Indiana

Storm History: Hancock County, Indiana

302 episodes, 403 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hancock 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
403
Deaths
4
Injuries
58
Damage
$63 million
Episodes
302

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
Hail11100$265,000
Tornado96248$59 million
Thunderstorm Wind4707$138,000
Flash Flood4500$466,000
Flood3200$3.1 million
Winter Storm2200$15,000
Heavy Snow1723$40,000
High Wind800$90,000
Drought600
Lightning400$300,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Ice Storm300$15,000
Cold/Wind Chill200
Excessive Heat200
Dense Fog100
Heat100
Blizzard100
Winter Weather100$10,000

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 Hancock County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hancock CountyEvery warning in Hancock 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.