Thunderstorm Wind, Vanderburgh
- When
- November 19, 9:32 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -87.500
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, November 19, 1970
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Perry
- When
- November 19, 10:47 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.950, -86.770
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, November 19, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, November 19, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, November 19, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, November 19, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, November 19, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, November 19, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, November 19, 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: 10003136, 10003137.