Indiana

Storm History: Gibson County, Indiana

893 episodes, 1,073 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Gibson 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
1,073
Deaths
3
Injuries
32
Damage
$158 million
Episodes
893

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
Flood27500$6.2 million
Hail11004$8.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind10314$1.5 million
Tornado87013$64 million
Dense Fog7600
Winter Weather6800
Strong Wind6310$154,000
Flash Flood5910$1.8 million
Frost/Freeze4900$2.0 million
Heat4704
Winter Storm3107$100,000
Heavy Snow2000$25,000
Drought2000$73 million
Excessive Heat2000
Cold/Wind Chill1800
Heavy Rain700$10,000
High Wind600$1.1 million
Ice Storm500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Funnel Cloud200
Freezing Fog200
Dust Devil100

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 Gibson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Gibson CountyEvery warning in Gibson 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.