Storm History: Hamilton County, Indiana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hamilton 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
- 709
- Deaths
- 14
- Injuries
- 64
- Damage
- $88 million
- Episodes
- 436
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 179 | 1 | 11 | $6.9 million |
| Tornado | 166 | 6 | 38 | $29 million |
| Flash Flood | 94 | 2 | 2 | $9.6 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 85 | 0 | 3 | $859,000 |
| Flood | 79 | 2 | 2 | $38 million |
| Winter Storm | 23 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Lightning | 23 | 1 | 2 | $2.7 million |
| Heavy Snow | 17 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| High Wind | 15 | 0 | 0 | $158,000 |
| Drought | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $500 |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 2 | 6 | $50,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, July 5, 2003
- Tornado, April 11, 1965
- Hail, May 18, 2000
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2010
- Flood, September 1, 2003
- Flood, January 21, 1999
- Hail, June 29, 2023
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Lightning, May 21, 1996
- Lightning, July 8, 2001
- Lightning, May 24, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2002
- Tornado, May 30, 2008
- Tornado, September 26, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2008
- Lightning, August 24, 1998
- Tornado, April 8, 2020
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
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
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2009
- Hail, May 9, 2003
- Hail, May 16, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2005
- Hail, July 19, 1967
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Flood, August 21, 2014
- Flood, April 10, 2013
- Hail, April 1, 2012
- Hail, March 23, 2011
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Hail, May 25, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2006
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 11, 1965
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, June 2, 1990
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
- Tornado, April 27, 1994
- Tornado, November 26, 1965
- Tornado, April 14, 1968
- Tornado, June 2, 1980
- Tornado, March 27, 1991
- Tornado, July 30, 1992
- Tornado, September 20, 2002
- Tornado, November 15, 2005
- Tornado, May 24, 2011
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2026
- Flood, May 18, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 15, 2026
- High Wind, March 13, 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 1, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 21, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2025
- Tornado, June 18, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- High Wind, September 27, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2024
- Tornado, July 29, 2024
- Hail, July 15, 2024
- Hail, May 24, 2024
- Flood, April 11, 2024
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Hail, June 29, 2023
- Tornado, June 25, 2023
- Tornado, April 5, 2023
- High Wind, February 9, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2022
- Hail, June 6, 2022
- High Wind, March 30, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Flood, December 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2021
- Hail, June 20, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2021
- Winter Weather, April 20, 2021
- Hail, March 27, 2021
- Hail, March 25, 2021
- Flood, March 18, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2021
- High Wind, November 15, 2020
- Flood, July 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2020
- Tornado, April 8, 2020
- Strong Wind, March 29, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2019
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Hail, August 18, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2019
- Flood, May 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2019
- Hail, May 16, 2019
- Tornado, February 7, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Ice Storm, November 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2018
- Tornado, April 3, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2018
- Hail, January 22, 2018
- Tornado, November 5, 2017
- Hail, August 1, 2017
- Flood, July 13, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2017
- Hail, July 7, 2017
- Flood, June 23, 2017
- Flood, May 4, 2017
- Flood, April 29, 2017
- Hail, April 26, 2017
- Hail, March 30, 2017
- Hail, March 20, 2017
- Hail, February 28, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 18, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2016
- Hail, August 26, 2016
- Tornado, August 15, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2016
- Tornado, May 1, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Hail, March 27, 2016
- Tornado, December 23, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2015
- Hail, June 20, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2015
- Tornado, May 30, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2015
- Hail, May 4, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 5, 2015
- Flood, August 21, 2014
- Flood, July 29, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2014
- Hail, June 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2014
- Flood, June 18, 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
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2013
- Flood, September 19, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2013
- Tornado, May 21, 2013
- Flood, April 19, 2013
- Flood, April 18, 2013
- Flood, April 10, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2013
- Blizzard, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, December 20, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Flood, August 8, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Hail, July 27, 2012
- Flood, July 24, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Drought, June 12, 2012
- Hail, April 1, 2012
- Flood, March 30, 2012
- Hail, March 2, 2012
- Hail, July 11, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2011
- Tornado, May 24, 2011
- Hail, May 10, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2011
- Hail, March 23, 2011
- Tornado, February 27, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2010
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2010
- Flood, June 18, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
- Flood, June 14, 2010
- Flood, June 13, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2009
- Tornado, August 4, 2009
- Flood, June 19, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2009
- Hail, May 30, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2009
- Flood, April 5, 2009
- Flash Flood, February 11, 2009
- Tornado, February 11, 2009
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2009
- Hail, September 20, 2008
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Hail, July 21, 2008
- Hail, June 26, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2008
- Hail, June 6, 2008
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Tornado, May 30, 2008
- Flood, March 18, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2008
- Flood, February 5, 2008
- Lightning, February 5, 2008
- Tornado, January 29, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2007
- Lightning, November 11, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2007
- Flood, June 26, 2007
- Tornado, April 11, 2007
- Flood, March 23, 2007
- Flood, March 23, 2007
- Flood, March 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2007
- Flood, January 14, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, October 3, 2006
- Hail, September 27, 2006
- Lightning, July 21, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2006
- Hail, May 25, 2006
- Hail, May 18, 2006
- Tornado, April 14, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Tornado, March 31, 2006
- Tornado, February 16, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2005
- Tornado, November 15, 2005
- Hail, November 6, 2005
- Hail, September 19, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2005
- Hail, August 8, 2005
- Lightning, July 27, 2005
- Lightning, July 21, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2005
- Hail, June 5, 2005
- Lightning, May 19, 2005
- Hail, May 13, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 5, 2005
- Flood, January 3, 2005
- Flood, January 3, 2005
- Heavy Snow, December 22, 2004
- Tornado, August 4, 2004
- Flood, June 12, 2004
- Tornado, May 30, 2004
- Hail, May 23, 2004
- Tornado, April 20, 2004
- Flood, January 4, 2004
- Flood, January 3, 2004
- Tornado, September 26, 2003
- Flood, September 1, 2003
- Flood, September 1, 2003
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2003
- Tornado, July 21, 2003
- Hail, July 11, 2003
- Tornado, July 8, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2003
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Hamilton CountyEvery warning in Hamilton 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.