Tornadoes · United States · Indiana

1992 tornadoes in Indiana

45 tornadoes touched down in Indiana in 1992, 98 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

1991 1993 The whole country in 1992

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Indiana in 1992

February 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 15	11:11 AM EST	F1	Delaware	1.8	50			$50,000 to $500,000

June 17 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 17	5:30 PM EST	F1	Carroll	9.0	100	$50,000 to $500,000
June 17	7:10 PM EST	F1	Noble	0.1	30
June 17	11:15 PM EST	F0	Marion	0.3	67	$5,000 to $50,000

June 18 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
June 18	1:00 AM EST	F1	Decatur	2.0	80	2	$50,000 to $500,000
June 18	12:35 PM EST	F0	Henry	0.1	10
June 18	3:25 PM CDT	F0	Dearborn to KY	2.0	167

June 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 23	4:16 PM CDT	F0	Gibson	0.1	40

July 2 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 2	4:01 PM EST	F0	Miami	0.1	50
July 2	5:22 PM EST	F2	Adams	1.5	50	$50,000 to $500,000
July 2	6:10 PM EST	F0	Shelby	0.1	20
July 2	7:20 PM EST	F0	Daviess	0.1	20

July 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 12	5:43 PM EST	F1	Adams	5.0	30			$50,000 to $500,000

July 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 14	2:10 PM EST	F2	Noble	8.0	150		28	$5 million to $50 million

July 16 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 16	5:58 PM EST	F0	Hendricks	0.1	20
July 16	6:57 PM EST	F0	Marion	0.1	20

July 30 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
July 30	2:20 PM EST	F1	Vigo	1.3	50		$50,000 to $500,000
July 30	7:30 PM EDT	F0	Dearborn	1.0	70		$5,000 to $50,000
July 30	7:05 PM EST	F2	Morgan	6.0	200		$5,000 to $50,000
July 30	7:15 PM EST	F0	Morgan	0.1	50
July 30	8:00 PM EST	F0	Johnson	0.3	50	1
July 30	8:10 PM EST	F3	Johnson	7.0	200	25	$500,000 to $5 million

August 3 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 3	12:40 PM EST	F0	Kosciusko	0.1	10	$500 to $5,000
August 3	1:00 PM EST	F0	Elkhart	0.1	10
August 3	1:15 PM EST	F0	Elkhart	0.1	10	$500 to $5,000

September 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 9	7:23 PM EST	F0	Kosciusko	0.1	10

September 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 18	5:02 PM CDT	F1	Trimble to KY	1.5	50			$50,000 to $500,000

October 8 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
October 8	5:25 PM EST	F1	Grant	5.2	20		$50,000 to $500,000
October 8	5:45 PM EST	F1	Huntington	2.0	20		$50,000 to $500,000
October 8	6:00 PM EST	F2	Allen	2.0	20	9	$50,000 to $500,000
October 8	7:55 PM EST	F1	Franklin	5.0	100		$50,000 to $500,000

November 22 14 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
November 22	2:06 PM EST	F1	Vigo	0.1	43		$5,000 to $50,000
November 22	2:35 PM EST	F3	Monroe	5.3	867	3	$50,000 to $500,000
November 22	2:50 PM EST	F3	Putnam	12.0	867	1	$500,000 to $5 million
November 22	2:55 PM EST	F3	Morgan	15.0	867		$500,000 to $5 million
November 22	3:07 PM EST	F1	Montgomery	2.5	200	1	$50,000 to $500,000
November 22	3:45 PM EST	F3	Marion	9.0	433		$500,000 to $5 million
November 22	4:05 PM EST	F3	Shelby	10.0	50		$500,000 to $5 million
November 22	4:20 PM EST	F2	Hamilton	2.0	100		$50,000 to $500,000
November 22	4:23 PM EST	F1	Hamilton	1.0	100		$500 to $5,000
November 22	4:34 PM EST	F2	Bartholomew	5.0	50		$50,000 to $500,000
November 22	4:45 PM EST	F2	Shelby	7.5	50		$50,000 to $500,000
November 22	4:54 PM EST	F1	Madison	0.2	67		$5,000 to $50,000
November 22	5:35 PM EST	F2	Union	12.0	200		$500,000 to $5 million
November 22	6:00 PM EST	F1	Jay	0.2	10		$5,000 to $50,000

Crossed into Indiana

Tornadoes that touched down in a neighboring state and ran into Indiana. They are counted under the state they began in.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 22	2:52 PM CST	F4	Carroll, KY to IN	26.7	60	1	10	$500,000 to $5 million

Nearby

Every tornado in Indiana since 1950 Warnings in force in Indiana The live radar over Indiana

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.