Thunderstorm Wind, Spencer
- When
- July 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Spencer County
- Coordinates
- 37.850, -87.180
Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 20, 1981
15 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
15 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- July 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -85.670
Hail, Putnam
- When
- July 20, 5:08 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -86.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Posey
- When
- July 20, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Posey County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -87.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Posey
- When
- July 20, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Posey County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -87.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson
- When
- July 20, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -87.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Warrick
- When
- July 20, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Warrick County
- Coordinates
- 37.950, -87.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson
- When
- July 20, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County
- Coordinates
- 38.330, -87.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- July 20, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -87.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Dubois
- When
- July 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dubois County
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -86.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Spencer
- When
- July 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Spencer County
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -87.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Posey
- When
- July 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Posey County
- Coordinates
- 37.930, -87.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Martin
- When
- July 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Coordinates
- 38.670, -86.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Daviess
- When
- July 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Coordinates
- 38.670, -87.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson
- When
- July 20, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County
- Coordinates
- 38.330, -87.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Starke
- When
- July 20, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Starke County
- Coordinates
- 38.330, -86.470
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 20, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, July 20, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, July 20, 1981
- Tornado in New Jersey, July 20, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 20, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 20, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 20, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 20, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 20, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 20, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 20, 1981
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 20, 1981
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: 10017469, 10017470, 10017471, 10017472, 10017473, 10017474, 10017475, 10017476, 10017477, 10017478, 10017479, 10017480, 10017481, 10017482, 10017483, 10017484.