Tornado Watches in Indiana
529 tornado 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 tornado watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 529
- Busiest year
- 200639 tornado watches
- Average year
- 18over 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.
- Posey County194
- Warrick County191
- Spencer County190
- Vanderburgh County189
- Gibson County180
- Pike County176
- Crawford County158
- Perry County158
- Harrison County156
- Knox County153
- Daviess County149
- Floyd County149
- Orange County149
- Dubois County147
- Martin County147
- Lawrence County146
- Clark County144
- Jackson County144
- Washington County144
- Bartholomew County140
- Monroe County139
- Brown County138
- Greene County138
- Vigo County138
- Clay County136
- Owen County136
- Scott County136
- Sullivan County136
- Jennings County135
- Putnam County135
- Decatur County131
- Jefferson County131
- Johnson County130
- Morgan County130
- Parke County130
- Vermillion County129
- Hendricks County128
- Marion County127
- Shelby County127
- Rush County124
52 more counties
- Boone County123
- Fountain County123
- Montgomery County122
- Hancock County120
- Howard County118
- Tippecanoe County118
- Clinton County117
- Fayette County117
- Hamilton County117
- Switzerland County117
- Warren County116
- Franklin County115
- Tipton County115
- Union County115
- Carroll County113
- Dearborn County113
- Ohio County113
- Henry County112
- Madison County111
- Ripley County111
- Randolph County110
- Wayne County110
- Benton County109
- Newton County108
- Delaware County107
- Miami County106
- Jasper County104
- Cass County102
- Wabash County98
- White County97
- Jay County95
- Grant County94
- Adams County93
- Blackford County92
- Huntington County92
- Wells County91
- Fulton County90
- Porter County86
- Pulaski County86
- Lake County84
- Kosciusko County83
- Whitley County82
- Allen County80
- Marshall County79
- Noble County78
- Starke County78
- DeKalb County74
- Elkhart County74
- LaGrange County74
- Steuben County74
- LaPorte County71
- Saint Joseph County69
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:19 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ohio, Switzerland | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 32 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:28 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gibson, Knox, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Sullivan and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:39 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Perry | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Dubois, Fayette, Floyd and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Cass and 41 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:57 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 7 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Elkhart and 19 more | 3 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.