Indiana, 1999

Tornado in Indiana, May 5, 1999

May 5, 1999 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$15,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Pike

When
May 5, 5:40 PM CST to 5:42 PM CST
Where
Pike County, Arthur to 1 mi NW of Arthur
Rating
F2
Path length
1.3 mi
Path width
150 yd
Property damage
$15,000
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
38.350, -87.270

A tornado with estimated top winds of 130 MPH produced a damage path about a mile long. Since the track was through rural areas, the only structural damage was to a garage. Many trees were down.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5693335.