Thunderstorm Wind, Porter
- When
- July 1, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Porter County
- Coordinates
- 41.470, -87.050
Tornado and Hail in Indiana, July 1, 1983
17 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 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
- $250
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 26
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
17 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, La Porte
- When
- July 1, 9:25 AM CST
- Where
- La Porte County
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -86.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper
- When
- July 1, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -87.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Porter
- When
- July 1, 9:40 AM CST
- Where
- Porter County
- Coordinates
- 41.470, -87.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- July 1, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -86.570
Tornado, Starke
- When
- July 1, 9:57 AM CST
- Where
- Starke County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 41.330, -86.630
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- July 1, 9:58 AM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -86.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- July 1, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -86.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- July 1, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -86.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- July 1, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 41.020, -86.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Kosciusko
- When
- July 1, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Kosciusko County
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -86.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Kosciusko
- When
- July 1, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Kosciusko County
- Coordinates
- 41.230, -85.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Lagrange
- When
- July 1, 10:35 AM CST
- Where
- Lagrange County
- Coordinates
- 41.620, -85.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Noble
- When
- July 1, 10:35 AM CST
- Where
- Noble County
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -85.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Whitley
- When
- July 1, 10:45 AM CST
- Where
- Whitley County
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -85.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- July 1, 11:01 AM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -85.130
Hail, Allen
- When
- July 1, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.980, -85.180
Hail, Lake
- When
- July 1, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.620, -87.350
Hail, Lake
- When
- July 1, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.420, -87.370
Hail, Starke
- When
- July 1, 7:31 PM CST
- Where
- Starke County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -86.600
Hail, Marshall
- When
- July 1, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -86.280
Hail, Starke
- When
- July 1, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Starke County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -86.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Whitley
- When
- July 1, 8:12 PM CST
- Where
- Whitley County
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -85.480
Hail, Huntington
- When
- July 1, 8:34 PM CST
- Where
- Huntington County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -85.480
Hail, Huntington
- When
- July 1, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Huntington County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -85.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Starke
- When
- July 1, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Starke County
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -86.630
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 1, 1983
- Tornado in Idaho, July 1, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 1, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 1, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 1, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 1, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 1, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 1, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 1, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 1, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 1, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 1, 1983
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: 10016398, 10016399, 10016400, 10016401, 10016402, 10016403, 10016404, 10016405, 10016406, 10016407, 10016408, 10016409, 10016410, 10016411, 10016412, 10016413, 10016414, 10016415, 10016416, 10016417, 10016418, 10016419, 10016420, 10016421, 10016422, 10016423.