Thunderstorm Wind, Vanderburgh
- When
- July 1, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -87.550
Tornado and Hail in Indiana, July 1, 1978
8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- 6
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- July 1, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -86.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- July 1, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 40.270, -85.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- July 1, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 40.130, -86.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- July 1, 1:57 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -85.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- July 1, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -86.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- July 1, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -85.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- July 1, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -86.170
Hail, Brown
- When
- July 1, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -86.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Jennings
- When
- July 1, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jennings County
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -85.630
Tornado, Bartholomew
- When
- July 1, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bartholomew County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.170, -85.830
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 in Wisconsin, July 1, 1978
- Tornadoes in Washington, July 1, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 1, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 1, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 1, 1978
- Hail in North Carolina, July 1, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 1, 1978
- Tornado in Texas, July 1, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 1, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, July 1, 1978
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: 10018398, 10018399, 10018400, 10018401, 10018402, 10018403, 10018404, 10018405, 10018406, 10018407, 10018408.