Tornado, Grant
- When
- October 8, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Grant County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -85.530
Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, October 8, 1992
11 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
- 13
- Property damage
- $1.3 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 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Huntington
- When
- October 8, 5:37 PM EST
- Where
- Huntington County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -85.550
Tornado, Huntington
- When
- October 8, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Huntington County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.830, -85.330
Tornado, Allen
- When
- October 8, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Allen County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Injuries
- 9 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -85.130
Hail, Madison
- When
- October 8, 5:22 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.020, -85.770
Hail, Madison
- When
- October 8, 5:37 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.270, -85.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- October 8, 4:30 PM PST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -86.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- October 8, 4:30 PM PST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -86.150
Tornado, Franklin
- When
- October 8, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -84.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- October 8, 6:18 PM PST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -85.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- October 8, 6:20 PM PST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Coordinates
- 40.170, -84.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- October 8, 6:30 PM PST
- Where
- Allen County
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -85.130
Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb
- When
- October 8, 6:45 PM PST
- Where
- De Kalb County
- Coordinates
- 41.430, -85.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Ripley
- When
- October 8, 6:45 PM PST
- Where
- Ripley County
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -85.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Jay
- When
- October 8, 6:50 PM PST
- Where
- Jay County
- Coordinates
- 40.430, -85.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Ripley
- When
- October 8, 6:57 PM PST
- Where
- Ripley County
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -85.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Ripley
- When
- October 8, 6:57 PM PST
- Where
- Ripley County
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -85.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Dearborn
- When
- October 8, 7:08 PM PST
- Where
- Dearborn County
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -84.850
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
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1992Every state in 1992This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Indiana, 1992Warnings in Indiana, October 1992
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: 10018099, 10018100, 10018101, 10018102, 10155975, 10155976, 10018097, 10018098, 10018109, 10018103, 10018104, 10018105, 10018106, 10018107, 10018108, 10018110, 10018111, 10018112.