Indiana

Storms in Indiana in 2017

954 events in 172 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana in 2017, 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 2017 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
954
Deaths
8
Injuries
38
Damage
$16 million
Episodes
172

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 Wind33600$424,000
Hail24916$376,000
Flood7712$328,000
Winter Weather7541$10,000
Flash Flood6903$5.0 million
Tornado37126$9.6 million
Dense Fog2200
Strong Wind2200$27,000
High Wind1900$35,000
Lake-Effect Snow1410
Frost/Freeze600
Excessive Heat600
Heat600
Lightning500$75,000
Winter Storm400
Heavy Snow400
Funnel Cloud300

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.