Storms in Indiana in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana in 1979, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Indiana in 1979 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 142
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $353,000
- Episodes
- 35
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 78 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 15 | 1 | 3 | $353,000 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1979
April 1979
- Hail in Indiana, April 5, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 11, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 12, 1979
May 1979
June 1979
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 7, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 8, 1979
- Hail in Indiana, June 17, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, June 20, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 21, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 22, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 29, 1979
- Hail in Indiana, June 30, 1979
July 1979
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 4, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 13, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 24, 1979
- Tornado in Indiana, July 25, 1979
- Tornado in Indiana, July 26, 1979
- Hail in Indiana, July 30, 1979
August 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 1, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 5, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 6, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 8, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 10, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 18, 1979
- Hail in Indiana, August 19, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 20, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 23, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 28, 1979
October 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, October 1, 1979
- Tornado in Indiana, October 6, 1979
- Hail in Indiana, October 8, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, October 22, 1979
November 1979
More
Every year in IndianaEvery state in 1979Tornadoes in Indiana in 197919781980
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.