Tornado, Porter
- When
- May 30, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Porter County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 41.520, -87.130
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 30, 1980
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Porter
- When
- May 30, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Porter County
- Coordinates
- 41.620, -87.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Tippecanoe
- When
- May 30, 11:50 AM CST
- Where
- Tippecanoe County
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -86.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- May 30, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.230, -85.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Steuben
- When
- May 30, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Steuben County
- Coordinates
- 41.630, -85.000
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- May 30, 7:54 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Coordinates
- 41.750, -86.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Elkhart
- When
- May 30, 8:42 PM CST
- Where
- Elkhart County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.680, -85.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- May 30, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 41.350, -86.320
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, Porter | 1980-05-30 | 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 30, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 30, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 30, 1980
- Tornado in Colorado, May 30, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 30, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, May 30, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 30, 1980
- Hail in Texas, May 30, 1980
- Hail in Missouri, May 30, 1980
- Hail in Minnesota, May 30, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 30, 1980
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 30, 1980
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1980Every state in 1980This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Indiana, 1980
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: 10017336, 10017337, 10017338, 10017339, 10017340, 10017341, 10017342, 10017343.