Thunderstorm Wind, Vanderburgh
- When
- April 19, 7:57 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -87.500
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 19, 1970
18 thunderstorm wind, 6 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
- 6
- Property damage
- $578,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
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
18 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson
- When
- April 19, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -87.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson
- When
- April 19, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -87.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- April 19, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -87.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- April 19, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -87.280
Tornado, Greene
- When
- April 19, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -86.950
Tornado, Greene
- When
- April 19, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -86.970
Tornado, Monroe
- When
- April 19, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -86.500
Tornado, Monroe
- When
- April 19, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.6 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -86.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- April 19, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -86.900
Tornado, Ripley
- When
- April 19, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ripley County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -85.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- April 19, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -86.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- April 19, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -86.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- April 19, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -86.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- April 19, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -86.680
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- April 19, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12.8 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -86.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- April 19, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -86.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Hendricks
- When
- April 19, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hendricks County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -86.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- April 19, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -86.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- April 19, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -86.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Bartholomew
- When
- April 19, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bartholomew County
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -85.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- April 19, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -86.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Tipton
- When
- April 19, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Tipton County
- Coordinates
- 40.380, -86.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- April 19, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -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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- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 19, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 19, 1970
- Tornado in Georgia, April 19, 1970
- Tornadoes in Missouri, April 19, 1970
- Tornado in Utah, April 19, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 19, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 19, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 19, 1970
- Tornado in Florida, April 19, 1970
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: 10005376, 10005377, 10005378, 10005379, 10005380, 10005381, 10005382, 10005383, 10005384, 10005385, 10005386, 10005387, 10005388, 10005389, 10005390, 10005391, 10005392, 10005393, 10005394, 10005395, 10005396, 10005397, 10005398, 10005399.