Francesville, IN Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
Hot Rankings
The chance of earthquake damage in Francesville is about the same as Indiana average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Francesville is lower than Indiana average and is much higher than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #767
| Francesville, IN | 0.01 |
| Indiana | 0.12 |
| U.S. | 1.81 |
The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.
Volcano Index, #1
| Francesville, IN | 0.0000 |
| Indiana | 0.0000 |
| U.S. | 0.0023 |
The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.
Tornado Index, #571
| Francesville, IN | 231.15 |
| Indiana | 265.56 |
| U.S. | 136.45 |
The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.
Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 3,013 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Francesville, IN were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
| Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count |
| Avalanche: | 0 | Blizzard: | 9 | Cold: | 14 | Dense Fog: | 4 | Drought: | 4 |
| Dust Storm: | 0 | Flood: | 362 | Hail: | 721 | Heat: | 4 | Heavy Snow: | 85 |
| High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 0 | Ice Storm: | 24 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 53 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 1,558 | Tropical Storm: | 0 | Wildfire: | 0 | Winter Storm: | 78 | Winter Weather: | 12 |
| Other: | 85 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Francesville, IN.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Francesville, IN.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Francesville, IN.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 107 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Francesville, IN.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 7.3 | 1963-04-17 | 4 | 41°06'N / 86°54'W | 41°05'N / 86°52'W | 0 | 2 | 0K | 0 | Pulaski | ||
| 7.9 | 1994-04-26 | 2 | 41°06'N / 86°53'W | 20.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 500K | 0 | Pulaski | |
| Brief Description: The tornado touched down near Francesville in southwest Pulaski County then tracked northeast across the entire county entering extreme northeast Fulton county 1.1 miles northeast of Monterey at 2313 EST. It then crossed into extreme southwest Marshall county 3.7 miles southwest of Culver at 2315 EST and lifted at 2321 EST about 2.5 miles southeast of Culver. The tornado destroyed five farm buildings, and damaged numerous others. One home was destroyed. A mobile home was lifted off the ground and placed on top of a car. Dozens of large trees were uprooted at Tippecanoe River State Park north of Winamac. The tornado damage path was intermittent. | |||||||||||
| 13.8 | 1963-04-17 | 4 | 41°07'N / 87°15'W | 41°06'N / 86°56'W | 16.20 Miles | 110 Yards | 0 | 16 | 2.5M | 0 | Jasper |
| 14.3 | 1958-06-08 | 2 | 40°56'N / 87°09'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Jasper | |||
| 15.4 | 1966-12-08 | 2 | 41°05'N / 87°09'W | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Jasper | |||
| 17.2 | 1967-09-26 | 2 | 41°12'N / 87°03'W | 0.50 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Jasper | |
| 17.4 | 1968-04-14 | 2 | 40°44'N / 86°53'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | White | |||
| 18.4 | 1998-06-11 | 2 | 41°06'N / 86°40'W | 41°09'N / 86°30'W | 9.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 1 | 1.0M | 100K | Pulaski |
| Brief Description: 4 TRAILER HOMES DESTROYED, SEVERAL OTHERS SUFFERED MINOR TO MAJOR DAMAGE, ONE HOME AND BARN DESTROYED, SEVERAL OTHER HOMES SUFFERED MODERATE DAMAGE. TORNADO STARTED IN RIPLEY AND TRACKED EAST NORTHEAST TO MONTEREY BEFORE IT LIFTED. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG THE TORNADOES PATH. Synoptic and mesoscale conditions for June 11, 1998... Morning sfc and upper air analysis revealed a potent upper short wave trough across North Dakota with an intensifying area of sfc low pressure across southwest Kansas. An unseasonably strong 140 knot jet streak was ejecting out of this trough across Kansas with the left front exit region progged into central Indiana after 18Z. Increasing moisture convergence and theta-e advection along the northward lifting warmfront was seen as 850 mb winds were forecast to increase to 55 knots. By 21Z, the sfc low had moved into eastern Iowa and deepened to 994 mb. The prestorm enviornment was characterized by moderate to extreme instability (LI values -7 to -9 and CAPE values in excess of 2000 J/kg) with temperatures in the lower 80s and dewpoints in the low/mid 70s. This combined with a dry punch at 700mb and deep layer shear along the warm front, where storm relative helicity values increased to 400 M2/S2, lay the foundation for an outbreak of damaging tornadoes across Indiana. | |||||||||||
