Tornadoes · United States · Indiana

2024 tornadoes in Indiana

52 tornadoes touched down in Indiana in 2024, 129 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 75.

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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 2024

February 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 10	4:49 AM EST	EF1	Clark	1.0	75

February 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 27	9:15 PM CST	EF1	Lake	2.2	75

March 14 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 14	1:58 PM EDT	EF2	Jefferson to KY	18.0	500		2	$320,000
March 14	5:40 PM CDT	EF1	Mercer to OH	9.3	450			$250,000
March 14	7:34 PM EDT	EF2	Delaware	4.5	175			$4.0 million
March 14	6:50 PM CDT	EF3	Winchester tornado	41.3	700	1	39	$26 million

April 2 11 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 2	5:37 AM CDT	EF2	Posey	11.6	250		$250,000
April 2	5:47 AM CDT	EF2	Vanderburgh	14.9	250		$428,000
April 2	5:47 AM CDT	EF2	Vanderburgh	14.9	250		$520,000
April 2	5:54 AM CDT	EF1	Vanderburgh	7.3	200		$230,000
April 2	5:57 AM CDT	EF1	Vanderburgh	5.3	200		$135,000
April 2	6:04 AM CDT	EF1	Warrick	1.6	100		$75,000
April 2	6:05 AM CDT	EF1	Warrick	8.4	200		$100,000
April 2	1:09 PM EDT	EF1	Harrison	3.2	30
April 2	4:31 PM CDT	EF2	Clark to KY	11.2	450	32
April 2	5:52 PM EDT	EF1	Ohio	3.3	100		$50,000
April 2	5:53 PM EDT	EF0	Wayne	3.4	200		$200,000

May 7 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 7	6:11 PM EDT	Unrated	Steuben	0.1	1
May 7	7:47 PM EDT	Unrated	Rush	0.8	30
May 7	8:02 PM EDT	EF0	Shelby	0.8	50	$30,000
May 7	8:03 PM EDT	EF1	Rush	4.6	75	$47,000
May 7	8:05 PM EDT	EF1	Rush	0.2	30	$30,000
May 7	8:08 PM EDT	EF1	Fayette	2.9	150	$50,000
May 7	8:25 PM EDT	EF0	Decatur	4.5	100	$50,000
May 7	8:42 PM EDT	EF0	Crawford	0.2	80
May 7	7:56 PM CDT	EF1	Franklin to OH	8.0	300	$10,000
May 7	9:23 PM EDT	EF0	Clark	1.2	60

May 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 14	5:14 PM CDT	EF1	Warrick	0.4	75			$25,000

May 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 26	9:49 PM EDT	EF2	Knox	12.1	50			$700,000

July 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 4	1:05 PM EDT	EF0	Harrison	1.0	125

July 9 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 9	4:18 PM CDT	EF3	Posey	5.8	300	$1.1 million
July 9	4:32 PM CDT	EF1	Posey	3.3	300	$5,000
July 9	4:37 PM CDT	EF1	Gibson	0.4	40	$20,000
July 9	4:51 PM CDT	EF2	Posey	8.4	400	$353,000
July 9	5:50 PM CDT	EF1	Gibson	1.0	25	$4,000
July 9	7:21 PM EDT	EF0	Martin	1.8	20	$10,000

July 15 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 15	9:58 PM CDT	EF0	Lake	2.4	100
July 15	10:02 PM CDT	EF0	Lake	16.4	100
July 15	10:32 PM CDT	EF1	LaPorte	3.2	75	$100,000
July 15	12:09 AM EDT	EF0	Marshall	0.7	75	$20,000
July 15	12:21 AM EDT	EF1	Elkhart	1.2	250	$500,000

July 29 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 29	9:41 PM EDT	EF2	Madison	3.0	50			$765,000
July 29	9:44 PM EDT	EF0	Franklin	0.7	80			$10,000

July 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 30	6:30 PM CDT	EF1	Vanderburgh	11.0	300			$385,000

September 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 7	6:58 AM CDT	Unrated	Porter	0.1	10

September 22 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
September 22	7:39 PM EDT	EF0	Delaware	0.1	10	$50,000
September 22	7:42 PM EDT	Unrated	Jay	0.2	50
September 22	7:45 PM EDT	EF1	Jay	2.7	75	$500,000

September 24 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
September 24	1:40 PM EDT	EF0	Clark	3.9	100
September 24	4:13 PM EDT	EF1	Noble	7.5	230		$500,000
September 24	5:01 PM EDT	EF1	LaGrange	1.9	125	2	$300,000
September 24	5:49 PM EDT	EF0	Saint Joseph	0.3	125		$25,000

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)	Damage
April 2	5:22 AM CDT	EF1	Gallatin, IL to IN	7.4	100	$111,000
April 2	5:30 AM CDT	EF2	Posey, IL to IN	11.9	250	$135,000
May 26	8:26 PM CDT	EF1	White, IL to IN	34.1	500	$382,000
June 29	6:15 PM CDT	EF0	Warren, IL to IN	4.7	30
July 15	9:52 PM CDT	EF1	Lake, IL to IN	29.1	300

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.