Indiana

Storm History: Marion County, Indiana

618 episodes, 1,218 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Marion 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
1,218
Deaths
25
Injuries
339
Damage
$143 million
Episodes
618

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
Hail34716$5.0 million
Tornado3210210$107 million
Flash Flood16606$6.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind15305$1.8 million
Flood100945$18 million
High Wind3316$2.2 million
Winter Storm3208$500,000
Heavy Snow18343$900,000
Winter Weather1566$805,000
Lightning924$1.0 million
Drought600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill420
Ice Storm300
Excessive Heat300
Cold/Wind Chill200
Heat210
Heavy Rain200
Dense Fog100
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 Marion County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Marion CountyEvery warning in Marion 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.