Tornado, Marion
- When
- August 9, 5:35 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 167 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -86.220
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 9, 1969
5 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
- 6
- Property damage
- $550,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Shelby
- When
- August 9, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -85.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Vanderburgh
- When
- August 9, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -87.500
Tornado, Kosciusko
- When
- August 9, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Kosciusko County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.420, -85.750
Tornado, Franklin
- When
- August 9, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.420, -85.000
Tornado, Daviess
- When
- August 9, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.670, -87.030
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 and Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 9, 1969
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- Tornado and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 9, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 9, 1969
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, August 9, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 9, 1969
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 9, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Rhode Island, August 9, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 9, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 9, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 9, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 9, 1969
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: 10005361, 10005362, 10005363, 10005364, 10005365, 10005366.