| 19.0 | 1974-04-03 | 4 | 40°52'N / 86°34'W | 40°55'N / 86°31'W | 3.60 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 4 | 0K | 0 | Cass |
| 19.9 | 1974-04-03 | 4 | 40°32'N / 87°06'W | 40°52'N / 86°34'W | 36.10 Miles | 900 Yards | 10 | 73 | 0K | 0 | White |
| 20.3 | 1961-07-28 | 2 | 40°45'N / 86°39'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | White | |||
| 20.8 | 1974-04-03 | 4 | 40°55'N / 86°31'W | 40°57'N / 86°28'W | 1.90 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 7 | 0K | 0 | Pulaski |
| 20.9 | 1958-06-13 | 2 | 40°45'N / 86°43'W | 40°45'N / 86°33'W | 8.40 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | White |
| 21.6 | 1959-09-28 | 2 | 40°52'N / 86°30'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Cass | |||
| 21.6 | 1961-06-22 | 2 | 40°52'N / 86°30'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Cass | |||
| 21.9 | 1976-03-12 | 3 | 41°15'N / 87°12'W | 41°15'N / 87°02'W | 8.00 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Jasper |
| 22.2 | 1962-04-30 | 2 | 41°12'N / 87°12'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jasper | |||
| 23.1 | 1962-04-30 | 3 | 41°18'N / 87°02'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Porter | |||
| 24.2 | 1976-03-12 | 3 | 41°10'N / 87°17'W | 41°15'N / 87°12'W | 6.60 Miles | 250 Yards | 1 | 8 | 250K | 0 | Jasper |
| 24.3 | 1951-06-21 | 3 | 41°07'N / 86°29'W | 41°07'N / 86°25'W | 2.70 Miles | 1760 Yards | 0 | 2 | 2.5M | 0 | Pulaski |
| 26.3 | 1968-06-23 | 2 | 41°18'N / 86°36'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Starke | |||
| 26.5 | 1950-01-25 | 2 | 41°10'N / 87°20'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Kankakee | |||
| 26.7 | 1989-09-01 | 2 | 41°04'N / 86°23'W | 1.50 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 3 | 2.5M | 0 | Fulton | |
| 27.3 | 1963-04-17 | 4 | 41°08'N / 87°32'W | 41°02'N / 87°15'W | 16.10 Miles | 110 Yards | 0 | 2 | 0K | 0 | Newton |
| 27.6 | 1951-06-21 | 3 | 41°07'N / 86°25'W | 41°07'N / 86°21'W | 2.70 Miles | 1760 Yards | 0 | 2 | 2.5M | 0 | Fulton |
| 28.1 | 1954-06-01 | 2 | 40°42'N / 87°16'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Benton | |||
| 28.4 | 1965-04-11 | 3 | 41°21'N / 87°12'W | 41°24'N / 86°55'W | 14.80 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25.0M | 0 | Porter |
| 28.6 | 1976-03-20 | 4 | 40°34'N / 86°47'W | 40°36'N / 86°43'W | 3.60 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 2 | 2.5M | 0 | Carroll |
| 29.0 | 1976-03-12 | 3 | 41°05'N / 87°32'W | 41°10'N / 87°17'W | 13.90 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 7 | 250K | 0 | Newton |
| 29.1 | 1987-07-06 | 2 | 40°55'N / 87°26'W | 0.90 Mile | 250 Yards | 0 | 3 | 2.5M | 0 | Newton | |
| 29.1 | 1963-04-29 | 3 | 40°35'N / 86°41'W | 40°44'N / 86°23'W | 18.60 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Carroll |
| 29.7 | 1956-03-06 | 2 | 40°35'N / 86°41'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Carroll | |||
| 29.8 | 1956-04-03 | 2 | 41°07'N / 86°23'W | 41°10'N / 86°19'W | 4.10 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Fulton |
| 29.9 | 1976-03-12 | 3 | 41°17'N / 86°39'W | 41°24'N / 86°28'W | 12.10 Miles | 40 Yards | 0 | 4 | 25K | 0 | Starke |
| 30.9 | 1965-09-14 | 2 | 40°37'N / 86°33'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Carroll | |||
| 30.9 | 1957-06-14 | 3 | 41°04'N / 86°18'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Fulton | |||
| 30.9 | 1958-06-13 | 2 | 40°46'N / 86°22'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Cass | |||
| 31.6 | 1958-07-29 | 2 | 41°23'N / 86°35'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Starke | |||
| 31.6 | 1965-09-14 | 2 | 41°23'N / 86°35'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Starke | |||
| 31.7 | 1974-04-03 | 4 | 40°57'N / 86°28'W | 41°10'N / 86°06'W | 24.10 Miles | 1760 Yards | 6 | 138 | 0K | 0 | Fulton |
| 32.4 | 1976-03-20 | 4 | 40°28'N / 87°00'W | 40°34'N / 86°47'W | 13.10 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 6 | 2.5M | 0 | Tippecanoe |
| 32.6 | 1961-04-23 | 3 | 41°19'N / 87°31'W | 41°09'N / 87°19'W | 15.40 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Lake |
| 32.7 | 1965-04-11 | 3 | 41°21'N / 86°35'W | 41°24'N / 86°28'W | 6.40 Miles | 250 Yards | 4 | 27 | 25.0M | 0 | Starke |
| 32.8 | 1965-04-11 | 3 | 41°24'N / 86°55'W | 41°30'N / 86°35'W | 18.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25.0M | 0 | La Porte |
