Tornado, Vanderburgh
- When
- April 11, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -87.430
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 11, 1979
3 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Warrick
- When
- April 11, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Warrick County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -87.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Vigo
- When
- April 11, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Vigo County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -87.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Vigo
- When
- April 11, 8:27 PM CST
- Where
- Vigo County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -87.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Spencer
- When
- April 11, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Spencer County
- Coordinates
- 38.170, -86.980
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Warrick | 1979-04-11 | Direct |
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
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- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 11, 1979
- Tornadoes in Kansas, April 11, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 11, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, April 11, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 11, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 11, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 11, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, April 11, 1979
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: 10019500, 10019501, 10019502, 10019503, 10019504.