Tornado, Boone
- When
- February 25, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -86.470
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Indiana, February 25, 1956
10 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 4
- Property damage
- $3.4 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
10 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- February 25, 3:55 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -86.120
Tornado, Knox
- When
- February 25, 3:57 AM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.2 mi
- Path width
- 900 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -87.380
Tornado, Daviess
- When
- February 25, 4:17 AM CST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 13.8 mi
- Path width
- 900 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -87.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- February 25, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -85.180
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- February 25, 5:25 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -86.170
Tornado, Morgan
- When
- February 25, 5:26 AM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -86.430
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- February 25, 5:35 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -86.130
Tornado, Shelby
- When
- February 25, 5:50 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.480, -85.800
Tornado, Rush
- When
- February 25, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -85.550
Tornado, Switzerland
- When
- February 25, 6:45 AM CST
- Where
- Switzerland County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 57 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -85.080
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Illinois, February 25, 1956
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, February 25, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, February 25, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, February 25, 1956
- Tornado in Oklahoma, February 25, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, February 25, 1956
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, February 25, 1956
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, February 25, 1956
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10005172, 10005173, 10005174, 10005175, 10005176, 10005177, 10005178, 10005179, 10005180, 10005181, 10005182.