| 33.5 | 1962-04-30 | 2 | 40°47'N / 87°28'W | 0 | 5 | 25K | 0 | Newton | |||
| 33.5 | 1974-06-20 | 3 | 41°17'N / 87°25'W | 41°19'N / 87°20'W | 4.50 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 5 | 250K | 0 | Lake |
| 34.6 | 1974-04-03 | 4 | 40°30'N / 87°08'W | 40°32'N / 87°06'W | 1.30 Miles | 333 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250.0M | 0 | Benton |
| 34.8 | 1968-05-15 | 2 | 40°29'N / 86°56'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Tippecanoe | |||
| 36.2 | 1954-06-01 | 2 | 41°15'N / 87°29'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Lake | |||
| 36.6 | 1978-04-10 | 2 | 40°25'N / 86°52'W | 40°30'N / 86°45'W | 8.00 Miles | 77 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Tippecanoe |
| 37.8 | 1963-04-29 | 3 | 40°44'N / 86°23'W | 40°44'N / 86°06'W | 14.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Miami |
| 37.9 | 1954-06-01 | 2 | 41°14'N / 86°14'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Marshall | |||
| 38.1 | 1976-03-12 | 2 | 41°27'N / 87°16'W | 41°29'N / 87°13'W | 2.30 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Lake |
| 38.1 | 1961-06-13 | 2 | 41°21'N / 86°20'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Marshall | |||
| 38.4 | 1976-03-12 | 3 | 41°00'N / 87°42'W | 41°05'N / 87°32'W | 10.00 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Kankakee |
| 38.9 | 2004-04-20 | 2 | 41°05'N / 87°37'W | 41°06'N / 87°37'W | 3.00 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kankakee |
| Brief Description: The tornado began in an open field and moved north northeast along county road 11000 East, knocking down trees and limbs. The tornado intensified from County Road 2630 South to 2430 South where homes were damaged, a mobile home was destroyed and large trees were knocked down or damaged. The most intense damage occurred at a church where the roof was taken off and walls were pushed down. The tornado continued across a farm field knocking over 2 pivot irrigation systems. It ended near 1000 South where trees were damaged. | |||||||||||
| 39.3 | 1974-04-01 | 2 | 40°25'N / 86°52'W | 1.50 Miles | 77 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Tippecanoe | |
| 39.3 | 1980-06-07 | 2 | 40°25'N / 86°52'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Tippecanoe | |||
| 39.3 | 1971-03-19 | 2 | 40°25'N / 86°50'W | 0.50 Mile | 20 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Tippecanoe | |
| 39.5 | 1976-03-12 | 2 | 41°29'N / 87°13'W | 41°32'N / 87°10'W | 3.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Porter |
| 39.8 | 1991-08-08 | 2 | 40°29'N / 87°15'W | 40°27'N / 87°11'W | 4.00 Miles | 127 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Warren |
| 39.9 | 2001-10-24 | 2 | 41°26'N / 86°54'W | 41°40'N / 86°32'W | 33.00 Miles | 1760 Yards | 1 | 0 | 750K | 0 | La Porte |
| 40.0 | 1991-08-08 | 2 | 40°30'N / 87°19'W | 40°29'N / 87°15'W | 5.00 Miles | 127 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Benton |
| 40.3 | 1957-07-12 | 2 | 41°23'N / 87°27'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Lake | |||
| 40.6 | 1960-05-21 | 2 | 41°34'N / 86°46'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | La Porte | |||
| 41.0 | 1956-08-12 | 3 | 41°14'N / 86°15'W | 41°10'N / 86°03'W | 11.10 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Marshall |
| 41.1 | 1965-04-11 | 3 | 41°24'N / 86°28'W | 41°29'N / 86°17'W | 10.70 Miles | 250 Yards | 3 | 28 | 25.0M | 0 | Marshall |
| 41.2 | 1977-06-30 | 2 | 41°31'N / 87°16'W | 41°33'N / 87°08'W | 6.80 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 1 | 2.5M | 0 | Lake |
| 41.4 | 2005-07-26 | 2 | 40°41'N / 86°13'W | 40°41'N / 86°11'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 100K | 0 | Cass |
| Brief Description: A NWS survey confirmed a tornado touched down a few hundred feet west of county road 950 E between 500 and 600 S, just southwest of Onward. Extensive damage occurred to a barn as well as numerous trees in the area. The door of the barn was open which likely aided in the destruction of the barn. Damage in the area was consistent with a tornado of F2 intensity. The tornado continued on into Miami county where additional damage was found. | |||||||||||
