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Tornadoes in Marshall County, Indiana

35 tornadoes have crossed Marshall County since 1950, 3 of them surveyed so far this year and still preliminary, 10th of the 92 counties in Indiana with a tornado on record, an average of one every 2.2 years. They have killed 10 people and injured 112. None was rated F4 or above.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale

    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.

  4. F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale

    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.

  7. 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.

Now

Tornadoes
35
Deaths
10
Injuries
112
F4 and above
0
Worst on record
F3, April 11, 1965

The deadliest in Marshall County

  1. F3, Starke, Marshall, Saint Joseph and Elkhart counties, IndianaApril 11, 196510 killed, 82 injured

The strongest

  1. F3, Starke, Marshall, Saint Joseph and Elkhart counties, IndianaApril 11, 1965F3, 35.6 mi (57 km)
  2. F3, Marshall and Kosciusko counties, IndianaAugust 12, 1956F3, 23.4 mi (38 km)
  3. EF3, Marshall, Kosciusko and Elkhart counties, IndianaOctober 18, 2007EF3, 20.3 mi (33 km)
  4. F2, Pulaski, Fulton and Marshall counties, IndianaApril 26, 1994F2, 20.0 mi (32 km)
  5. F2, Marshall County, IndianaMarch 20, 1976F2, 11.6 mi (19 km)
  6. F2, Marshall County, IndianaJune 13, 1961F2, 0.1 mi (0 km)
  7. F2, Marshall County, IndianaJune 1, 1954F2, 0.1 mi (0 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 23 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Marshall County. Each year links to every tornado in Indiana that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20263EF1
202521EF1
20241EF0
20181EF0
20143EF1
20072EF3
2001114F1
19962F1
199513F1
19942F2
19931F1
19811F0
1976210F2
197321F1
19691F1
19671F1
19661F1
196511082F3
19611F2
19601F0
19593F1
195611F3
19541F2

Every tornado that crossed Marshall County

35 tornadoes, newest first. The 3 at the top are this year's, from the surveying office rather than SPC's published database, and their ratings are marked as preliminary.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 11, 202610:11 PM EDTEF1Marshall0.7125
June 11, 202610:11 PM EDTEF0Marshall2.9125
June 11, 202610:22 PM EDTEF1Marshall3.4300
April 2, 20257:52 PM EDTEF1Marshall17.8175$610,000
March 30, 20253:22 PM CDTEF1Starke3.27501$110,000
July 15, 202412:09 AM EDTEF0Marshall0.775$20,000
July 20, 20181:53 PM EDTEF0Marshall0.550
June 30, 201412:41 AM EDTEF1Marshall0.250
June 30, 201412:35 AM EDTEF1Marshall6.8150
June 30, 201411:29 PM CDTEF1Starke4.8400
October 18, 200710:05 PM EDTEF3Marshall20.3880$15 million
August 15, 200711:15 PM EDTEF1Marshall2.950$500,000
October 24, 20014:15 PM ESTF1Kosciusko39.015014$2.9 million
April 19, 19969:05 PM ESTF1Marshall0.520
April 19, 19968:50 PM ESTF1Marshall1.020
June 7, 19959:30 PM ESTF1Marshall4.0303$50,000 to $500,000
August 13, 19944:15 PM ESTF0Marshall0.110
April 26, 19949:45 PM ESTF2Pulaski20.0440$50,000 to $500,000
June 8, 19936:40 PM ESTF1Marshall19.073$50,000 to $500,000
October 17, 198111:50 PM ESTF0Marshall2.0150under $50
March 20, 19764:59 PM ESTF2Marshall11.67710$50,000 to $500,000
March 12, 19764:15 PM ESTF1Marshall4.130$5,000 to $50,000
December 4, 19733:20 PM ESTF1Marshall0.5101$5,000 to $50,000
May 28, 19732:02 PM ESTF1Marshall0.120$500 to $5,000
June 30, 196911:15 AM GMT-4F1Marshall0.110$5,000 to $50,000
October 24, 19676:40 PM GMT-5F1Saint Joseph0.1100$500 to $5,000
April 20, 19668:53 PM GMT-5F1Marshall0.110$500 to $5,000
April 11, 19654:45 PM GMT-6F3Starke35.62501082$5 million to $50 million
June 13, 19616:00 PM GMT-5F2Marshall0.110$500 to $5,000
June 30, 19606:50 PM GMT-5F0Marshall0.110
September 28, 195912:45 AM GMT-5F1Marshall0.110$500 to $5,000
August 17, 19598:10 PM GMT-5F1Marshall0.110$5,000 to $50,000
May 30, 19597:55 PM GMT-5F1Marshall0.110$500 to $5,000
August 12, 195612:30 AM GMT-5F3Marshall23.48001$50,000 to $500,000
June 1, 19544:00 AM GMT-5F2Marshall0.110$500 to $5,000

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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.