Tornado, Bartholomew
- When
- May 25, 4:55 PM EST
- Where
- Bartholomew County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -85.830
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 25, 1987
3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- May 25, 4:29 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -85.930
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- May 25, 4:37 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -85.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Bartholomew
- When
- May 25, 4:58 PM CST
- Where
- Bartholomew County
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -85.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Decatur
- When
- May 25, 5:08 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County
- Coordinates
- 39.220, -85.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Ripley
- When
- May 25, 5:52 PM CST
- Where
- Ripley County
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -85.320
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 25, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 25, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, May 25, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 25, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 25, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Utah, May 25, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 25, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 25, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 25, 1987
- Tornado in Louisiana, May 25, 1987
- Hail in South Dakota, May 25, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 25, 1987
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Indiana, 1987Warnings in Indiana, May 1987
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: 10017708, 10017706, 10017707, 10017709, 10017710, 10017711.