Storm History: Starke County, Indiana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Starke 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
- 325
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 33
- Damage
- $28 million
- Episodes
- 255
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 76 | 0 | 0 | $122,000 |
| Tornado | 61 | 4 | 31 | $26 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 56 | 1 | 1 | $89,000 |
| Winter Storm | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 20 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 1 | 1 | $25,000 |
| Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 11, 1965
- Flood, February 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, March 10, 2009
- Tornado, September 14, 1965
- Lightning, April 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2022
- Tornado, March 30, 2025
- Tornado, March 10, 2026
- Hail, July 21, 2005
- Tornado, July 29, 1958
- Hail, August 23, 2006
- Hail, June 5, 2005
- Tornado, June 23, 1968
- Tornado, March 12, 1976
- Tornado, August 8, 1979
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 1995
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2023
- Tornado, June 21, 1995
- Hail, April 4, 2003
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, April 9, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2023
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Hail, August 23, 2006
- Hail, June 12, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2011
- Hail, June 21, 2006
- Hail, July 23, 2022
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2017
- Hail, March 15, 2012
- Hail, August 7, 2011
- Hail, September 3, 2011
- Hail, June 5, 2005
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 11, 1965
- Tornado, June 2, 1990
- Tornado, March 12, 1976
- Tornado, March 27, 1991
- Tornado, October 18, 2007
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Tornado, July 29, 1958
- Tornado, September 14, 1965
- Tornado, June 23, 1968
- Tornado, July 2, 1992
- Tornado, June 11, 1998
- Tornado, June 14, 2000
- Tornado, May 26, 2001
- Tornado, March 10, 2026
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2026
- Tornado, April 17, 2026
- High Wind, March 13, 2026
- Tornado, March 10, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 14, 2026
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 9, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 2025
- Hail, August 16, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Tornado, March 30, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2024
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 19, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2023
- Hail, April 5, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2022
- Hail, July 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2022
- High Wind, December 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2021
- Flood, August 6, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2021
- Flood, June 26, 2021
- Tornado, June 20, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2021
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2020
- Hail, May 23, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2019
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 11, 2019
- Lightning, April 30, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 12, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 12, 2019
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 2018
- Hail, April 3, 2018
- Flood, February 20, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2018
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 9, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 17, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, March 14, 2017
- Hail, February 24, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 18, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 21, 2015
- Flood, June 11, 2015
- Hail, June 8, 2015
- Tornado, June 7, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 8, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2015
- Hail, October 7, 2014
- Hail, September 20, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2014
- Tornado, June 30, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2013
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 12, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2013
- Hail, June 12, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2013
- Tornado, August 4, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, June 28, 2012
- Hail, March 15, 2012
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 11, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2012
- Hail, September 3, 2011
- Hail, August 7, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2011
- Hail, May 29, 2011
- Hail, May 11, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 10, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2011
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 12, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2010
- Hail, June 18, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2010
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 1, 2010
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 10, 2009
- High Wind, February 11, 2009
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 3, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 18, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 20, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2008
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Hail, May 2, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 26, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 9, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Tornado, October 18, 2007
- Tornado, August 15, 2007
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2007
- Blizzard, February 13, 2007
- Hail, October 2, 2006
- Hail, August 23, 2006
- Hail, June 21, 2006
- Flood, March 13, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2005
- Hail, July 21, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2005
- Hail, June 5, 2005
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2005
- Dense Fog, January 12, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 5, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2004
- Hail, May 30, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2004
- Hail, May 22, 2004
- Hail, April 17, 2004
- High Wind, March 5, 2004
- High Wind, November 12, 2003
- Hail, August 26, 2003
- Tornado, August 26, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2003
- Hail, April 30, 2003
- Hail, April 20, 2003
- Hail, April 4, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Ice Storm, January 31, 2002
- Hail, October 24, 2001
- Hail, July 4, 2001
- Hail, July 4, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2001
- Tornado, May 26, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 23, 2001
- Hail, April 9, 2001
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2000
- Tornado, June 14, 2000
- Hail, May 18, 2000
- Hail, May 12, 2000
- Hail, May 12, 2000
- Hail, May 9, 2000
- Hail, May 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 1999
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 1998
- Tornado, July 19, 1998
- Tornado, June 12, 1998
- Tornado, June 11, 1998
- Tornado, May 19, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 15, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 9, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 29, 1996
- Flash Flood, July 17, 1996
- High Wind, March 25, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 18, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 1995
- Tornado, June 21, 1995
- Tornado, June 7, 1995
- Hail, June 13, 1994
- Tornado, July 2, 1992
- Tornado, June 17, 1992
- Hail, July 7, 1991
- Tornado, March 27, 1991
- Tornado, June 2, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 16, 1988
- Tornado, September 19, 1988
- Hail, May 15, 1988
- Hail, April 3, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 1987
- Tornado, March 28, 1985
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 1984
- Tornado, July 1, 1983
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 1983
- Hail, April 3, 1982
- Hail, July 20, 1981
- Hail, August 13, 1980
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 1979
- Tornado, August 8, 1979
- Tornado, May 5, 1977
- Tornado, June 15, 1976
- Tornado, March 12, 1976
- Hail, March 31, 1973
- Tornado, July 17, 1972
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 1970
- Tornado, June 23, 1968
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Starke CountyEvery warning in Starke 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.