Indiana

Storm History: Ripley County, Indiana

430 episodes, 658 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Ripley 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
658
Deaths
4
Injuries
12
Damage
$10 million
Episodes
430

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
Flash Flood13600$509,000
Thunderstorm Wind12300$666,000
Tornado88312$4.3 million
Hail8500$235,000
Flood7500$130,000
Winter Weather5900
Winter Storm4700$325,000
High Wind1210$3.3 million
Heavy Snow1000
Ice Storm600
Excessive Heat400
Heat300
Heavy Rain300
Strong Wind300$6,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Cold/Wind Chill100$20,000
Frost/Freeze100$620,000

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 Ripley County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Ripley CountyEvery warning in Ripley 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.