Hail, Benton
- When
- June 29, 2:36 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.620, -87.320
Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, June 29, 1976
10 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $28,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- June 29, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -86.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- June 29, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -86.470
Hail, Spencer
- When
- June 29, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Spencer County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.950, -87.150
Hail, Boone
- When
- June 29, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -86.470
Hail, Hendricks
- When
- June 29, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hendricks County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -86.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- June 29, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 39.870, -86.250
Tornado, Marion
- When
- June 29, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -86.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- June 29, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -86.130
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- June 29, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.680, -87.550
Hail, Knox
- When
- June 29, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -87.220
Thunderstorm Wind, La Porte
- When
- June 29, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- La Porte County
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -86.720
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- June 29, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -86.250
Hail, Lake
- When
- June 29, 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.550, -87.470
Tornado, Lake
- When
- June 29, 5:43 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -87.430
Hail, Lake
- When
- June 29, 5:43 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.520, -87.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Elkhart
- When
- June 29, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Elkhart County
- Coordinates
- 41.580, -85.830
Hail, Parke
- When
- June 29, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Parke County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -87.230
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- June 29, 6:34 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.900, -87.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Vanderburgh
- When
- June 29, 9:54 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County
- Coordinates
- 38.100, -87.480
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 29, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, June 29, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 29, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 29, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 29, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 29, 1976
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 29, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 29, 1976
- Hail in New Hampshire, June 29, 1976
- Hail in Maine, June 29, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 29, 1976
- Hail in Kansas, June 29, 1976
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: 10019465, 10019466, 10015866, 10019467, 10019468, 10016082, 10016083, 10016084, 10016085, 10016086, 10016087, 10016088, 10016089, 10016090, 10016091, 10016092, 10016093, 10016094, 10016095, 10016096.