Tornadoes · United States · Indiana

2011 tornadoes in Indiana

73 tornadoes touched down in Indiana in 2011, 222 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

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The rating scale

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

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 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.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 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 2011

February 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 27	12:30 AM EST	EF1	Madison	0.6	40			$105,000

February 28 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
February 28	1:36 AM CST	EF1	Gibson	23.3	250		$150,000
February 28	1:51 AM CST	EF2	Gibson	22.0	550		$600,000
February 28	3:10 AM EST	EF0	Pike	1.9	200		$150,000
February 28	3:19 AM EST	EF2	Dubois	14.2	225	1	$500,000
February 28	3:29 AM CST	EF1	Clark to KY	3.0	100		$7,000

April 19 29 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 19	9:10 PM EDT	EF1	Vermillion	31.1	100	$85,000
April 19	9:40 PM EDT	EF1	Tippecanoe	0.7	100	$80,000
April 19	9:50 PM EDT	EF0	Tippecanoe	2.6	50	$15,000
April 19	9:55 PM EDT	EF1	Boone	0.6	50	$10,000
April 19	10:41 PM EDT	EF1	Grant	2.5	150	$100,000
April 19	10:48 PM EDT	EF1	Grant	2.9	50
April 19	10:54 PM EDT	EF1	Knox	10.9	75	$206,000
April 19	9:57 PM CDT	EF1	Gibson	4.4	100	$130,000
April 19	11:16 PM EDT	EF1	Jay	6.9	50
April 19	11:22 PM EDT	EF0	Dubois	0.3	200
April 19	11:22 PM EDT	EF1	Dubois	3.1	200
April 19	11:25 PM EDT	EF0	Dubois	1.9	200
April 19	11:26 PM EDT	EF1	Dubois	0.4	100
April 19	11:26 PM EDT	EF2	Dubois	3.3	300
April 19	11:39 PM EDT	EF2	Orange	1.0	200
April 19	11:40 PM EDT	EF1	Orange	1.5	125
April 19	11:40 PM EDT	EF1	Orange	0.7	75
April 19	11:47 PM EDT	EF0	Orange	0.5	100
April 19	11:59 PM EDT	EF1	Washington	1.5	200
April 19	12:00 AM EDT	EF0	Washington	1.2	75
April 19	12:07 AM EDT	EF0	Washington	0.7	50
April 19	12:09 AM EDT	EF0	Harrison	0.3	50
April 19	12:14 AM EDT	EF0	Washington	13.1	200
April 19	12:19 AM EDT	EF0	Scott	11.8	100
April 19	12:28 AM EDT	EF1	Clark	1.2	200
April 19	12:28 AM EDT	EF0	Clark	0.2	75
April 19	12:40 AM EDT	EF1	Jefferson	2.3	125
April 19	12:41 AM EDT	EF0	Jefferson	3.2	100
April 19	1:04 AM EDT	EF1	Switzerland	1.8	67	$90,000

April 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 22	1:35 AM EDT	EF0	Jackson	3.8	50			$30,000

April 26 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 26	2:02 AM CDT	EF2	Warrick	4.5	300			$90,000
April 26	3:09 AM EDT	EF1	Pike	0.5	225			$110,000

April 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 27	5:44 PM EDT	EF0	Sullivan	0.1	20			$21,000

May 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 22	4:37 PM CDT	EF1	Jasper	0.3	33			$25,000

May 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 23	5:32 PM EDT	EF0	Huntington	0.4	30
May 23	6:43 PM EDT	EF0	Dearborn	3.1	50			$45,000

May 25 23 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 25	9:13 AM CDT	EF0	Newton	0.1	20		$25,000
May 25	9:19 AM CDT	EF2	Newton	1.9	300		$50,000
May 25	9:24 AM CDT	EF1	Jasper	2.9	100		$500
May 25	9:26 AM CDT	EF1	Jasper	1.9	100		$50,000
May 25	10:45 AM EDT	EF0	Pulaski	0.8	50
May 25	5:15 PM EDT	EF1	Decatur	0.8	600		$500,000
May 25	5:20 PM EDT	EF1	Decatur	0.1	400		$250,000
May 25	7:58 PM EDT	EF3	Lawrence	6.8	300		$150,000
May 25	8:09 PM CDT	EF2	Vanderburgh	12.2	125		$240,000
May 25	9:20 PM EDT	EF1	Vigo	0.4	100
May 25	9:35 PM EDT	EF2	Pike	1.6	200
May 25	9:36 PM EDT	EF1	Pike	5.0	50		$20,000
May 25	9:38 PM EDT	EF0	Parke	0.3	30
May 25	9:39 PM EDT	EF1	Pike	3.2	60		$20,000
May 25	9:40 PM EDT	EF1	Parke	0.8	100
May 25	9:50 PM EDT	EF2	Dubois	1.9	100		$100,000
May 25	9:54 PM EDT	EF1	Dubois	1.9	60		$30,000
May 25	10:14 PM EDT	EF1	Monroe	1.0	150		$200,000
May 25	10:22 PM EDT	EF2	Orange	4.3	230		$150,000
May 25	10:28 PM EDT	EF1	Orange	2.0	100		$35,000
May 25	10:30 PM EDT	EF1	Washington	1.2	100
May 25	10:31 PM EDT	EF1	Washington	2.4	130		$30,000
May 25	11:15 PM EDT	EF0	Shelby	0.7	150	1	$75,000

June 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 19	6:31 AM CDT	EF0	Perry	0.2	65

June 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 22	7:27 PM EDT	EF0	Harrison	0.3	75			$5,000

June 26 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 26	2:54 AM EDT	EF1	Dubois	2.2	130			$15,000
June 26	2:12 AM CDT	EF1	Perry	3.5	200			$60,000

July 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 23	1:39 PM CDT	EF0	Newton	0.3	10

September 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 25	12:33 AM EDT	EF1	Jennings	0.5	75			$65,000

September 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 27	12:56 PM EDT	EF0	Elkhart	0.6	30			$10,000

November 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 14	7:32 PM EST	EF1	Orange	2.0	50			$100,000

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.