Tornado, Gibson
- When
- April 3, 4:38 PM EST
- Where
- Gibson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.6 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -87.570
Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 3, 1989
11 hail, 4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 8
- Property damage
- $26 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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 hail, 4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Gibson
- When
- April 3, 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Gibson County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -87.630
Hail, Posey
- When
- April 3, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Posey County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.170, -87.780
Tornado, Pike
- When
- April 3, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Pike County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.270, -87.250
Hail, Vanderburgh
- When
- April 3, 4:48 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.100, -87.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson
- When
- April 3, 4:58 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -87.380
Hail, Posey
- When
- April 3, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Posey County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.930, -87.900
Hail, Pike
- When
- April 3, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -87.220
Hail, Warrick
- When
- April 3, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Warrick County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -87.300
Tornado, Dubois
- When
- April 3, 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Dubois County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.320, -86.830
Hail, Huntington
- When
- April 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Huntington County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -85.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Vanderburgh
- When
- April 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County
- Coordinates
- 38.100, -87.480
Hail, Warrick
- When
- April 3, 6:02 PM CST
- Where
- Warrick County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -87.270
Hail, Posey
- When
- April 3, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Posey County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.100, -87.780
Hail, Perry
- When
- April 3, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.130, -86.720
Hail, Spencer
- When
- April 3, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Spencer County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.930, -86.980
Hail, Perry
- When
- April 3, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.950, -86.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- April 3, 6:57 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -85.850
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 3, 1989
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 3, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 3, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 3, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 3, 1989
- Hail in Georgia, April 3, 1989
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 3, 1989
- Hail in Kansas, April 3, 1989
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: 10017836, 10017838, 10017835, 10017843, 10017837, 10017839, 10017840, 10017841, 10017842, 10018911, 10018696, 10018907, 10018908, 10018909, 10018910, 10018912, 10018913, 10018914.