Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- April 30, 1:24 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -87.280
Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 30, 1962
8 tornado, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- 54
- Property damage
- $1.3 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
8 tornado, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- April 30, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -86.280
Tornado, Jasper
- When
- April 30, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -87.200
Tornado, St. Joseph
- When
- April 30, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 23.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 49 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -86.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- April 30, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -86.400
Tornado, Porter
- When
- April 30, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Porter County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -87.030
Hail, Porter
- When
- April 30, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Porter County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -87.080
Tornado, Newton
- When
- April 30, 2:24 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -87.470
Tornado, Elkhart
- When
- April 30, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Elkhart County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 13.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -86.070
Tornado, White
- When
- April 30, 2:32 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.680, -86.880
Tornado, Miami
- When
- April 30, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Miami County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -86.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- April 30, 3:01 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Measured
- 77 kt (89 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -85.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- April 30, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -87.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson
- When
- April 30, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -87.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Sullivan
- When
- April 30, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sullivan County
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -87.400
Tornado, Knox
- When
- April 30, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 26.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -87.450
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 30, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, April 30, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 30, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 30, 1962
- Hail in Missouri, April 30, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 30, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 30, 1962
- Hail in South Carolina, April 30, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 30, 1962
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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: 10006102, 10006103, 10006104, 10006105, 10006106, 10006107, 10006108, 10006109, 10006110, 10006111, 10006112, 10006113, 10006114, 10006115, 10006116, 10006117.