Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- June 24, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Coordinates
- 40.600, -87.280
Tornado and Hail in Indiana, June 24, 1981
10 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jay
- When
- June 24, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jay County
- Coordinates
- 40.380, -85.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Vermillion
- When
- June 24, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Vermillion County
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -87.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Fountain
- When
- June 24, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Fountain County
- Coordinates
- 40.170, -87.250
Tornado, Tippecanoe
- When
- June 24, 7:47 PM CST
- Where
- Tippecanoe County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.420, -86.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- June 24, 7:58 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -85.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- June 24, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 40.220, -86.500
Hail, Boone
- When
- June 24, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.130, -86.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- June 24, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 39.900, -86.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- June 24, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County
- Coordinates
- 40.170, -85.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- June 24, 9:04 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -86.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- June 24, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -85.750
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.
- 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.
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 24, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 24, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 24, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 24, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 24, 1981
- Hail in Minnesota, June 24, 1981
- Tornadoes in Florida, June 24, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 24, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 24, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 24, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 24, 1981
- Hail in Colorado, June 24, 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: 10017455, 10017456, 10017457, 10017458, 10017459, 10017460, 10017461, 10017462, 10017463, 10017464, 10017465, 10017466.