Indiana tornado history

1,758 tornadoes in Indiana from 1950 to 2025, killing 341 people. Choose a county to see every track on a map.

Tippecanoe County58Lake County48Marion County47Kosciusko County36Vanderburgh County36Elkhart County35Shelby County35Washington County35Boone County34St. Joseph County33Allen County32Gibson County32Hendricks County32Marshall County32Jasper County31Madison County31Warrick County31Hamilton County30Pike County30LaPorte County29Montgomery County29Cass County28Clark County28Dubois County28Grant County28Howard County27Porter County27Daviess County26Knox County26Lawrence County26Ripley County26White County26Decatur County25Delaware County25Harrison County25Rush County25Adams County24Benton County24Jackson County24Johnson County24Morgan County24Newton County24Posey County24Hancock County23Henry County23Orange County23Huntington County22Monroe County22Putnam County22Randolph County21Steuben County21Wayne County21Carroll County20Miami County20Spencer County20Wabash County20Bartholomew County19Clinton County19Jefferson County19Vigo County19Greene County18Dearborn County17Jay County17Jennings County17Wells County17Whitley County17Pulaski County16Starke County16Owen County15Floyd County14Fulton County14LaGrange County14Noble County14Perry County14Scott County14Tipton County14DeKalb County13Franklin County13Parke County13Sullivan County13Vermillion County13Warren County13Fountain County11Martin County11Clay County10Fayette County10Switzerland County10Brown County7Crawford County7Ohio County6Blackford County5Union County4

By decade

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Deadliest tornadoes in Indiana

DateRatingPathWidthInjuredKilled
Apr 11, 1965F437 mi333 yd32136
Apr 11, 1965F421.2 mi10 yd25231
Apr 3, 1974F532 mi440 yd27031
Apr 11, 1965F445.7 mi1,667 yd12328
Apr 11, 1965F448 mi880 yd83525
Nov 6, 2005F341.3 mi500 yd23824
Apr 11, 1965F490.3 mi1,760 yd29423
Apr 3, 1974F4108.7 mi1,760 yd28518
Apr 3, 1974F435.6 mi1,200 yd19011
Mar 2, 2012EF446.6 mi800 yd011