Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- August 26, 11:40 AM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -86.350
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 26, 1986
16 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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
16 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- August 26, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Coordinates
- 38.750, -85.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Noble
- When
- August 26, 4:42 PM CST
- Where
- Noble County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -85.420
Tornado, Adams
- When
- August 26, 6:06 PM EST
- Where
- Adams County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.900, -85.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Huntington
- When
- August 26, 5:33 PM CST
- Where
- Huntington County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -85.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Howard
- When
- August 26, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -86.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- August 26, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -85.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- August 26, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -85.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Wells
- When
- August 26, 5:57 PM CST
- Where
- Wells County
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -85.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- August 26, 6:06 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 40.520, -85.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Wells
- When
- August 26, 6:12 PM CST
- Where
- Wells County
- Coordinates
- 40.720, -85.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- August 26, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -86.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Blackford
- When
- August 26, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Blackford County
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -85.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- August 26, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -86.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Jay
- When
- August 26, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jay County
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -84.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- August 26, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -85.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Wells
- When
- August 26, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Wells County
- Coordinates
- 40.730, -85.100
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, August 26, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 26, 1986
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: 10019965, 10016364, 10016365, 10016585, 10016580, 10016581, 10016582, 10016583, 10016584, 10016586, 10016587, 10016588, 10016589, 10016590, 10016591, 10016592, 10016593.