Storm History: Lake County, Indiana

Events

866

Deaths

11

Injuries

47

Damage

$69 million

Episodes

466

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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• Rip Current, July 9, 20163 deaths · 3 injured · 1 event here
• Hail, September 19, 20132 deaths · 1 injured · $75,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 5, 19891 death · F0 · 1 event here
• Rip Current, August 13, 20011 death · 1 event here
• Rip Current, July 12, 20221 death · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Rip Current, July 29, 20231 death · 1 event here
• Rip Current, September 9, 20231 death · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 15, 20241 death · EF1 · 15 events here

• Flood, September 14, 2008$15 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 14, 2008$10 million · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, September 17, 2023$10 million · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, September 13, 2006$8.0 million · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 23, 2007$6.5 million · 70 kt wind · 11 events here
• Flash Flood, August 18, 2025$4.0 million · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 20061 injured · $3.5 million · 55 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 30, 19771 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 4, 2008$1.0 million · EF2 · 7 events here
• Flash Flood, August 15, 2007$1.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 10 events here
• Flash Flood, January 8, 2008$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, September 15, 2008$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 30, 2014$762,000 · EF2 · 17 events here
• Flash Flood, July 26, 2007$500,000 · 51 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 13, 2008$500,000 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 4, 2011$317,000 · 96 kt wind · 8 events here
• Tornado, November 13, 1951$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 12, 1957$250,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, November 12, 196514 injured · $250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 20, 19745 injured · $250,000 · F3 · 3 events here

• Hail, July 6, 19942.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 28, 20122.5 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, August 13, 2011$500 · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 5, 19972 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 26, 1995$1,000 · 2 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 10, 20201.75 in hail · 11 events here
• Hail, July 7, 20171.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Flood, June 8, 2015$50,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Flood, May 20, 20141.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 27, 2013$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, July 10, 20131.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 19, 20132 deaths · 1 injured · $75,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 16, 20121.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, July 1, 20111.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 22, 20081.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, July 9, 1980F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 23, 1961$25,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, November 12, 196514 injured · $250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 20, 19745 injured · $250,000 · F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 12, 1976$3,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 27, 1991F3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, March 10, 2026EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 11, 20261 injured · EF3 · 8 events here
• Tornado, November 13, 1951$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 1, 1954$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 14, 1957$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 12, 1957$250,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 22, 19611 injured · $3,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 20, 1962$25,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 13, 1966$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Lake County, with its track

