Indiana

Storms in Indiana in 2009

1,158 events in 175 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana in 2009, 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 2009 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
1,158
Deaths
3
Injuries
20
Damage
$53 million
Episodes
175

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 Wind28301$6.0 million
Flood22000$3.6 million
Hail13201$2.5 million
High Wind12600$282,000
Flash Flood10901$5.3 million
Winter Storm7000$32 million
Winter Weather3728
Heavy Snow3203
Heavy Rain3000
Strong Wind2000$82,000
Lightning1913
Frost/Freeze1700
Dense Fog1200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Tornado1103$3.4 million
Heat1100
Lake-Effect Snow700
Funnel Cloud700
Ice Storm300
Blizzard100

Every episode, month by month

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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.