Storm History: Switzerland County, Indiana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Switzerland 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
- 284
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 41
- Damage
- $26 million
- Episodes
- 241
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 57 | 1 | 0 | $18 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 54 | 0 | 0 | $293,000 |
| Winter Storm | 34 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Hail | 32 | 0 | 0 | $72,000 |
| Tornado | 31 | 0 | 41 | $3.0 million |
| Flood | 24 | 1 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| Winter Weather | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 11 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Heavy Snow | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | $620,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2022
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
- Flood, March 2, 1997
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, April 6, 2007
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Flood, January 24, 1996
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 12, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2000
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2016
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 1996
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2003
- Hail, April 22, 2005
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2011
- Hail, April 9, 1991
- Hail, August 25, 2018
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2000
- Hail, April 23, 1968
- Hail, June 2, 2009
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2004
- Hail, February 21, 1993
- Hail, June 27, 1990
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Hail, July 20, 2018
- Hail, March 1, 2023
- Hail, July 2, 2023
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2026
- Strong Wind, March 13, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2025
- Tornado, July 20, 2025
- Hail, April 14, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- High Wind, September 27, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 24, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2024
- Flood, May 6, 2024
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2023
- Hail, July 2, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2023
- Hail, March 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2022
- Flood, August 9, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2022
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- High Wind, March 30, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 11, 2022
- Flood, February 17, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2022
- Flood, December 18, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2021
- Hail, June 18, 2021
- Flood, June 10, 2021
- High Wind, March 25, 2021
- Flood, February 28, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2021
- Tornado, April 8, 2020
- High Wind, January 11, 2020
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 12, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 14, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 6, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Ice Storm, November 14, 2018
- Flood, September 8, 2018
- Hail, August 25, 2018
- Hail, July 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 24, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 29, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 13, 2017
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, September 10, 2016
- Flood, August 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2016
- Hail, April 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 22, 2014
- Winter Storm, November 16, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 10, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2014
- Hail, May 21, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2014
- Flash Flood, December 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 6, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Heat, June 28, 2012
- Tornado, March 23, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2011
- Tornado, May 23, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2010
- Flood, June 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2010
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- Hail, June 2, 2009
- High Wind, February 11, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2009
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2008
- Hail, July 22, 2008
- Hail, July 20, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 12, 2008
- Hail, August 16, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 7, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2007
- Hail, April 11, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 6, 2007
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 1, 2006
- Hail, August 10, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 2, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2006
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 2, 2006
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2005
- Flood, November 15, 2005
- Flood, August 19, 2005
- Hail, June 14, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Flash Flood, January 5, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2004
- Flood, October 18, 2004
- Flood, May 30, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2003
- Flood, July 21, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2002
- Flood, November 10, 2002
- Flood, September 27, 2002
- Flood, June 6, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2002
- Flood, April 28, 2002
- Flood, April 21, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Hail, February 20, 2002
- Flood, December 17, 2001
- Flash Flood, October 24, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2001
- Hail, April 10, 2001
- Ice Storm, December 13, 2000
- High Wind, December 11, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2000
- Flash Flood, February 13, 2000
- Flash Flood, January 3, 2000
- Heat, July 20, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow, March 8, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 1998
- Flash Flood, July 19, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 1998
- Flash Flood, April 16, 1998
- Winter Storm, February 4, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 1997
- Flood, March 2, 1997
- Ice Storm, January 24, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 4, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 7, 1996
- Hail, June 22, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 8, 1996
- Flash Flood, May 3, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 1996
- Flash Flood, April 29, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 1996
- Winter Storm, March 19, 1996
- Ice Storm, March 6, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 1996
- Flood, January 24, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 1995
- Tornado, June 23, 1994
- Tornado, April 15, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 1993
- Hail, February 21, 1993
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 1992
- Tornado, June 18, 1992
- Hail, August 14, 1991
- Tornado, August 3, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 23, 1991
- Hail, April 9, 1991
- Hail, June 27, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 1989
- Tornado, August 5, 1989
- Tornado, July 23, 1989
- Tornado, July 11, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 1987
- Tornado, April 8, 1980
- Tornado, June 11, 1975
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, April 1, 1974
- Tornado, April 29, 1970
- Hail, April 23, 1968
- Tornado, February 25, 1956
More
Tornadoes in Switzerland CountyEvery warning in Switzerland 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.