Hail, Tippecanoe
- When
- October 17, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Tippecanoe County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -87.030
Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, October 17, 1988
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, La Porte
- When
- October 17, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- La Porte County
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -86.550
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- October 17, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -86.520
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- October 17, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -86.250
Tornado, Vermillion
- When
- October 17, 7:58 PM EST
- Where
- Vermillion County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -87.500
Tornado, Putnam
- When
- October 17, 8:45 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -86.830
Tornado, Vigo
- When
- October 17, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Vigo County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -87.520
Tornado, Hendricks
- When
- October 17, 9:20 PM EST
- Where
- Hendricks County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -86.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- October 17, 9:03 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -85.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- October 17, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -86.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- October 17, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -86.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- October 17, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -85.130
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Indiana, 1988Warnings in Indiana, October 1988
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: 10017785, 10017786, 10017787, 10017788, 10017790, 10017791, 10017789, 10017793, 10017792, 10017794, 10017795, 10017796.