Tornado Warnings in Indiana
2,651 tornado warnings 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 2,651
- Busiest year
- 2026177 tornado warnings
- Average year
- 65over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Monroe County99
- Gibson County96
- Warrick County94
- Greene County92
- Harrison County88
- Jackson County85
- Bartholomew County81
- Spencer County81
- Parke County77
- Perry County77
- Shelby County76
- Posey County75
- Montgomery County75
- Daviess County74
- Fountain County74
- Boone County73
- Vanderburgh County72
- Lake County72
- Lawrence County72
- Morgan County72
- Brown County71
- Madison County70
- Marion County69
- Pike County68
- Hendricks County68
- Crawford County67
- Tippecanoe County66
- Clinton County65
- Knox County65
- Rush County62
- Putnam County62
- Decatur County61
- Howard County61
- Kosciusko County61
- Martin County60
- Washington County60
- Jennings County59
- Orange County59
- Allen County58
- Wells County57
52 more counties
- Owen County57
- Hamilton County56
- Vermillion County55
- LaPorte County55
- Clark County54
- Dubois County54
- Wabash County54
- Carroll County52
- Miami County52
- Vigo County52
- Huntington County52
- Saint Joseph County51
- Johnson County50
- Newton County49
- Clay County47
- Jasper County47
- Henry County46
- Sullivan County46
- Tipton County46
- Hancock County45
- Cass County45
- Grant County44
- Dearborn County44
- Starke County44
- Warren County43
- Ripley County43
- Marshall County43
- Floyd County42
- Porter County42
- Delaware County42
- Wayne County40
- Elkhart County40
- Jefferson County39
- Franklin County38
- Pulaski County37
- Adams County36
- Switzerland County35
- Fulton County34
- White County33
- Fayette County32
- Whitley County32
- Blackford County30
- Scott County30
- Steuben County29
- Jay County28
- DeKalb County28
- Randolph County27
- Union County26
- LaGrange County25
- Noble County24
- Ohio County23
- Benton County22
The latest tornado warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 1:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Grant | 33 min |
| Aug 19, 5:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware | 19 min |
| Aug 13, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 19 min |
| Aug 12, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pike | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 3:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Knox | 11 min |
| Aug 12, 3:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Knox | 20 min |
| Aug 11, 5:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 14 min |
| Aug 11, 3:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 3:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 12:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 12:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Pulaski, Starke | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 12:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 46 min |
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.