Storms in Indiana in 1987
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana in 1987, 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 1987 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
- 267
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $2.9 million
- Episodes
- 33
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 | 205 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hail | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 17 | 0 | 4 | $2.9 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1987
April 1987
May 1987
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 14, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 19, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 20, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 21, 1987
- Hail in Indiana, May 22, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 25, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 27, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 29, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 30, 1987
June 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 1, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, June 2, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 9, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 12, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 13, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, June 15, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 22, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 25, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, June 29, 1987
July 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 5, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, July 6, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 11, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 12, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, July 15, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 26, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 27, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 29, 1987
August 1987
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 2, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 16, 1987
- Hail in Indiana, August 21, 1987
September 1987
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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.