Thunderstorm Wind in Indiana
Every thunderstorm wind event the National Weather Service has filed in Indiana, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
The most significant on the map
The most significant thunderstorm wind episodes in Indiana.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 16,768
- Deaths
- 53
- Injuries
- 377
- Damage
- $238 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 11, 1965
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 3, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, June 2, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 2, 2012A surface Low over Missouri early in the afternoon of March 2nd strengthened to below 990mb as it moved north into Michigan by the evening hours. Around dawn, a warm front moved north of the Ohio River, accompanied by scattered elevated thunderstorms that produced small hail.
- Flood and Hail in Indiana, August 13, 2011Thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front during the afternoon and evening of August 13. As these storms moved across central Indiana, they brought damaging winds and large hail to the area.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 26 to 27, 1994Several trees were blown down and one barn was destroyed.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 31, 2023A strong, occluding storm system over the Upper Midwest produced a deep column of strong southwesterly winds over the Midwest on the afternoon and evening of the 31st.|This pattern generated an inordinate amount of vertical wind shear.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, July 9, 1980
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, March 20, 2020Showers and thunderstorms developed through the early morning hours as a low pressure system moved through the Ohio Valley. Some of the storms produced locally heavy rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 12, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 10, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 14, 2024Two rounds of thunderstorms in total brought severe weather to half of central Indiana's counties. During the late morning to early afternoon hours on the 14th, a decaying line of storms brought prolific small hail and isolated wind damage to much of the state.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, June 2, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 27, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 30, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 13, 1995A number of large trees were blown down at La Fontaine.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Indiana, May 30 to 31, 2004On 30 May 2004, a warm front was draped across far southern portions of Indiana in the morning, as part of an unseasonably strong cyclone centered in Minnesota.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 3 to 4, 2008A powerful weather system moved through central Indiana on the night of June 3rd. Associated with this system were damaging straight line thunderstorm winds and tornadoes. Three tornadoes developed from supercells.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, November 15, 2005An area of severe thunderstorms moved through central Indiana on the afternoon and evening of 15 November 2005, fueled by abnormally warm conditions which had been the rule across the region for the first half of the month.
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Indiana, June 11, 2026Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Indiana during the afternoon and evening of June 11th producing wind damage, localized flooding and several tornadoes.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 30, 2004Large limbs were blown down. A funnel cloud was also spotted.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 25, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 26, 2008Severe thunderstorms produced hail and wind damage across central Indiana from mid-afternoon through early evening.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 16, 1968
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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.