Thunderstorm Wind, Fountain
- When
- July 9, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fountain County
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -87.270
Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, July 9, 1980
8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail, 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
- 2
- Injuries
- 25
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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, 3 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- July 9, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -85.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- July 9, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -85.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- July 9, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -87.070
Hail, Madison
- When
- July 9, 6:43 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -85.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Lake
- When
- July 9, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -87.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- July 9, 6:46 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -86.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- July 9, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 40.180, -87.070
Tornado, Montgomery
- When
- July 9, 7:46 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -86.900
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- July 9, 8:22 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -86.900
Tornado, Rush
- When
- July 9, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 6.4 mi
- Path width
- 267 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 25 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -85.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- July 9, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -85.300
Tornado, Rush
- When
- July 9, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 4.6 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -85.370
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 and Hail in West Virginia, July 9, 1980
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- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 9, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 9, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 9, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 9, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 9, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 9, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 9, 1980
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: 10018547, 10018548, 10018549, 10018550, 10018551, 10019399, 10019400, 10019613, 10019614, 10019615, 10019616, 10019617, 10019618.