Tornado, Vigo
- When
- June 18, 2:51 PM CST
- Where
- Vigo County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -87.370
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 18, 1978
4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Vigo
- When
- June 18, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vigo County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -87.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- June 18, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 40.230, -86.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- June 18, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -86.430
Tornado, Shelby
- When
- June 18, 5:16 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -85.920
Tornado, Shelby
- When
- June 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -85.830
Tornado, Shelby
- When
- June 18, 5:37 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.550, -85.780
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 Hail in Ohio, June 18, 1978
- Tornado in Wyoming, June 18, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 18, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 18, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 18, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 18, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 18, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 18, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 18, 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: 10018378, 10018379, 10018380, 10018381, 10018382, 10018383, 10018384.