Thunderstorm Wind, Vanderburgh
- When
- May 10, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -87.500
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 10, 1969
6 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 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
- 7
- Property damage
- $755,000
- 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
6 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson
- When
- May 10, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Gibson County
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -87.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Warrick
- When
- May 10, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Warrick County
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -87.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Spencer
- When
- May 10, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Spencer County
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -87.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Perry
- When
- May 10, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -86.780
Tornado, Parke
- When
- May 10, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Parke County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -87.080
Tornado, Putnam
- When
- May 10, 11:35 AM CST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 16.5 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 7 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.570, -86.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- May 10, 11:55 AM CST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -86.680
Tornado, Hamilton
- When
- May 10, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -86.120
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- May 10, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 33.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.480, -86.050
Tornado, Bartholomew
- When
- May 10, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bartholomew County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.220, -85.780
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.
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: 10006587, 10006588, 10006589, 10006590, 10006591, 10006592, 10006593, 10006594, 10006595, 10006596, 10006597.