Indiana

Storm History: Henry County, Indiana

273 episodes, 369 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Henry 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
369
Deaths
2
Injuries
14
Damage
$36 million
Episodes
273

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
Tornado10918$29 million
Hail7700$5.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind4101$405,000
Flash Flood3800$722,000
Winter Storm2400$15,000
Flood2300$94,000
Heavy Snow1600
High Wind1100$35,000
Drought1100
Ice Storm500$250
Lightning302$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Cold/Wind Chill200
Dense Fog213$40,000
Heat100
Winter Weather100
Blizzard100
Excessive Heat100

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 Henry County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Henry CountyEvery warning in Henry 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.