Storm History: Martin County, Indiana

207 episodes, 244 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Martin 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: 244
Deaths: 4
Injuries: 7
Damage: $27 million
Episodes: 207

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 event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Tornado	56	1	7	$5.3 million
Flash Flood	43	0	0	$325,000
Hail	37	0	0	$1.1 million
Flood	31	3	0	$20 million
Thunderstorm Wind	27	0	0	$104,000
Winter Storm	17	0	0
Drought	10	0	0
Heavy Snow	9	0	0
High Wind	5	0	0	$1,000
Ice Storm	3	0	0	$5,000
Cold/Wind Chill	1	0	0
Dense Fog	1	0	0
Lightning	1	0	0	$70,000
Heat	1	0	0
Blizzard	1	0	0
Excessive Heat	1	0	0

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 Martin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Tornadoes in Martin County Every warning in Martin County since 1986 Every 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.