Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 2026
60 severe thunderstorm watches in 2026. 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 in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 60
- Busiest month
- August15 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- August 11, 20265 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 3:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 8 hr |
| Mar 6, 6:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Jasper, Kosciusko and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 10, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lake, Porter | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 11:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Henry, Ohio and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 22, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford and 43 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 57 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Carroll, Cass and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, DeKalb and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clay and 27 more | 118 min |
| Apr 13, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Benton, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Jasper and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 39 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 38 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone and 63 more | 8 hr |
| May 16, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 32 more | 4 hr |
| May 18, 11:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 50 more | 7 hr |
| May 19, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Grant, Huntington and 6 more | 8 hr |
| May 19, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 28 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Cass, Clay, Fountain, Fulton, Jasper and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clay, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Union and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone and 53 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lake, Porter | 8 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Dubois, Gibson, Harrison, Orange, Perry and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, LaPorte, Marshall and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Hamilton, Hendricks and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh | 5 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Perry, Pike and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 27, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Huntington and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Carroll, Cass and 35 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 6 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Henry, Ohio, Rush and 3 more | 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, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fayette, Franklin, Union, Wayne | 7 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll and 50 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Benton, Boone, Brown, Clay, Clinton and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clay, Decatur, Greene, Hancock and 14 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lake, Newton | 9 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble and 3 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Benton County20
- Newton County20
- Whitley County20
- Fulton County19
- Jasper County19
- Kosciusko County19
- Lake County19
- Noble County19
- Porter County19
- Allen County19
- Huntington County19
- Wells County19
- Cass County18
- LaGrange County18
- Miami County18
- Steuben County18
- Wabash County18
- Adams County18
- DeKalb County18
- Marshall County17
- Pulaski County17
- Starke County17
- White County17
- Blackford County17
- Grant County17
- LaPorte County16
- Jay County16
- Clay County16
- Hamilton County16
- Hendricks County16
- Johnson County16
- Marion County16
- Morgan County16
- Owen County16
- Tippecanoe County16
- Elkhart County15
- Saint Joseph County15
- Delaware County15
- Henry County15
- Boone County15
52 more counties
- Montgomery County15
- Putnam County15
- Clinton County15
- Fayette County14
- Franklin County14
- Randolph County14
- Union County14
- Wayne County14
- Hancock County14
- Madison County14
- Monroe County14
- Tipton County14
- Vermillion County14
- Vigo County14
- Carroll County14
- Warren County14
- Dearborn County13
- Bartholomew County13
- Brown County13
- Greene County13
- Parke County13
- Shelby County13
- Fountain County13
- Howard County13
- Rush County12
- Sullivan County12
- Ohio County11
- Ripley County11
- Daviess County11
- Gibson County10
- Posey County10
- Vanderburgh County10
- Decatur County10
- Dubois County10
- Jackson County10
- Jennings County10
- Knox County10
- Lawrence County10
- Martin County10
- Perry County10
- Pike County9
- Spencer County9
- Warrick County9
- Switzerland County9
- Crawford County9
- Harrison County9
- Orange County9
- Washington County9
- Clark County8
- Floyd County8
- Jefferson County8
- Scott County8
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.