Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- March 20, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -86.250
Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 20, 1976
10 tornado, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
- 18
- Property damage
- $5.6 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
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 tornado, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Elkhart
- When
- March 20, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Elkhart County
- Coordinates
- 41.680, -85.970
Tornado, Tippecanoe
- When
- March 20, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Tippecanoe County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 13.1 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -87.000
Tornado, Vigo
- When
- March 20, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Vigo County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 13.9 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -87.480
Tornado, Carroll
- When
- March 20, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.570, -86.780
Hail, St. Joseph
- When
- March 20, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.750, -86.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Vigo
- When
- March 20, 3:42 PM CST
- Where
- Vigo County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -87.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- March 20, 3:47 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -87.120
Tornado, Marshall
- When
- March 20, 3:59 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 11.6 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Injuries
- 10 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -86.250
Tornado, Putnam
- When
- March 20, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 13.2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -86.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- March 20, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 40.680, -86.500
Tornado, Hendricks
- When
- March 20, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hendricks County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 11.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -86.680
Tornado, Hamilton
- When
- March 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -86.130
Hail, Owen
- When
- March 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Owen County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -86.770
Tornado, Hendricks
- When
- March 20, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hendricks County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 6.9 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -86.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- March 20, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -86.150
Tornado, Madison
- When
- March 20, 5:27 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.070, -85.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- March 20, 5:34 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.180, -85.400
Tornado, Henry
- When
- March 20, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -85.370
Hail, Johnson
- When
- March 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -86.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- March 20, 6:08 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Coordinates
- 40.170, -85.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Jay
- When
- March 20, 6:21 PM CST
- Where
- Jay County
- Coordinates
- 40.430, -85.130
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, March 20, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 20, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 20, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, March 20, 1976
- Hail in Texas, March 20, 1976
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, March 20, 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: 10019421, 10019422, 10019423, 10019424, 10019425, 10019426, 10019427, 10019428, 10019429, 10019430, 10019431, 10019432, 10019433, 10019434, 10019435, 10019436, 10019437, 10019438, 10019439, 10019440, 10019441, 10019442.