Indiana

Storm History: Switzerland County, Indiana

241 episodes, 284 events since 1956

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.

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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 Flood5710$18 million
Thunderstorm Wind5400$293,000
Winter Storm3400$100,000
Hail3200$72,000
Tornado31041$3.0 million
Flood2410$2.1 million
Winter Weather1500
High Wind1100$1.1 million
Heavy Snow800
Ice Storm700
Excessive Heat400
Heat300
Cold/Wind Chill100$20,000
Frost/Freeze100$620,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Strong Wind100

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 Switzerland County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.