Thunderstorm Wind, Elkhart
- When
- July 15, 5:58 PM CST
- Where
- Elkhart County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.750, -85.730
Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 15, 1988
11 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
- 2
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
11 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lagrange
- When
- July 15, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lagrange County
- Coordinates
- 41.680, -85.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Lagrange
- When
- July 15, 6:23 PM CST
- Where
- Lagrange County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.650, -85.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Elkhart
- When
- July 15, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Elkhart County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -86.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Noble
- When
- July 15, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Noble County
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -85.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Kosciusko
- When
- July 15, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Kosciusko County
- Coordinates
- 41.420, -85.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Whitley
- When
- July 15, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Whitley County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -85.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Noble
- When
- July 15, 7:13 PM CST
- Where
- Noble County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -85.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- July 15, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -85.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- July 15, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -85.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- July 15, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -85.320
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 15, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 15, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, July 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 15, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 15, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 15, 1988
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 15, 1988
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: 10016650, 10016651, 10016652, 10016653, 10016654, 10016655, 10016656, 10016657, 10016658, 10016659, 10016660.