Thunderstorm Wind, Elkhart
- When
- August 20, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Elkhart County
- Coordinates
- 41.580, -85.830
Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, August 20, 1990
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Marion
- When
- August 20, 12:54 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -86.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- August 20, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -86.120
Hail, Clinton
- When
- August 20, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -86.370
Tornado, Warrick
- When
- August 20, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Warrick County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.020, -87.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Jennings
- When
- August 20, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Jennings County
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -85.630
Hail, Randolph
- When
- August 20, 5:52 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.020, -85.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Perry
- When
- August 20, 6:11 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Coordinates
- 37.950, -86.770
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 20, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 20, 1990
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 20, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, August 20, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 20, 1990
- Hail in New Mexico, August 20, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 20, 1990
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: 10019097, 10019099, 10019098, 10019100, 10019101, 10019102, 10019103, 10019104.