Hail, Marion
- When
- April 29, 1:24 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -86.280
Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 29, 1970
10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $253,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ripley
- When
- April 29, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ripley County
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -85.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Ripley
- When
- April 29, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Ripley County
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -85.280
Tornado, Ripley
- When
- April 29, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ripley County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -85.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Dearborn
- When
- April 29, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dearborn County
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -85.080
Hail, Ripley
- When
- April 29, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ripley County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -85.180
Hail, Dearborn
- When
- April 29, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dearborn County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -85.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Dearborn
- When
- April 29, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dearborn County
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -85.000
Tornado, Ripley
- When
- April 29, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ripley County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -85.180
Hail, Dearborn
- When
- April 29, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dearborn County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -84.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Ohio
- When
- April 29, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ohio County
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -84.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Switzerland
- When
- April 29, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Switzerland County
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -84.900
Hail,
- When
- April 29, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -84.780
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- April 29, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -84.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Huntington
- When
- April 29, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Huntington County
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -85.580
Hail, Huntington
- When
- April 29, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Huntington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -85.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Huntington
- When
- April 29, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Huntington County
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -85.280
Hail, Allen
- When
- April 29, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -85.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- April 29, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -85.180
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, April 29, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 29, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 29, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, April 29, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 29, 1970
- Tornado in Wisconsin, April 29, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 29, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 29, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 29, 1970
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1970Every state in 1970This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Indiana, 1970
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: 10005401, 10005402, 10005403, 10005404, 10005405, 10005406, 10005407, 10005408, 10005409, 10005410, 10005411, 10005412, 10005413, 10005414, 10005415, 10002874, 10002875, 10003087, 10003088.