Thunderstorm Wind, Posey
- When
- May 15, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Posey County
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -87.770
Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 15, 1986
17 thunderstorm wind, 7 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
- $553,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 25
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, 7 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Vanderburgh
- When
- May 15, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.170, -87.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Vanderburgh
- When
- May 15, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.020, -87.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Martin
- When
- May 15, 2:14 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Coordinates
- 38.670, -86.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- May 15, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -86.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- May 15, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -86.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- May 15, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -86.470
Tornado, Posey
- When
- May 15, 3:50 PM EST
- Where
- Posey County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -87.720
Tornado, Vanderburgh
- When
- May 15, 3:55 PM EST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.150, -87.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Posey
- When
- May 15, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Posey County
- Coordinates
- 37.900, -87.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- May 15, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -85.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson
- When
- May 15, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -87.580
Tornado, Vanderburgh
- When
- May 15, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -87.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- May 15, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -85.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Vanderburgh
- When
- May 15, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -87.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Rush
- When
- May 15, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -85.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- May 15, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 39.830, -84.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- May 15, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Coordinates
- 40.230, -84.920
Tornado, Dubois
- When
- May 15, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Dubois County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -87.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Jay
- When
- May 15, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jay County
- Coordinates
- 40.430, -84.980
Hail, Union
- When
- May 15, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -84.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Warrick
- When
- May 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Warrick County
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -87.030
Tornado, Daviess
- When
- May 15, 6:55 PM EST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.670, -87.170
Tornado, Vermillion
- When
- May 15, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Vermillion County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 140 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -87.520
Tornado, Fountain
- When
- May 15, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Fountain County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 140 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.130, -87.420
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 Missouri, May 15, 1986
- Tornado in Michigan, May 15, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 15, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 15, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 15, 1986
- Hail in Kansas, May 15, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 15, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 15, 1986
- Hail in Tennessee, May 15, 1986
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 15, 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: 10018769, 10018770, 10018771, 10018772, 10018773, 10018774, 10018775, 10018779, 10018781, 10018776, 10018777, 10018778, 10018786, 10018780, 10018782, 10018783, 10018784, 10018785, 10018789, 10018787, 10018788, 10018790, 10018791, 10018792, 10018793.