Tornado, La Porte
- When
- August 5, 1:45 AM EST
- Where
- La Porte County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -86.550
Tornado and Hail in Indiana, August 5, 1989
18 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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
18 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- August 5, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -86.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Lake
- When
- August 5, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 41.370, -87.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Steuben
- When
- August 5, 2:20 AM CST
- Where
- Steuben County
- Coordinates
- 41.630, -85.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- August 5, 2:20 AM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Coordinates
- 40.930, -85.080
Hail, Hendricks
- When
- August 5, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hendricks County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -86.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- August 5, 1:33 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -86.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- August 5, 2:43 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -85.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Ripley
- When
- August 5, 2:56 PM CST
- Where
- Ripley County
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -85.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Bartholomew
- When
- August 5, 3:36 PM CST
- Where
- Bartholomew County
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -85.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- August 5, 3:37 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -86.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Ripley
- When
- August 5, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ripley County
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -85.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Ripley
- When
- August 5, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ripley County
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -85.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Switzerland
- When
- August 5, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Switzerland County
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -85.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- August 5, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -86.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Daviess
- When
- August 5, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -86.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Martin
- When
- August 5, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Coordinates
- 38.670, -86.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- August 5, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 38.980, -86.480
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- August 5, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -86.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- August 5, 11:48 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -85.750
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Lake | 1989-08-05 | Direct |
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, August 5, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 5, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 5, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 5, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 5, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 5, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 5, 1989
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 5, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 5, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 5, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 5, 1989
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 5, 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: 10016737, 10016735, 10016736, 10016738, 10016739, 10016740, 10016741, 10016742, 10016743, 10016744, 10016745, 10016746, 10016747, 10016748, 10016749, 10016750, 10016751, 10016752, 10016753, 10016754.