Thunderstorm Wind, Rush
- When
- July 6, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -85.470
Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, July 6, 1987
20 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- 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
20 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson
- When
- July 6, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County
- Coordinates
- 38.330, -87.450
Hail, Greene
- When
- July 6, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -86.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Warrick
- When
- July 6, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Warrick County
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -87.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- July 6, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -86.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- July 6, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -87.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- July 6, 3:09 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Coordinates
- 38.550, -86.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- July 6, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 38.600, -86.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Dubois
- When
- July 6, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dubois County
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -86.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- July 6, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 38.220, -86.130
Hail, Scott
- When
- July 6, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.750, -85.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- July 6, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -85.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd
- When
- July 6, 3:42 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Coordinates
- 38.300, -85.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- July 6, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.320, -85.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 6, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -85.470
Tornado, Newton
- When
- July 6, 5:02 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.9 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -87.430
Hail, Newton
- When
- July 6, 5:22 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -87.450
Thunderstorm Wind, White
- When
- July 6, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -86.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Vigo
- When
- July 6, 6:23 PM CST
- Where
- Vigo County
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -87.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Vermillion
- When
- July 6, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Vermillion County
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -87.470
Thunderstorm Wind, White
- When
- July 6, 6:41 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -87.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Parke
- When
- July 6, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Parke County
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -87.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- July 6, 7:09 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -86.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- July 6, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -86.350
Tornado, Allen
- When
- July 6, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 41.020, -84.870
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 6, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 6, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 6, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 6, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 6, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, July 6, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 6, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, July 6, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 6, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 6, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 6, 1987
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 6, 1987
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: 10017127, 10017128, 10017129, 10017130, 10017131, 10017132, 10017133, 10017134, 10017135, 10017136, 10018623, 10018624, 10018625, 10018837, 10018838, 10018839, 10018840, 10018841, 10018842, 10018843, 10018844, 10018845, 10018846, 10018847, 10018848.