Tornado, Whitley
- When
- April 13, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Whitley County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 123 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -85.550
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 13, 1981
5 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wabash
- When
- April 13, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wabash County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -85.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Kosciusko
- When
- April 13, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kosciusko County
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -85.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Wabash
- When
- April 13, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wabash County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.950, -85.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Whitley
- When
- April 13, 10:18 PM CST
- Where
- Whitley County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -85.480
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- April 13, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -85.480
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 Illinois, April 13, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 13, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, April 13, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 13, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, April 13, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 13, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 13, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 13, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 13, 1981
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1981Every state in 1981This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Indiana, 1981
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: 10016338, 10016339, 10016340, 10016341, 10016342, 10016343.