Storm History: Owen County, Indiana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Owen 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
- 382
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 15
- Damage
- $148 million
- Episodes
- 297
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 86 | 0 | 0 | $119 million |
| Tornado | 72 | 2 | 8 | $3.0 million |
| Hail | 72 | 0 | 1 | $443,000 |
| Flash Flood | 60 | 1 | 0 | $25 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 32 | 0 | 0 | $46,000 |
| Winter Storm | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 14 | 0 | 6 | $50,000 |
| Drought | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 2 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, June 4, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2021
- Flood, July 5, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 28, 1998
- Flood, September 1, 2003
- Flood, January 21, 1999
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Tornado, May 30, 2004
- Tornado, April 18, 1975
- Tornado, June 24, 1976
- Hail, June 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2008
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Lightning, July 4, 2000
- Flood, January 3, 2005
- Flood, March 9, 2006
- Tornado, June 15, 2019
- Flood, May 18, 2026
- Flood, May 12, 2002
- Tornado, May 21, 2022
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2021
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Hail, May 9, 2003
- Hail, March 22, 2026
- Hail, November 18, 2025
- Hail, July 2, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Hail, May 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2006
- Hail, June 30, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2020
- Hail, April 28, 2017
- Hail, July 31, 2012
- Hail, August 16, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
- Tornado, April 27, 1994
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Tornado, March 10, 1986
- Tornado, November 15, 2005
- Tornado, May 24, 2011
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Tornado, March 14, 1957
- Tornado, April 21, 1967
- Tornado, April 18, 1975
- Tornado, June 24, 1976
- Tornado, June 28, 1980
- Tornado, May 30, 2004
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 21, 2026
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Flood, May 18, 2026
- Tornado, April 27, 2026
- Hail, March 22, 2026
- Tornado, February 19, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2026
- Tornado, December 28, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Hail, November 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2025
- Tornado, June 18, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2025
- Tornado, March 30, 2025
- Tornado, March 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- High Wind, September 27, 2024
- Tornado, July 29, 2024
- Hail, June 25, 2024
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 19, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2023
- Hail, July 23, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Hail, July 2, 2023
- Tornado, June 25, 2023
- Tornado, April 5, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Tornado, May 21, 2022
- Strong Wind, April 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Flood, December 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2021
- Hail, March 25, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2021
- Strong Wind, February 4, 2021
- Flood, July 11, 2020
- Tornado, April 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2019
- Tornado, June 15, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Ice Storm, November 14, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2018
- Tornado, April 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2017
- Hail, May 19, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2017
- Hail, April 28, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 10, 2014
- Tornado, June 24, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2014
- Flash Flood, December 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 5, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2013
- Tornado, May 21, 2013
- Blizzard, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, December 20, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Hail, August 16, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Hail, July 31, 2012
- Hail, July 19, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Drought, June 12, 2012
- Tornado, May 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 23, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Drought, August 30, 2011
- Tornado, May 24, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2010
- Drought, October 1, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
- Flood, June 14, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2010
- Tornado, August 4, 2009
- Hail, July 25, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2009
- Flood, May 13, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2009
- Flood, May 1, 2009
- Flood, April 16, 2009
- Flood, April 5, 2009
- Flash Flood, February 11, 2009
- Tornado, February 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2009
- Flood, December 27, 2008
- Flood, December 26, 2008
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Flood, July 12, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2008
- Tornado, June 27, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2008
- Flood, June 4, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2008
- Flood, May 13, 2008
- Flood, March 18, 2008
- Flood, March 3, 2008
- Flood, February 5, 2008
- Tornado, January 29, 2008
- Flood, January 8, 2008
- Hail, October 17, 2007
- Flood, June 27, 2007
- Hail, April 3, 2007
- Flood, March 23, 2007
- Flood, March 15, 2007
- Flood, March 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2007
- Flood, January 1, 2007
- Flood, December 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2006
- Hail, April 14, 2006
- Tornado, April 2, 2006
- Tornado, March 31, 2006
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2006
- Flood, March 9, 2006
- Flood, March 9, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2005
- Tornado, November 15, 2005
- Hail, November 6, 2005
- Flood, August 30, 2005
- Hail, June 30, 2005
- Hail, June 5, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2005
- Hail, May 13, 2005
- Flood, January 3, 2005
- Flood, January 3, 2005
- Heavy Snow, December 22, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2004
- Hail, August 18, 2004
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2004
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2004
- Hail, July 3, 2004
- Flood, June 14, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2004
- Flood, June 1, 2004
- Tornado, May 30, 2004
- Flood, May 28, 2004
- Flood, January 4, 2004
- Flood, January 3, 2004
- Flood, December 24, 2003
- Flood, September 1, 2003
- Flood, September 1, 2003
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2003
- Tornado, July 21, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2003
- Flood, July 5, 2003
- Hail, May 28, 2003
- Flood, May 10, 2003
- Hail, May 9, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2002
- Hail, November 10, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2002
- Hail, June 1, 2002
- Flood, May 12, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2002
- Flood, May 7, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2002
- Flood, May 1, 2002
- Flood, April 1, 2002
- Flood, March 30, 2002
- Flood, February 1, 2002
- Flood, December 15, 2001
- Flood, October 24, 2001
- Tornado, October 24, 2001
- Flood, October 13, 2001
- Flood, August 18, 2001
- Hail, June 19, 2001
- Hail, June 5, 2001
- Flood, February 24, 2001
- Flood, February 9, 2001
- Flood, January 30, 2001
- Flood, December 16, 2000
- Flood, December 12, 2000
- Flood, October 5, 2000
- Flash Flood, October 5, 2000
- Flood, October 5, 2000
- Hail, September 20, 2000
- Hail, August 6, 2000
- Lightning, July 4, 2000
- Flood, June 21, 2000
- Hail, April 20, 2000
- Flood, April 9, 2000
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2000
- Flood, June 2, 1999
- Hail, June 1, 1999
- Hail, May 17, 1999
- Winter Storm, March 8, 1999
- Flood, February 28, 1999
- Flood, February 7, 1999
- Flood, February 1, 1999
- Flood, January 21, 1999
- Flood, January 21, 1999
- Flood, January 17, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 1, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 6, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 1998
- Flood, June 29, 1998
- Tornado, June 29, 1998
- Hail, June 28, 1998
- Hail, June 28, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 28, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 1998
- Flood, June 22, 1998
- Flood, June 19, 1998
- Flood, June 12, 1998
- Flood, May 23, 1998
- Hail, May 23, 1998
- Flood, May 19, 1998
- Flood, April 16, 1998
- Flood, April 9, 1998
- Flood, March 21, 1998
- Flood, January 10, 1998
- Winter Storm, November 13, 1997
- Heat, July 26, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 1997
- High Wind, April 6, 1997
- Flood, March 1, 1997
- Flood, February 27, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 24, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 15, 1997
- Winter Storm, December 16, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 1996
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Owen CountyEvery warning in Owen 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.