• Heat, June 29, 20261 event here
• Flash Flood, June 24, 20261 in hail · 11 events here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 20261 event here
• Tornado, June 11, 20261 injured · EF3 · 8 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 202660 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 8, 20261 event here
• Hail, May 18, 20261 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 27, 202652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 17, 2026EF1 · 3 events here
• Hail, March 26, 20261 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 16, 20261 event here
• High Wind, March 13, 202663 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 10, 2026EF3 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 6, 20261 event here
• High Wind, February 20, 202650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 30, 20261 event here
• Winter Storm, January 24, 20261 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 20261 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20261 event here
• High Wind, January 14, 202650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 29, 20251 event here
• Flood, December 28, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, December 7, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, December 1, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, November 29, 20251 event here
• High Wind, November 26, 202550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, November 9, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, August 18, 2025$4.0 million · 2 events here
• Flood, August 17, 202558 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Rain, July 30, 20252 events here
• Flood, July 26, 20252 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 202555 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 23, 20252 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 202560 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 202552 kt wind · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 21, 20251 event here
• Dust Storm, May 16, 202565 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 202560 kt wind · 7 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 30, 2025EF0 · 12 events here
• Tornado, March 19, 20251 injured · EF1 · 15 events here
• Tornado, March 14, 2025EF1 · 12 events here
• Winter Weather, February 8, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, February 5, 20251 event here
• High Wind, December 4, 202454 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 4, 20241 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, October 29, 20241 event here
• Seiche, August 27, 20241 event here
• Tornado, July 15, 20241 death · EF1 · 15 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 202452 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 202452 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 9, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 202456 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, May 20, 20241 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 7, 20241.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 2, 20241 in hail · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, April 2, 20241 event here
• Tornado, February 27, 2024EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, February 8, 20241 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 22, 20241 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 20242 events here
• Flash Flood, September 17, 2023$10 million · 3 events here
• Rip Current, September 9, 20231 death · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 23, 20231 event here
• Rip Current, July 29, 20231 death · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 28, 2023EF0 · 9 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 26, 20231 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, June 13, 20231 event here
• Hail, June 1, 20231 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 202357 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 31, 2023EF2 · 8 events here
• Hail, March 26, 20231 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, February 22, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, February 16, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, January 29, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, December 22, 20221 event here
• High Wind, November 5, 202256 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, August 29, 20221.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 202255 kt wind · 4 events here
• Hail, July 23, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Rip Current, July 12, 20221 death · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 202255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, July 5, 20221 event here
• Hail, June 13, 20221.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Heat, June 13, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 202263 kt wind · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 25, 202254 kt wind · 3 events here
• Winter Weather, March 10, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, February 24, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, February 17, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 20221 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 23, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, January 8, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, January 5, 20221 event here
• High Wind, December 15, 202153 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 11, 202157 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, December 10, 2021EF0 · 1 event here
• Flood, October 24, 20211 event here
• Tornado, October 11, 2021EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 202150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 25, 202160 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 202152 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 202160 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 202155 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 202160 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 26, 2021EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 20, 2021EF0 · 2 events here
• Wildfire, April 2, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 14, 20211 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, January 30, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, January 25, 20211 event here
• Ice Storm, January 1, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, December 29, 20201 event here
• Lakeshore Flood, November 30, 20201 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 202054 kt wind · 1 event here
• Wildfire, November 4, 20201 event here
• Lakeshore Flood, October 29, 20201 event here
• Hail, October 12, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 10, 20202 injured · EF0 · 8 events here
• Hail, July 7, 202050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 202061 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 22, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 10, 20201.75 in hail · 11 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 202050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 23, 20201 in hail · 4 events here
• Lakeshore Flood, April 29, 20201 event here
• High Wind, April 9, 202050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, April 7, 20201.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Lakeshore Flood, March 6, 20201 event here
• Lakeshore Flood, February 25, 20201 event here
• Lakeshore Flood, January 11, 20201 event here
• Flood, January 10, 20203 events here
• Lakeshore Flood, December 2, 20191 event here
• Lakeshore Flood, November 11, 20191 event here
• Lakeshore Flood, October 31, 20191 event here
• Strong Wind, October 21, 2019$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 27, 20192 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, July 13, 20191 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 26, 20191 in hail · 4 events here
• Flood, June 20, 20194 events here
• Tornado, May 27, 2019EF0 · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20191 event here
• Tornado, March 14, 2019EF0 · 6 events here
• High Wind, February 24, 201955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, February 11, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, January 22, 20191 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, January 20, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, December 29, 20181 event here
• High Wind, October 20, 201850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 201855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 20181 event here
• Flood, July 4, 20181 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 201855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 201860 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, May 2, 20181.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, March 1, 20181 event here
• Flood, February 19, 20182 events here
• Winter Storm, February 8, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, January 24, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Flood, October 14, 2017$10,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 7, 20171.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 201755 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 201752 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 201750 kt wind · 3 events here
• Lake-Effect Snow, March 14, 20171 event here
• High Wind, March 8, 2017$25,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 28, 201783 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 10, 201750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, December 17, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, August 28, 2016$5,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, August 15, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 201655 kt wind · 2 events here
• Rip Current, July 9, 20163 deaths · 3 injured · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2016$10,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 24, 20161 event here
• High Wind, February 19, 201661 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 20, 20151 event here
• High Wind, November 12, 201550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 13, 2015EF0 · 3 events here
• Hail, June 10, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 8, 2015$50,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 7, 2015EF0 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 1, 20151 event here
• High Wind, October 31, 201460 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, September 20, 2014$5,000 · 69 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, August 23, 2014$60,000 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 21, 20142 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 201450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 30, 2014$762,000 · EF2 · 17 events here
• Flood, June 21, 20142 events here
• Flood, May 20, 20141.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, May 11, 2014$10,000 · 68 kt wind · 7 events here
• High Wind, February 20, 201450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 17, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 4, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 1, 20141 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, January 21, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 4, 20141 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, January 2, 20141 event here
• Tornado, November 17, 2013$15,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, October 3, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 19, 20132 deaths · 1 injured · $75,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, September 18, 20131 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 201350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 10, 20131.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 27, 2013$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2013$31,000 · 70 kt wind · 7 events here
• Flood, June 12, 2013$68,000 · 1.25 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, June 11, 20130.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 30, 20131 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 20, 201355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 17, 201356 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 5, 20131 event here
• Hail, January 28, 20131 in hail · 2 events here
• Lake-Effect Snow, January 23, 20131 event here
• Winter Weather, December 29, 20123 injured · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 201261 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, July 31, 20120.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 201270 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 201270 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2012$155,000 · 70 kt wind · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 4, 20121 event here
• Hail, July 1, 20121 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 29, 20120.88 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 28, 20122.5 in hail · 8 events here
• Dust Devil, June 17, 20122 injured · 1 event here
• Hail, June 16, 20121.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 20, 2012$250,000 · 78 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 6, 201250 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 16, 201252 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, February 10, 20121 event here
• Winter Storm, January 20, 20121 event here
• High Wind, October 19, 201150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 30, 20110.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 2011$1,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 13, 2011$500 · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2011$25,000 · 83 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, July 1, 20111.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 30, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, June 21, 201156 kt wind · 1 event here

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Tornadoes in Lake CountyEvery warning in Lake County since 1986Every county in Indiana

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.