Storm History: Boone County, Indiana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Boone County, Indiana: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 494
- Deaths
- 21
- Injuries
- 138
- Damage
- $35 million
- Episodes
- 320
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 143 | 20 | 105 | $32 million |
| Hail | 109 | 0 | 0 | $207,000 |
| Flash Flood | 59 | 0 | 0 | $290,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 56 | 1 | 3 | $176,000 |
| Flood | 53 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Winter Storm | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 7 | 0 | 0 | $21,000 |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 0 | $385,000 |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $360,000 |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 30 | $280,000 |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 11, 1965
- Tornado, May 14, 1995
- Tornado, April 20, 2004
- Flood, January 22, 1999
- Tornado, November 26, 1965
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Tornado, June 2, 1990
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Ice Storm, January 5, 2005
- Lightning, May 19, 2005
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2016
- Tornado, August 25, 1965
- Tornado, October 3, 1990
- Tornado, May 17, 1991
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, April 8, 2020
- Hail, April 4, 2003
- Lightning, June 14, 2006
- Tornado, April 5, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2019
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 18, 2000
- Hail, May 6, 2023
- Hail, May 22, 2011
- Hail, July 5, 1985
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2014
- Hail, September 18, 1972
- Hail, May 16, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2005
- Hail, September 7, 1990
- Hail, July 27, 1974
- Flood, August 21, 2014
- Flood, April 10, 2013
- Hail, April 17, 2013
- Hail, March 23, 2011
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, April 11, 1965
- Tornado, June 2, 1990
- Tornado, November 15, 1955
- Tornado, March 6, 1961
- Tornado, July 28, 1961
- Tornado, March 11, 1962
- Tornado, November 26, 1965
- Tornado, June 25, 1978
- Tornado, June 2, 1980
- Tornado, July 30, 1992
- Tornado, November 15, 2005
- Tornado, May 24, 2011
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
Every episode, newest first
- Flood, May 18, 2026
- Tornado, April 27, 2026
- Hail, April 14, 2026
- Tornado, April 2, 2026
- Flood, March 11, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2026
- Drought, January 6, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2025
- Tornado, June 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Tornado, March 19, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- High Wind, September 27, 2024
- Hail, May 24, 2024
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2023
- Hail, July 16, 2023
- Hail, June 29, 2023
- Tornado, June 25, 2023
- Hail, May 6, 2023
- Tornado, April 5, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Hail, June 20, 2021
- Hail, March 27, 2021
- Hail, March 25, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2021
- Flood, October 21, 2020
- Hail, June 10, 2020
- Tornado, April 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2019
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2019
- Hail, May 16, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Ice Storm, November 14, 2018
- Flood, September 25, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2018
- Tornado, November 18, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Tornado, May 20, 2017
- Hail, April 26, 2017
- Hail, March 30, 2017
- Hail, March 20, 2017
- Hail, February 28, 2017
- Tornado, August 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2016
- Flood, June 22, 2016
- Tornado, May 1, 2016
- Tornado, April 28, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2016
- Tornado, July 17, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2015
- Tornado, July 13, 2015
- Hail, June 20, 2015
- Tornado, May 30, 2015
- Hail, May 4, 2015
- Flood, April 9, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 5, 2015
- Flood, August 21, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2014
- Flood, June 18, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2014
- Hail, May 11, 2014
- Flood, April 2, 2014
- Tornado, February 20, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2014
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Flood, June 23, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 21, 2013
- Flood, April 18, 2013
- Hail, April 17, 2013
- Flood, April 10, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2013
- Blizzard, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, December 20, 2012
- Hail, September 21, 2012
- Flood, September 7, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Drought, June 12, 2012
- Hail, May 4, 2012
- Flood, April 30, 2012
- Flood, March 30, 2012
- Hail, March 2, 2012
- Flood, November 14, 2011
- Hail, August 9, 2011
- Hail, August 7, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2011
- Hail, May 28, 2011
- Tornado, May 24, 2011
- Hail, May 22, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Hail, March 23, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2010
- Drought, November 1, 2010
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
- Flood, June 14, 2010
- Flood, June 13, 2010
- Tornado, June 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Tornado, August 4, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2009
- Hail, May 30, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2009
- Tornado, February 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2008
- Hail, June 6, 2008
- Hail, June 1, 2008
- Tornado, May 30, 2008
- Tornado, January 29, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 9, 2007
- Hail, October 18, 2007
- Hail, August 19, 2007
- Tornado, April 11, 2007
- Hail, April 3, 2007
- Flood, March 23, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2007
- Hail, September 27, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2006
- Lightning, June 14, 2006
- Tornado, April 14, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Tornado, April 2, 2006
- Tornado, March 31, 2006
- Tornado, February 16, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2005
- Tornado, November 15, 2005
- Hail, November 6, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2005
- Tornado, June 12, 2005
- Lightning, May 19, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 5, 2005
- Flood, January 3, 2005
- Heavy Snow, December 22, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2004
- Tornado, April 20, 2004
- Flood, January 4, 2004
- Tornado, September 26, 2003
- Flood, September 1, 2003
- Flood, September 1, 2003
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2003
- Tornado, July 21, 2003
- Tornado, July 8, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2003
- Tornado, July 4, 2003
- Tornado, May 14, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2003
- Tornado, May 10, 2003
- Hail, April 20, 2003
- Hail, April 4, 2003
- Hail, March 20, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2002
- Hail, May 2, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 25, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Flood, August 18, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2001
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2000
- Hail, August 2, 2000
- Hail, May 18, 2000
- Tornado, May 9, 2000
- Hail, April 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2000
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2000
- Hail, May 17, 1999
- Winter Storm, March 8, 1999
- Flood, February 7, 1999
- Flood, January 22, 1999
- Flood, January 22, 1999
- Flood, January 22, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 1, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 6, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 14, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 1998
- Flood, June 12, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 1998
- Hail, April 7, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 1997
- Heat, July 26, 1997
- Heat, July 26, 1997
- Heat, July 26, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 1997
- High Wind, April 6, 1997
- Flood, March 14, 1997
- Flood, February 27, 1997
- Flood, February 27, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 27, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 15, 1997
- Winter Storm, December 16, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 29, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 29, 1996
- Hail, June 23, 1996
- Hail, June 23, 1996
- Hail, June 23, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 1996
- Flood, May 24, 1996
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Boone CountyEvery warning in Boone County since 1986Every county in Indiana
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.