Hail, Dubois
- When
- October 18, 4:31 PM EST
- Where
- Dubois County, 2.13 mi NE of Jasper
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -86.900
Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, October 18, 2007
A cold front with strong upper level support collided with a very moist air mass over the lower Ohio Valley. Widespread severe thunderstorms resulted, along with three confirmed tornadoes in south central Indiana.
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
- $1.1 million
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Events
- 16
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
A cold front with strong upper level support collided with a very moist air mass over the lower Ohio Valley. Widespread severe thunderstorms resulted, along with three confirmed tornadoes in south central Indiana. The severe storms and tornadoes produced property damage, widespread areas with downed trees and power lines, and some large hail.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 18, 4:18 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 4:18 PM EST, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 518 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 .MESOSCALE UPDATE... CONVECTION HAS RAPDILY DEVELOPED ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA. 18Z SOUNDING OUT OF NASHVILLE SHOWS GOOD AMOUNT OF SHEAR SUGGESTIVE OF SPLITTING SUPERCELLS. CURRENTLY ONE SPLITTING SUPERCELL IS NEARING NW HANCOCK COUNTY WHILE ANOTHER ONE IS FURTHER WEST TOWARD HENDERSON. DISCRETE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MAINLY AFFECT THE NW PORTION OF OUR FA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. FURTHER WEST...CONVECTIVE LINE FURTHER WEST ACROSS MO AND IL WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT. -MJ .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)... ...ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER EVENT EXPECTED TONIGHT... FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS A TORNADO WATCH WHICH WAS ISSUED AT 1840Z AND RUNS TILL 4Z TONIGHT FOR WRN TWO THIRDS OF CWA. ATMOSPHERE IS ON THE RECOVERY FROM THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION. BETTER INSTABILITY IS STARTING TO NOSE IN FROM THE WSW AS CLOUDS BREAK UP ALLOWING SFC HEATING. CAPES APPROACHING 1000 J/KG OVER FAR WRN CWA. THINKING SCATTERED T-STORMS MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT EARLY THIS EVENING OVER WRN CWA WHICH IS IN THE WATCH AREA. EXPECTING CONVECTION TO REMAIN WEST AND SOUTH ALONG THE BEST INSTABILITY AXIS UNTIL THEN. MAIN EVENT STILL ON TRACK FOR TONIGHT. ONLY MINOR TWEAKS TO THE GRIDS FOR TONIGHT. LAPS 50 TO 60 KT BULK SHEAR WILL MAKE QUITE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AS WAS OBSERVED WITH CONVECTION OVER IL AND MO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. GOOD LL SHEAR ESPECIALLY OVER WEST CENTRAL KY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT. THINKING IS THAT CELLS WILL PROBABLY INITIATE OVER WRN KY AND IN/IL EARLY THIS EVENING AND EVOLVE INTO A SQUALL LINE ESPECIALLY BY THE TIME THE COLD FRONT REACHES CENTRAL AND ERN PORTIONS OF CWA AROUND 5Z TO 9Z. BE SURE TO TURN ON YOUR WEATHER RADIOS THIS EVENING TO REMAIN ALERT OF SEVERE WEATHER UPDATES. --AML && .LONG TERM (FRI THRU THU)... WELL BE PUTTING ALL OUR RESOURCES INTO THE POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD SEVERE EVENT LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND HENCEFORTH WILL BE MAKING NO OR JUST SUBTLE CHANGES IN THIS PERIOD. STILL LOOKS LIKE A WARM WEEKEND...TRENDING SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER AT THE START OF THE NEW WORKWEEK WITH NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF RAIN ON MONDAY. DK && .AVIATION (18Z TAFS)... ...LARGE AVIATION CONCERNS FOR THIS TAF PERIOD... MVFR CIGS HANGING AROUND THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF THE FIRST WAVE OF PRECIP THAT IMPACTED THE TAF SITES THIS MORNING. EXPECTING MVFR CIGS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS ALONG WITH LLWS AS WIND PROFILE REMAINS QUITE STRONG AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE MAIN CONCERN FOR TONIGHT IS THE COLD FRONT SITTING OVER EXTREME WRN IL AND DOWN THROUGH CENTRAL MO AT 17Z. THIS FRONT IS PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH THE TAF SITES BETWEEN 3Z AND 9Z TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED WITH THESE STORMS...HOWEVER HAVE LEFT OUT SEVERE WINDS IN THE TAFS ATTM. WILL WAIT AND MONITOR SEVERE THREAT TO SPECIFIC TAF SITES AS THE EVENT DRAWS NEAR. HOWEVER...HAVE INCLUDED AN IFR TEMPO GROUP WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE...CONDITIONS SHOULD GRADUALLY IMPROVE WITH MVFR CIGS STICKING AROUND EARLY TOMORROW AND THEN GRADUALLY SCATTERING OUT AND LIFTING TO VFR CONDITIONS. --AML && LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 18, 3:00 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 400 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-190830- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- 400 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND MOST OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY EARLY TONIGHT WELL AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...LARGE HAIL... AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. A MORE ORGANIZED THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AS THUNDERSTORM CELLS MERGE INTO A SQUALL LINE AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN 9 PM EDT TONIGHT AND 3 AM EDT FRIDAY. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS TONIGHT. SINCE THESE SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE OUTLOOK AREA AT NIGHT...WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO SET YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO TO ALERT MODE SO THAT YOU CAN BE AWAKENED IN THE EVENT THAT A WARNING IS ISSUED WHILE YOU ARE ASLEEP. MANY SEVERE WEATHER FATALITIES OCCUR LATE AT NIGHT. OUTSIDE OF ALL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY GUSTY TONIGHT. GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK REGION...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION ON WEST-TO-EAST ROADWAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES EAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP WATCH FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. AML/DK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 18, 11:00 AM EST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1200 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-182100- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE... LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN... BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE... LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 1200 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 /1100 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007/ GUSTY WINDS TODAY WE CAN EXPECT SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL MAKE DRIVING CHALLENGING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND CAN TIP GARBAGE CANS AND BREAK SMALL BRANCHES. PLEASE USE CAUTION OF DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE TODAY...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 64...THE MARTHA LAYNE COLLINS PARKWAY...AND THE LOUIE B NUNN PARKWAY. 13
Special weather statement, Oct 18, 11:00 AM EST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORR TO HEADLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1200 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-182100- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE... LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN... BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE... LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 1200 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 /1100 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007/ ...GUSTY WINDS TODAY... WE CAN EXPECT SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL MAKE DRIVING CHALLENGING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND CAN TIP GARBAGE CANS AND BREAK SMALL BRANCHES. PLEASE USE CAUTION OF DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE TODAY...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 64...THE MARTHA LAYNE COLLINS PARKWAY...AND THE LOUIE B NUNN PARKWAY. 13
Special weather statement, Oct 18, 4:05 PM EST, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 505 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 KYZ023-182145- HANCOCK- 405 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWEST HANCOCK COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR... AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MASONVILLE...OR 6 MILES EAST OF OWENSBORO... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. GIVEN THE CURRENT TRACK OF THIS STORM WILL EVENTUALLY AFFECT LEWISPORT AND HAWESVILLE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...SMALL PEA OR MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JARVIS
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dubois
- When
- October 18, 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Dubois County, 3.41 mi NE of Jasper
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.430, -86.880
Penny size hail covered the ground.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- October 18, 5:26 PM EST to 5:27 PM EST
- Where
- Harrison County, 0.54 mi W of New Amsterdam
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.100, -86.280
Trees were downed. Public estimated an 80 mph wind gust.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- October 18, 5:35 PM EST to 5:36 PM EST
- Where
- Harrison County, 1.09 mi E of Central
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 38.100, -86.130
Numerous trees were downed. Half inch hail fell.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- October 18, 5:42 PM EST
- Where
- Harrison County, 0.69 mi N of Lanesville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 38.240, -85.980
One half inch hail was also reported in Lanesville with this storm.
