode's first tornado was the first of three tornadoes spawned from a rotating supercell that had begun in Illinois before crossing southern central Indiana. This tornado crossed the northwestern quadrant of Greene County, in an east-northeasterly and then easterly directio…
The episode's third tornado was the last of three tornadoes spawned from a rotating supercell that crossed southern central Indiana. This long-track circulation crossed southern Monroe County and Brown County before tracking into west-central Bartholomew County for its final 3 mi…
The exact time is unknown, but the victim chose to stay in his home near the river when moderate to major flooding was ongoing. He was found 5 days later having drowned.
A flood fatality occurred as the victim was clearing debris from a private pond. After the debris was cleared, a whirlpool formed in the pond and the man was sucked underneath.
This third tornado to impact central Indiana tracked from rural areas southwest of Brownsburg through the southern portion of downtown Brownsburg and across Northfield Drive where the greatest damage occurred. Sporadic tree and roof damage occurred across southern portions of Bro…
This ninth tornado to impact central Indiana was the fourth of five tornadoes spawned within Madison County and Delaware County. This longer tornado tracked from far east-central Madison County to north-central Delaware County. The circulation's track exhibited an overall curled …
A 34 year old male semi truck driver was killed when severe thunderstorm winds blew the truck over and onto the driver as he was standing outside of the cab. The incident occurred at Pratt Industries in Valparaiso. The ASOS at the nearby Porter County Airport recorded an 81 mph g…
The tornado produced nearly continuous, yet mainly EF1-intensity damage across its relatively long track from about one mile west-southwest of the Rosstown community to about one mile south-southeast of Newbern. Beginning just east of Interstate 65, damage occurred on the northwe…
An EF-2 tornado began just northeast of the Tri State Speedway near Haubstadt. Damage to outbuildings and power poles occurred, along with many trees that were uprooted as it moved northeast crossing Highway 168 and did substantial damage to farm buildings and silos on County Roa…
An EF-2 tornado developed just northeast of Haubstadt in Gibson County and moved northeast through Oakland City and into Pike County. It continued northeast through mostly rural areas, damaging trees, power poles and outbuildings, and eventually crossed the White River into Davie…
Heavy snowfall of 6 to 12 inches occurred across Washington County, with the heaviest accumulation reported from the southern part of the county. Washington County also received light ice accumulation of around 0.10 inches.
A man (81m, direct) died as a result of a tree falling onto him while he was sitting in his house located off of County Rd 1675 W northeast of Griffin, IN. A combination of heavy rain and 40-45 mph wind gusts from the remnants of Hurricane Helene helped to knock down the tree.
Counties and zones
Click a county for its full storm history. Some entries are NWS forecast zones rather than civil counties.
Adams (313)
Allen (887)
Bartholomew (401)
Benton (288)
Blackford (193)
Boone (476)
Brown (249)
Carroll (322)
Cass (433)
Clark (510)
Clark and Floyd (1)
Clay (263)
Clinton (356)
Crawford (396)
Daviess (399)
De Kalb (300)
Dearborn (465)
Decatur (322)
Delaware (538)
Dubois (523)
Eastern St. Joseph County (18)
Elkhart (686)
Fayette (348)
Floyd (329)
Fountain (346)
Franklin (376)
Fulton (330)
Gibson (1,054)
Grant (423)
Greene (386)
Hamilton (685)
Hancock (387)
Harrison (451)
Hendricks (648)
Henry (355)
Howard (385)
Huntington (531)
Jackson (436)
Jasper (353)
Jay (252)
Jefferson (336)
Jennings (231)
Johnson (496)
Knox (671)
Kosciusko (627)
La Porte (560)
Lagrange (318)
Lake (817)
Lawrence (411)
Madison (627)
Marion (1,188)
Marshall (421)
Marshall and Kosciusko (1)
Martin (228)
Miami (439)
Monroe (432)
Montgomery (387)
Morgan (508)
Newton (300)
Noble (419)
Northern Kosciusko County (10)
Northern La Porte County (17)
Ohio (191)
Orange (285)
Owen (365)
Parke (380)
Perry (288)
Pike (752)
Porter (597)
Posey (927)
Pulaski (233)
Putnam (438)
Randolph (331)
Ripley (636)
Rush (333)
Scott (191)
Shelby (431)
Southern Kosciusko County (6)
Southern La Porte County (11)
Spencer (769)
St. Joseph (838)
Starke (314)
Steuben (386)
Sullivan (337)
Switzerland (276)
Tippecanoe (688)
Tipton (219)
Union (256)
Vanderburgh (993)
Vermillion (359)
Vigo (577)
Wabash (340)
Warren (289)
Warrick (845)
Washington (335)
Wayne (579)
Wells (331)
Western St. Joseph County (17)
White (336)
Whitley (442)