Tornado in Indiana
Every tornado event the National Weather Service has filed in Indiana, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
The most significant on the map
The most significant tornado 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
- 2,103
- Deaths
- 276
- Injuries
- 4,383
- Damage
- $2.8 billion
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 in Indiana, November 6, 2005This was the deadliest tornado in Indiana since April 3, 1974. This tornado tracked a total of 41 miles from Henderson County, KY into Spencer County, IN. A total of at least 500 homes and buildings were destroyed or severely damaged.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 26 to 27, 1994Several trees were blown down and one barn was destroyed.
- Tornadoes in Indiana, September 20, 2002One of Indiana's longest tracking tornados formed along a squall line on the morning of September 20. The tornado touched down near Ellettsville in Monroe county and then remained on the ground for 112 miles before lifting in Blackford county.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 12, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 10, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 6, 1956
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, March 2, 2012Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon in a high wind shear environment ahead of a strengthening low pressure system. Many of these storms became severe, with large hail, damaging thunderstorm winds, and tornadoes all being the main threats.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 27, 1991
- Tornadoes in Indiana, April 9, 1953
- 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 in Indiana, September 26, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 17, 1963
- 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.
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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.