| 41.5 | 2010-06-05 | 3 | 41°03'N / 87°45'W | 41°04'N / 87°36'W | 8.00 Miles | 175 Yards | 0 | 1 | 600K | 0K | Kankakee |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado began 3 miles northwest of St. Anne in Kankakee county. The tornado developed just west of 6000E Road and tracked to the east, where it produced damage to a home and a garage along the road. At this location, a single family home collapsed upon itself, leaving it inhabitable. The garage sustained damage to its roof and exterior walls. The tornado was rated EF2 with winds estimated at around 113 mph. The tornado continued to move to the east northeast, where it increased in intensity as it encountered yet another family home at the intersection of Route 1 and 4000S Road. This home and the garage/barn next to it sustained considerable damage, leaving the home inhabitable. The damage to the home consisted of all the walls collapsing, with all remaining debris from the house tossed to the northeast. The garage walls collapsed with the contents tossed to the east. Two four-wheelers and a four-door automobile inside the garage were lifted and flipped over as the tornado passed. Further north along Route 1, there was minor structural damage to a couple of homes and several trees uprooted. Damage at this location was rated EF3 with winds estimated at around 142 mph and a path width of 175 yards. As this tornado continued to the northeast, it lost its intensity as it came across another residence at the intersection of 4000S Road and 8500E Road. Here, a house sustained partial damage to its roof with several surrounding trees having limbs sheared at the top. The tornado weakened at this point, and damage was rated EF1 with winds estimated at around 97 mph and a path width of 50 yards. The tornado moved to the northeast through a wooded area, causing damage to many trees along its way. The more significant damage occurred near the intersection of 13000E Road and Gamble Road in the Hopkins Park area, where several healthy large hardwood tree tops were sheared or broken. Some homes were damaged by falling trees. The tornado continued to weaken and damage was rated EF1, with winds estimated at around 88 mph, and a path width of 50 yards. It was along 13000E Road where the tornado appeared to lift, with no other damage evident beyond this point. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Severe thunderstorms, including a few long tracked supercells moved across central and northern Illinois, producing damaging winds, hail and tornadoes. | |||||||||||
| 42.1 | 1963-04-22 | 2 | 40°23'N / 87°01'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Tippecanoe | |
| 42.6 | 1956-03-06 | 2 | 40°35'N / 86°16'W | 2.00 Miles | 30 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Cass | |
| 42.6 | 1956-03-06 | 2 | 40°34'N / 87°29'W | 0.40 Mile | 250 Yards | 0 | 3 | 250K | 0 | Benton | |
| 42.6 | 1967-10-24 | 3 | 41°33'N / 87°13'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Porter | |||
| 42.8 | 1965-09-14 | 2 | 40°21'N / 86°57'W | 40°23'N / 86°55'W | 1.30 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Tippecanoe |
| 42.9 | 1961-03-06 | 2 | 40°23'N / 86°38'W | 40°25'N / 86°35'W | 2.70 Miles | 70 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Clinton |
| 43.4 | 1978-06-25 | 3 | 40°26'N / 86°58'W | 40°17'N / 86°41'W | 18.00 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Tippecanoe |
| 43.7 | 2005-07-26 | 2 | 40°42'N / 86°09'W | 40°41'N / 86°08'W | 3.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 350K | 0 | Miami |
| Brief Description: A NWS survey confirmed that a tornado that had caused damage across extreme eastern Cass county in Indiana crossed into Miami county and continued to cause damage as it moved just north of the Grissom Air Force base. The tornado dropped into a river valley and flipped over some conveyor machines in a quarry located in the valley. Damage to these was consistent with an F1 tornado. The tornado intensified as it moved into a area of houses in this valley. The first house that was struck suffered extensive damage with its garage and porch destroyed. Damage from the first home impacted a second home, also causing extensive damage to the west side of the house. This damage was consistent with an F2 tornado. As the tornado lifted out of the valley, it quickly dissipated. The tornado was on the ground for 3 miles in Miami county with a total track of 4 miles during its lifetime. No injuries were reported as one house was unoccupied and the residents of the other house, had sought shelter in their basement. | |||||||||||
| 44.3 | 1974-04-03 | 4 | 41°10'N / 86°06'W | 41°12'N / 86°03'W | 1.90 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Marshall |
| 44.3 | 1965-04-11 | 4 | 40°20'N / 86°50'W | 40°22'N / 86°42'W | 6.90 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 10 | 0K | 0 | Tippecanoe |
