Indiana

Storms in Indiana in 2008

1,933 events in 272 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana in 2008, 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 2008 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

Open the live radar over Indiana

The year

Events
1,933
Deaths
51
Injuries
84
Damage
$1.6 billion
Episodes
272

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind60810$1.2 million
Flood37826$1.1 billion
Flash Flood206117$314 million
Hail19436$4.3 million
Winter Storm18854$140,000
High Wind7757$65 million
Ice Storm4800
Lightning3801$268,000
Tornado37540$64 million
Winter Weather361311$45,000
Strong Wind3500$51,000
Heavy Rain2900
Frost/Freeze1800$60,000
Lake-Effect Snow1010
Heavy Snow1000
Dense Fog712$50,000
Heat500
Funnel Cloud400
Rip Current220
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Cold/Wind Chill120

Every episode, month by month

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December 2008

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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.