Indiana

Storm History: Saint Joseph County, Indiana

365 episodes, 759 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Saint Joseph 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
759
Deaths
6
Injuries
138
Damage
$48 million
Episodes
365

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
Hail26214$3.7 million
Tornado1954108$36 million
Thunderstorm Wind188025$806,000
Flash Flood3410$5.1 million
Flood3001$2.1 million
Winter Storm2000
Winter Weather900
Lake-Effect Snow800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Heavy Snow400
Blizzard200
High Wind200$11,000
Lightning100$250,000

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 Saint Joseph County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Saint Joseph CountyEvery warning in Saint Joseph 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.