Storm History: Jay County, Indiana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jay 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
- 258
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $5.1 million
- Episodes
- 208
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 75 | 0 | 2 | $2.0 million |
| Hail | 52 | 0 | 0 | $137,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 24 | 0 | 0 | $307,000 |
| Winter Storm | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 21 | 2 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 19 | 0 | 0 | $965,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 10 | 0 | 2 | $43,000 |
| Flood | 8 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 1 | $25,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, February 28, 2011
- Tornado, June 23, 1994
- Flash Flood, July 22, 1998
- Tornado, September 22, 2024
- Tornado, June 11, 1998
- Tornado, April 8, 1980
- Flash Flood, August 4, 1998
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2003
- Tornado, March 11, 2026
- Tornado, August 15, 2007
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 1996
- Hail, August 1, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 29, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 1999
- Lightning, May 1, 2010
- High Wind, March 13, 2026
- Tornado, July 28, 1961
- Tornado, June 3, 1973
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
- Tornado, July 28, 1961
- Tornado, June 20, 1974
- Tornado, June 2, 1980
- Tornado, March 10, 1986
- Tornado, March 27, 1991
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Tornado, April 5, 1957
- Tornado, June 8, 1958
- Tornado, April 8, 1980
- Tornado, May 15, 1986
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Hail, March 22, 2026
- High Wind, March 13, 2026
- Tornado, March 11, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2025
- Hail, June 18, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Tornado, September 22, 2024
- Hail, April 17, 2024
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- Hail, August 17, 2023
- Tornado, July 27, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Tornado, March 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2022
- High Wind, December 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2021
- Tornado, June 18, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2020
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 11, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 12, 2019
- Tornado, June 9, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2018
- Tornado, November 5, 2017
- Hail, March 30, 2017
- Hail, March 1, 2017
- Hail, February 28, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Hail, July 21, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2015
- Flood, July 7, 2015
- Flood, June 26, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 8, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2013
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, July 10, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 26, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2012
- Tornado, August 4, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2012
- Hail, August 13, 2011
- Tornado, May 23, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2011
- Hail, May 10, 2011
- Hail, April 22, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Flood, February 28, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2011
- Hail, October 13, 2010
- Tornado, June 4, 2010
- Lightning, May 1, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2010
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- Flood, May 1, 2009
- High Wind, February 11, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 18, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2008
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2008
- Hail, August 1, 2008
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2008
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 9, 2007
- Hail, August 24, 2007
- Tornado, August 15, 2007
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2007
- Blizzard, February 13, 2007
- Hail, June 22, 2006
- Hail, May 25, 2006
- Tornado, April 7, 2006
- Hail, March 31, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2005
- Hail, November 6, 2005
- Hail, June 30, 2005
- Flood, June 12, 2005
- Hail, June 5, 2005
- Hail, May 11, 2005
- Flash Flood, January 12, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 5, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2004
- Hail, May 27, 2004
- Hail, May 23, 2004
- Hail, May 21, 2004
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2004
- High Wind, March 5, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2004
- High Wind, November 12, 2003
- Tornado, August 1, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2003
- Hail, July 4, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2003
- Hail, April 30, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2002
- Tornado, September 20, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2001
- Hail, April 9, 2001
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2000
- Hail, August 2, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 1998
- Flash Flood, August 4, 1998
- Flash Flood, July 22, 1998
- Flood, July 21, 1998
- Tornado, July 19, 1998
- Flood, June 28, 1998
- Hail, June 18, 1998
- Tornado, June 11, 1998
- Tornado, May 31, 1998
- Hail, April 16, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 29, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow, March 19, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 2, 1996
- Tornado, June 23, 1994
- Hail, June 16, 1994
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
- Tornado, October 8, 1992
- Tornado, July 2, 1992
- Tornado, March 27, 1991
- Hail, August 28, 1990
- Tornado, June 3, 1990
- Hail, June 1, 1989
- Tornado, May 25, 1989
- Hail, April 3, 1988
- Hail, July 26, 1987
- Tornado, June 29, 1987
- Tornado, August 26, 1986
- Hail, July 11, 1986
- Tornado, May 15, 1986
- Hail, May 6, 1986
- Tornado, March 10, 1986
- Tornado, September 9, 1985
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 1984
- Tornado, June 13, 1984
- Hail, May 27, 1982
- Tornado, June 24, 1981
- Tornado, April 28, 1981
- Tornado, June 2, 1980
- Tornado, April 8, 1980
- Tornado, July 15, 1976
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, June 20, 1974
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, June 3, 1973
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 10, 1971
- Tornado, April 27, 1971
- Hail, July 19, 1967
- Tornado, July 28, 1961
- Hail, May 10, 1959
- Tornado, June 8, 1958
- Tornado, April 5, 1957
More
Tornadoes in Jay CountyEvery warning in Jay 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.