Hail, Putnam
- When
- October 1, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -86.870
Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, October 1, 1979
10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Vigo
- When
- October 1, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Vigo County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -87.400
Hail, Vigo
- When
- October 1, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Vigo County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -87.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Vigo
- When
- October 1, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Vigo County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -87.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Lagrange
- When
- October 1, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lagrange County
- Coordinates
- 41.650, -85.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Kosciusko
- When
- October 1, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kosciusko County
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -85.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- October 1, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -86.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- October 1, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -86.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Dubois
- When
- October 1, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dubois County
- Coordinates
- 38.220, -86.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- October 1, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 39.170, -86.520
Tornado, Wabash
- When
- October 1, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wabash County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.820, -85.820
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- October 1, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -86.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- October 1, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -86.130
Tornado, Whitley
- When
- October 1, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Whitley County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -85.580
Tornado, Morgan
- When
- October 1, 8:02 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -86.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- October 1, 8:07 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.230, -85.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- October 1, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County
- Coordinates
- 40.170, -85.500
Tornado, Hamilton
- When
- October 1, 8:31 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -86.020
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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: 10017278, 10017279, 10017280, 10017281, 10017282, 10017283, 10017284, 10017285, 10017286, 10017287, 10017288, 10017289, 10017290, 10017291, 10017292, 10017293, 10017294, 10017295.