Storms in Indiana in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana in 1986, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Indiana in 1986 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 274
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 51
- Damage
- $51 million
- Episodes
- 31
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 196 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 52 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 26 | 1 | 50 | $51 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1986
April 1986
May 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 6, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 7, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 13, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 14, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 15, 1986
June 1986
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 10, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 11, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 16, 1986
- Hail in Indiana, June 19, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 22, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 27, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 30, 1986
July 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 1, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 7, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 8, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 11, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 12, 1986
- Hail in Indiana, July 14, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 15, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 25, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 31, 1986
August 1986
September 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, September 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, September 29, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, September 30, 1986
October 1986
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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.