Tornado, Benton
- When
- September 19, 5:35 PM EST
- Where
- Benton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.570, -87.130
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, September 19, 1988
15 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
- $305,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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
15 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Clay
- When
- September 19, 6:35 PM EST
- Where
- Clay County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -87.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Fountain
- When
- September 19, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Fountain County
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -87.250
Tornado, Sullivan
- When
- September 19, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -87.400
Thunderstorm Wind, La Porte
- When
- September 19, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- La Porte County
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -86.680
Thunderstorm Wind, White
- When
- September 19, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -86.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Starke
- When
- September 19, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Starke County
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -86.630
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- September 19, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -86.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- September 19, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 40.330, -86.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Kosciusko
- When
- September 19, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Kosciusko County
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -86.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Elkhart
- When
- September 19, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Elkhart County
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -85.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- September 19, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Coordinates
- 39.570, -86.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Noble
- When
- September 19, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Noble County
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -85.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- September 19, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 41.350, -86.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Wabash
- When
- September 19, 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- Wabash County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -85.820
Tornado, Brown
- When
- September 19, 8:40 PM EST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -86.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Huntington
- When
- September 19, 7:46 PM CST
- Where
- Huntington County
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -85.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- September 19, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -85.130
Tornado, Bartholomew
- When
- September 19, 9:05 PM EST
- Where
- Bartholomew County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.220, -85.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Decatur
- When
- September 19, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -85.480
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
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Indiana, 1988Warnings in Indiana, September 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: 10016706, 10016711, 10016707, 10016716, 10016708, 10016709, 10016710, 10016712, 10016713, 10016714, 10016715, 10016717, 10016718, 10017561, 10017775, 10017778, 10017776, 10017777, 10017779, 10017780.