Indiana

Storm History: Posey County, Indiana

846 episodes, 946 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Posey 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
946
Deaths
2
Injuries
4
Damage
$26 million
Episodes
846

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
Flood22700$5.3 million
Hail8900$2.1 million
Dense Fog8300
Tornado6722$4.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind6702$535,000
Winter Weather6600
Strong Wind6500$65,000
Heat5000
Frost/Freeze4900$1.0 million
Flash Flood4400$1.3 million
Winter Storm3200$2.1 million
Heavy Snow2300$10,000
Drought2200$3.0 million
Excessive Heat2000
Cold/Wind Chill1700
High Wind600$6.0 million
Ice Storm500
Funnel Cloud500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Heavy Rain400
Freezing Fog100

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 Posey County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Posey CountyEvery warning in Posey 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.