Tornado, Perry
- When
- October 18, 6:34 PM EST to 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Perry County, 1.14 mi ESE of Cannelton to 3.3 mi SSW of Gerald
- Rating
- EF1
- Path length
- 8.15 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 37.915, -86.730
A thunderstorm that had earlier produced a tornado in Daviess and Hancock Counties in Kentucky crossed the Ohio River near Hawesville, Kentucky. It produced an EF-1 tornado which touched down just northeast of Cannelton in Perry County, Indiana. Witnesses reported seeing a visible tornado intermittently lifting and touching back down as it moved northeast across the county, snapping and uprooting trees along its path. Most of the damage occurred near a Girl Scout camp on Cann Heights Road about two and a half miles northeast of Cannelton. The tornado ended near Plock Knob in southern Perry County, but the parent storm continued to produce intermittent wind damage across the southern part of the county.
Thunderstorm Wind, Perry
- When
- October 18, 6:35 PM EST to 6:40 PM EST
- Where
- Perry County, 0.55 mi E of Tell City
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 37.950, -86.760
Trees and power lines were downed. Gas lines were ruptured.
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- October 18, 7:21 PM EST to 7:23 PM EST
- Where
- Crawford County, 0.88 mi SW of Tower
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 38.240, -86.360
Trees were downed.
Tornado, Dubois
- When
- October 18, 8:27 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Dubois County, 2.05 mi SSE of St Marks to 0.44 mi SW of Kyana
- Rating
- EF1
- Path length
- 1.94 mi
- Path width
- 125 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 38.273, -86.806
The door of a house was blown out about four miles northeast of Ferdinand, near the start of the tornado path. A barn was damaged about a half mile south of Kyana, near the end of the damage path. Over 100 large oak trees were snapped off or uprooted in the Ferdinand Forest.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- October 18, 8:55 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clark County, Charlestown
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $70,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -85.670
Windows were blown out of a house. A carport was blown down. Thunderstorm winds picked up and moved a trailer. Two barns were destroyed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd
- When
- October 18, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Floyd County, Galena
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -85.930
Numerous trees were downed by a thunderstorm microburst.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- October 18, 9:02 PM EST
- Where
- Clark County, New Washington
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.570, -85.550
A carport was destroyed and trees were downed.
Tornado, Clark
- When
- October 18, 9:03 PM EST to 9:09 PM EST
- Where
- Clark County, 0.62 mi SSW of Vesta to 2.87 mi E of Solon
- Rating
- EF3
- Path length
- 4.8 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 38.472, -85.554
An EF-3 tornado touched down near Bull Creek Road, and was on the ground intermittently before lifting near the end of Fulton Road, just short of the Ohio River. The greatest damage occurred about 10 miles east northeast of Charlestown, where a recently constructed two story home was blown off its basement and destroyed. Two large barns, a stable, a silo, and four vehicles were also damaged or destroyed on the same property. Ten other homes were damaged, with four of them receiving severe damage. Five barns and several other outbuildings were destroyed. The tornado left scour marks for nearly one half mile through corn and bean fields between Bull Creek Road and Church Road just after its initial touchdown.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- October 18, 9:51 PM EST
- Where
- Harrison County, 0.88 mi SW of Corydon
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 38.210, -86.130
A tree was blown on to a house in Corydon.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- October 18, 9:51 PM EST
- Where
- Harrison County, Palmyra
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -86.120
Trees were blown on to vehicles in Palmyra.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- October 18, 9:55 PM EST to 9:56 PM EST
- Where
- Harrison County, 0.69 mi N of Crandall
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 38.290, -86.070
Trees were downed.
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 57666, 57667, 57674, 57668, 57677, 57774, 57776, 57669, 62342, 57820, 62565, 57831, 57807, 57670, 57679, 57672.