Storms in Indiana in 2006

1,592 events in 374 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana in 2006, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Indiana in 2006 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 1,592
Deaths: 6
Injuries: 28
Damage: $42 million
Episodes: 374

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.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Hail	721	1	7	$6.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind	476	0	1	$4.7 million
Flood	117	2	0	$2.6 million
Flash Flood	96	3	7	$13 million
Lightning	33	0	7	$795,000
Tornado	28	0	6	$14 million
Winter Weather	24	0	0
Strong Wind	20	0	0	$26,000
High Wind	15	0	0	$113,000
Heat	14	0	0
Heavy Rain	10	0	0
Dense Fog	10	0	0
Funnel Cloud	8	0	0
Frost/Freeze	6	0	0
Winter Storm	5	0	0
Heavy Snow	4	0	0
Lake-Effect Snow	3	0	0
Wildfire	2	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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November 2006

December 2006

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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.