Storm History: Brown County, Indiana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Brown 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
- 259
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $3.2 million
- Episodes
- 209
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 | 59 | 0 | 2 | $1.4 million |
| Hail | 44 | 0 | 0 | $79,000 |
| Flash Flood | 42 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 35 | 0 | 2 | $62,000 |
| Winter Storm | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 19 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 1 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2008
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Tornado, September 19, 1988
- Tornado, June 3, 2008
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 15, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2019
- Tornado, May 21, 2022
- Tornado, May 8, 1996
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2002
- Hail, April 28, 2017
- Tornado, March 30, 2025
- Tornado, May 25, 1975
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 23, 2012
- Tornado, November 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2020
- Tornado, June 18, 2025
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2021
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Flood, April 8, 2015
- Hail, November 15, 1989
- Hail, June 29, 1979
- Hail, March 22, 2026
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Hail, April 17, 2013
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2006
- Hail, August 1, 1993
- Hail, April 28, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2016
- Flood, March 23, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, November 15, 2005
- Tornado, June 3, 2008
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Tornado, June 30, 1977
- Tornado, June 28, 1980
- Tornado, May 30, 2004
- Tornado, April 11, 2007
- Tornado, November 5, 2017
- Tornado, June 15, 2019
- Tornado, June 25, 2023
- Tornado, March 19, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Tornado, February 19, 2026
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 21, 2026
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Tornado, April 27, 2026
- Hail, March 22, 2026
- Flood, March 11, 2026
- Tornado, February 19, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2026
- Tornado, December 28, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2025
- Tornado, June 18, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Tornado, March 30, 2025
- Tornado, March 19, 2025
- Tornado, March 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- High Wind, September 27, 2024
- Hail, July 15, 2024
- Hail, June 25, 2024
- Tornado, May 7, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 19, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2023
- Tornado, June 25, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Wildfire, November 20, 2022
- Tornado, June 8, 2022
- Tornado, May 21, 2022
- Tornado, April 13, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Wildfire, March 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Flood, December 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2021
- Hail, March 25, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2020
- Flood, July 11, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2019
- Hail, June 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2019
- Tornado, June 15, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Ice Storm, November 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2018
- Tornado, November 5, 2017
- Hail, July 7, 2017
- Hail, April 28, 2017
- Tornado, April 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2016
- Hail, May 29, 2016
- Tornado, July 13, 2015
- Tornado, July 12, 2015
- Flood, April 8, 2015
- Hail, April 2, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 10, 2014
- Hail, July 26, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2013
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2013
- Hail, April 17, 2013
- Blizzard, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, December 20, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Drought, June 12, 2012
- Tornado, May 1, 2012
- Flood, March 23, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 23, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Drought, August 30, 2011
- Hail, May 23, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2010
- Drought, November 1, 2010
- Drought, October 1, 2010
- Drought, September 21, 2010
- Flood, June 18, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
- Flood, June 14, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2010
- Tornado, August 4, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2009
- Tornado, February 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2009
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Hail, July 21, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2008
- Tornado, June 3, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2008
- Tornado, January 29, 2008
- Flash Flood, January 8, 2008
- Tornado, April 11, 2007
- Hail, April 3, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2007
- Hail, June 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2005
- Tornado, November 15, 2005
- Hail, November 6, 2005
- Flood, August 30, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2005
- Hail, June 5, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2005
- Hail, May 13, 2005
- Flood, January 3, 2005
- Heavy Snow, December 22, 2004
- Flash Flood, October 18, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2004
- Tornado, May 30, 2004
- Flood, January 4, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2003
- Tornado, July 21, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2002
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2002
- Flood, August 18, 2001
- Hail, June 19, 2001
- Hail, June 5, 2001
- Ice Storm, December 13, 2000
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2000
- Flash Flood, October 5, 2000
- Hail, September 20, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2000
- Hail, May 17, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 1999
- Winter Storm, March 8, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 1, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 1998
- Flood, June 22, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 1998
- Flash Flood, April 15, 1998
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 1998
- Heat, July 26, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 1997
- High Wind, April 6, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 15, 1997
- Winter Storm, December 16, 1996
- Hail, July 2, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 1996
- Lightning, May 28, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 1996
- Tornado, May 8, 1996
- Flood, May 4, 1996
- Flash Flood, April 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow, March 19, 1996
- Dense Fog, February 20, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 2, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 1995
- Hail, August 16, 1993
- Hail, August 1, 1993
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 16, 1992
- Tornado, August 3, 1991
- Hail, August 29, 1990
- Hail, November 15, 1989
- Tornado, September 19, 1988
- Tornado, July 15, 1987
- Tornado, June 2, 1987
- Tornado, July 1, 1986
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 1986
- Hail, June 15, 1982
- Tornado, May 31, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 1980
- Tornado, June 28, 1980
- Tornado, June 19, 1980
- Hail, June 29, 1979
- Tornado, July 1, 1978
- Tornado, June 30, 1977
- Tornado, May 25, 1975
- Tornado, April 27, 1964
More
Tornadoes in Brown CountyEvery warning in Brown 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.