Indiana

Storm History: Lawrence County, Indiana

306 episodes, 428 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lawrence 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
428
Deaths
4
Injuries
63
Damage
$67 million
Episodes
306

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
Tornado110158$34 million
Hail8701$391,000
Flood7330$32 million
Flash Flood5900$292,000
Thunderstorm Wind4000$169,000
Winter Storm2402
Drought1100
Heavy Snow900$200,000
High Wind400$1,000
Ice Storm300$20,000
Excessive Heat200
Cold/Wind Chill100
Dense Fog100
Heat100
Lightning100$80,000
Winter Weather102
Blizzard100

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 Lawrence County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Lawrence CountyEvery warning in Lawrence 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.