Tornado, Daviess
- When
- January 13, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.570, -87.080
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, January 13, 1976
12 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
12 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Posey
- When
- January 13, 1:27 PM CST
- Where
- Posey County
- Coordinates
- 38.100, -87.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Spencer
- When
- January 13, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Spencer County
- Coordinates
- 37.930, -87.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Vanderburgh
- When
- January 13, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -87.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Daviess
- When
- January 13, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Coordinates
- 38.670, -87.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- January 13, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -86.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Spencer
- When
- January 13, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Spencer County
- Coordinates
- 37.950, -86.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Bartholomew
- When
- January 13, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bartholomew County
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -85.950
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- January 13, 2:14 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -85.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- January 13, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -85.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- January 13, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 38.600, -86.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- January 13, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 38.220, -86.120
Tornado, Harrison
- When
- January 13, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -86.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Bartholomew
- When
- January 13, 2:54 PM CST
- Where
- Bartholomew County
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -85.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Decatur
- When
- January 13, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -85.480
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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, January 13, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, January 13, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 13, 1976
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, January 13, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, January 13, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 13, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, January 13, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, January 13, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, January 13, 1976
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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: 10018310, 10018311, 10018312, 10018313, 10018314, 10018315, 10018316, 10018317, 10018318, 10018319, 10018320, 10018321, 10018322, 10018323, 10018324.