Tornado, White
- When
- April 14, 12:14 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.730, -86.880
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 14, 1968
5 tornado, 3 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $530,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
5 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tippecanoe
- When
- April 14, 12:19 PM CST
- Where
- Tippecanoe County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -86.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Vigo
- When
- April 14, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Vigo County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -87.400
Tornado, De Kalb
- When
- April 14, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 41.470, -85.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- April 14, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -86.000
Tornado, Tipton
- When
- April 14, 1:39 PM CST
- Where
- Tipton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -86.050
Tornado, Delaware
- When
- April 14, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.370, -85.470
Tornado, Bartholomew
- When
- April 14, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Bartholomew County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -85.970
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
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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: 10004276, 10004277, 10004278, 10004279, 10004280, 10004281, 10004282, 10004283.