Indiana tornado and storm history
Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in Indiana between 1950 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see the storms that came closest to it.
2,103
Tornado reports
43,258
Storm events
579
Deaths, all storms
Every tornado track in Indiana
2,081 county track segments since 1950, coloured by rating. Zoom in and each path widens to its surveyed width. Tap one for the storm.
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Tornadoes by decade in Indiana
All tornado reports against only the strong ones (F2 and above). Averages are per year over the years the federal record covers completely — 1952, 1976 and 1993 are each missing whole months in NOAA’s own files and are left out.
| Decade | All reports | Strong (F2+) | All per year | Strong per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 169 | 88 | 19 | 10 |
| 1960s | 249 | 155 | 25 | 16 |
| 1970s | 234 | 84 | 26 | 9 |
| 1980s | 157 | 40 | 16 | 4 |
| 1990s | 270 | 88 | 30 | 10 |
| 2000s | 269 | 52 | 27 | 5 |
| 2010s | 377 | 68 | 38 | 7 |
The 2020s are left out because the decade is not finished. Reports are counted per county, so one tornado crossing a county line can appear more than once.
Significant recent events in Indiana
Events with deaths, several injuries, $1M+ property damage, or tornadoes rated EF3 and up.
An EF-3 tornado with path length of at 18.49 miles and maximum width of 880 yards moved through much of Monroe county after exiting Owen county.. The peak winds were 140 mph. Drone footage showed a widespread path through mostly forested area with several areas of widespread deba…
Tornado EF3 Tornado
A long-track tornado initially touched down near the intersection of Grand Boulevard and Clay Street just east of Interstate 65 in rural Lake County and continued northeastward into southern Porter County just north of the Kankakee River. Damage near the beginning of the path con…
Numerous trees were blown down or uprooted north and northwest of Portage. Tree limbs and power lines were blown down. Some of the trees fell onto vehicles. Several mobile homes were damaged or destroyed by the fallen trees west of Marine Drive. At the Lakeshore Camp Resort, a 68…
Tornado EF3 Tornado
A strong long track tornado with estimated peak winds of 165 mph touched down near the intersection of Grand Boulevard and Clay Street just east of Interstate 65 in rural Lake County. The tornado caused tree and crop damage until it crossed into Porter County, just east of where …
Tornado EF3 Tornado
A strong long track tornado with estimated peak winds of 165 mph touched down in far southeast Lake County and crossed into far southwest Porter County where it quickly intensified. Widespread tree damaged including snapped and uprooted trees occurred along the entire path of the…
A destructive EF-3 tornado with estimated peak winds of 160 mph impacted portions of Newton and northwest Jasper Counties, most notably the community of Lake Village. After forming and causing EF-3 damage in Kankakee County, Illinois, this tornado crossed into Newton County betwe…
The East Fork White River, rising amid moderate flood stage at Shoals, inundated Sprout Springs Road, which swept an elderly man's truck off the road on the 9th, and while the vehicle's passenger was later rescued from a tree vine, search efforts continued for the man through fol…
The East Fork White River, while cresting in moderate flood stage in southeastern Lawrence County, swept away a truck carrying two people during the overnight early on the 9th. Both occupants were found submerged in 8 feet of water west of the Tunnelton community near the interse…
River flooding in northeastern Jackson County was exasperated locally by heavy rainfall during the overnight of the 4th-5th around 2.00 inches, with the East Fork White River later cresting at Seymour in major flood stage on the 5th evening. On the 6th morning around 700EST, a ma…
An EF-2 tornado tracked 3.73 miles through west-central Monroe County, across the Bloomington Airport up to the Interstate Route 69 interchange with Indiana Route 48. The maximum path width was 440 yards with the tornado causing significant damage to neighborhoods, apartments, bu…
Snowfall amounts ranged from 9.5 to 12.0 inches. A Travel Warning was issued for the county due to the impacts of snow on road conditions.
Temperatures on the morning of the 24th were as low as -3F, with winds sustained as high as 8 mph...resulting in wind chills as low as -18F.
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.
Counties and zones
Each county’s full storm history, with its event count. Some entries are National Weather Service forecast zones rather than civil counties.
Adams (317)
Allen (905)
Bartholomew (420)
Benton (309)
Blackford (199)
Boone (494)
Brown (259)
Carroll (337)
Cass (456)
Clark (534)
Clark and Floyd (1)
Clay (277)
Clinton (376)
Crawford (405)
Daviess (415)
De Kalb (302)
Dearborn (473)
Decatur (330)
Delaware (561)
Dubois (553)
Eastern St. Joseph County (25)
Elkhart (706)
Fayette (358)
Floyd (337)
Fountain (357)
Franklin (393)
Fulton (339)
Gibson (1,073)
Grant (444)
Greene (400)
Hamilton (709)
Hancock (403)
Harrison (467)
Hendricks (664)
Henry (369)
Howard (399)
Huntington (539)
Jackson (452)
Jasper (370)
Jay (258)
Jefferson (350)
Jennings (238)
Johnson (514)
Knox (698)
Kosciusko (639)
La Porte (573)
Lagrange (329)
Lake (866)
Lawrence (428)
Madison (646)
Marion (1,218)
Marshall (438)
Marshall and Kosciusko (1)
Martin (244)
Miami (450)
Monroe (454)
Montgomery (402)
Morgan (529)
Newton (317)
Noble (423)
Northern Kosciusko County (15)
Northern La Porte County (23)
Ohio (196)
Orange (298)
Owen (382)
Parke (399)
Perry (291)
Pike (772)
Porter (633)
Posey (946)
Pulaski (235)
Putnam (457)
Randolph (344)
Ripley (658)
Rush (346)
Scott (196)
Shelby (447)
Southern Kosciusko County (8)
Southern La Porte County (15)
Spencer (785)
St. Joseph (850)
Starke (325)
Steuben (395)
Sullivan (351)
Switzerland (284)
Tippecanoe (708)
Tipton (234)
Union (259)
Vanderburgh (1,012)
Vermillion (369)
Vigo (599)
Wabash (349)
Warren (306)
Warrick (872)
Washington (368)
Wayne (595)
Wells (340)
Western St. Joseph County (24)
White (339)
Whitley (452)
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