Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana
1,134 severe thunderstorm watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 1,134
- Busiest year
- 200372 severe thunderstorm watches
- Average year
- 38over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Miami County295
- Huntington County294
- Wells County294
- Allen County292
- Cass County291
- Jasper County291
- Adams County290
- Fulton County290
- Wabash County290
- Newton County289
- Whitley County288
- Kosciusko County285
- Grant County284
- Benton County282
- Pulaski County279
- Madison County277
- Tipton County277
- White County277
- Blackford County276
- Hamilton County276
- Noble County276
- Steuben County276
- Montgomery County275
- DeKalb County274
- Boone County273
- Howard County273
- Jay County273
- Clinton County272
- Delaware County272
- LaGrange County271
- Marshall County267
- Porter County266
- Randolph County266
- Henry County265
- Hancock County263
- Starke County263
- Tippecanoe County263
- Union County263
- Lake County262
- Marion County262
52 more counties
- Wayne County262
- Franklin County261
- Carroll County260
- Elkhart County258
- Johnson County258
- Fayette County257
- Greene County257
- Shelby County257
- Clay County256
- Fountain County256
- Parke County255
- Owen County254
- Hendricks County253
- Morgan County253
- Rush County253
- Putnam County252
- Ripley County252
- Saint Joseph County252
- Dearborn County250
- Bartholomew County249
- Sullivan County249
- Warren County248
- Brown County247
- Monroe County246
- Vigo County246
- Lawrence County245
- Decatur County244
- LaPorte County243
- Ohio County243
- Clark County241
- Daviess County241
- Jennings County240
- Jackson County238
- Vermillion County238
- Switzerland County237
- Knox County232
- Martin County232
- Floyd County231
- Harrison County228
- Crawford County224
- Posey County224
- Perry County223
- Scott County223
- Vanderburgh County222
- Washington County220
- Gibson County219
- Dubois County215
- Jefferson County213
- Pike County211
- Orange County210
- Warrick County210
- Spencer County207
The latest severe thunderstorm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lake, Newton | 9 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clay, Decatur, Greene, Hancock and 14 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Benton, Boone, Brown, Clay, Clinton and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll and 50 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 6 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fayette, Franklin, Union, Wayne | 7 hr |
| Aug 11, 11:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 57 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Henry, Ohio, Rush and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 6 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.