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2018 tornadoes in Indiana

16 tornadoes touched down in Indiana in 2018, 30 percent below 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 2018

April 3 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 3	6:30 PM EDT	EF0	Fountain	2.4	75			$1,000
April 3	7:11 PM EDT	EF0	Tippecanoe	0.6	40			$25,000

May 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 27	6:58 PM CDT	EF0	Newton	0.1	25

June 9 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 9	6:30 PM EDT	EF0	Steuben	0.7	200
June 9	6:34 PM EDT	EF1	Steuben	0.9	375

July 20 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 20	1:53 PM EDT	EF0	Marshall	0.5	50
July 20	2:03 PM EDT	EF0	Washington	1.1	75	$50,000
July 20	2:04 PM EDT	EF1	Harrison	6.0	250	$600,000
July 20	3:14 PM EDT	EF0	Wabash	0.8	25
July 20	3:50 PM EDT	EF1	Madison	0.6	30	$30,000

August 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 6	8:27 PM EDT	EF1	Kosciusko	4.0	50

August 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 15	8:07 PM EDT	EF0	White	0.3	22

September 8 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 8	2:38 PM CDT	EF0	Perry	1.8	80			$80,000
September 8	4:36 PM CDT	EF0	Spencer	0.0	25

December 31 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 31	1:43 PM CST	EF1	Spencer	2.0	50			$50,000
December 31	3:38 PM EST	EF1	Harrison	2.2	140			$20,000

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.