Indiana

Storm History: Clinton County, Indiana

283 episodes, 376 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Clinton 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
376
Deaths
4
Injuries
54
Damage
$24 million
Episodes
283

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado105348$5.4 million
Hail7200$15 million
Thunderstorm Wind4206$2.2 million
Flood4000$274,000
Flash Flood3800$1.2 million
Winter Storm2200
Heavy Snow1600
Drought1400
High Wind700$16,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Ice Storm300
Winter Weather310$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill200
Lightning200$3,000
Excessive Heat200
Dense Fog100
Heat100
Blizzard100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Clinton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Clinton CountyEvery warning in Clinton 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.