Indiana

Storm History: Porter County, Indiana

414 episodes, 633 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Porter 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
633
Deaths
29
Injuries
29
Damage
$50 million
Episodes
414

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
Tornado125411$27 million
Hail11812$2.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind10500$196,000
Flash Flood5942$16 million
Flood3802$3.7 million
Winter Storm3100$80,000
High Wind3000$50,000
Heavy Snow1800
Rip Current18199
Winter Weather1800
Lake-Effect Snow1300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Blizzard710
Cold/Wind Chill600
Ice Storm600
Lightning500$97,000
Excessive Heat500
Lakeshore Flood500
Drought400
Strong Wind300$3,000
Heat300
Heavy Rain200
Frost/Freeze100
Dust Storm100
High Surf103
Funnel Cloud100

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 Porter County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Porter CountyEvery warning in Porter 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.