| 44.5 | 1962-07-20 | 2 | 41°32'N / 87°25'W | 41°35'N / 87°08'W | 14.90 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Lake |
| 44.6 | 1965-04-11 | 4 | 40°22'N / 86°42'W | 40°25'N / 86°24'W | 15.90 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 34 | 0K | 0 | Clinton |
| 44.7 | 2010-06-06 | 2 | 40°38'N / 86°10'W | 40°38'N / 86°10'W | 1.00 Mile | 175 Yards | 0 | 1 | 125K | 0K | Cass |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: After a brief break, the supercell produced one more circulation which touched down just west of the Cass/Miami county line along South County Road 1000 East. Several yards in the area had trees uprooted and limbs down (DI: TH, DOD: 4). A few residences were impacted by the trees, causing mainly roof or window damage . The circulation then went into a dense grove of trees with the circulation briefly weakening before coming back out near the Grissom Air Reserve Base. A 200 foot section of security fence on the southwest corner of the base was blown down into the adjacent roadway and portions of the nearby field before crossing into Miami county. An Automated Weather Observation System recorded a 114 mph wind gust as the circulation passed through. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A supercell developed ahead of a cold front in Illinois and tracked east-southeast through Benton county into White county. This storm produced three tornadoes across Indiana, an EF0 in eastern White county (which moved into Carroll county), an EF1 which started in eastern Carroll county and moved into Cass county, and a third, a stronger EF3 which formed near the Grissom Air Force base in Cass county and moved rapidly east into Miami county. Despite the tornadoes occurring during the overnight hours, no fatalities occurred. | |||||||||||
| 44.9 | 2009-08-19 | 2 | 41°36'N / 87°04'W | 41°39'N / 87°01'W | 4.00 Miles | 60 Yards | 0 | 0 | 1.5M | 0K | Porter |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado touched down in southern Chesterton east of 11th Street and southwest of South Park Drive. The tornado quickly intensified as it moved to the northeast and caused the partial collapse of a gymnasium roof at the Chesterton Junior High School. A wind gust to 105 mph was measured by an anemometer near the school. This damage along with numerous trees that were either uprooted or sheared off was caused by tornado winds reaching 110 mph. The tornado was rated EF1 at this point with a path width of 40 yards. The tornado continued to track to the northeast across the New York Central railroad tracks toward Grant Avenue where the roof of a warehouse had been peeled off and thrown about 15 yards behind the building to the north. The tornado continued to the northeast where an apartment building on Brown Avenue lost its entire roof. This damage was caused by tornado winds reaching 120 mph. The tornado damage was rated EF2 through this area with a path width of 60 yards. In the city of Chesterton, 211 structures sustained damage; 8 were completely destroyed; 54 suffered major damage, such as trees falling through roofs. The remaining 149 structures sustained damage such as missing shingles or damaged gutters. Multiple vehicles were damaged by falling debris from buildings or trees. Numerous power lines were blown down along with utility poles blown down or snapped. This EF2 damage continued northeast where an entire field of healthy old hardwood tree trunks were snapped off or uprooted. The tornado then started to slightly weaken as it approached the Interstate 94 eastbound exit/westbound entrance ramps at Indiana Highway 49. A home south of the interstate had a garage roof blown off with still numerous trees uprooted or sheared off. Tornado wind speeds here were estimated at 100 mph with an EF1 rating. Similar tree damage was noted along a path that continued to go to the northeast across Highway 49 and toward Highway 20 near Hadenfelt Road where some aluminum roofing material of a storage facility had been peeled off. Tornado wind speeds were estimated at 95 mph here and was rated EF1 with a path width of 30 yards. The tornado continued to move through a heavily forested area in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, eventually crossing Highway 12. Radar imagery and an aerial survey suggests that the tornado dissipated north of Highway 12. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Strong to severe thunderstorms moved across parts of northwest Indiana during the late afternoon and evening hours of August 19th, producing one tornado in Chesterton. | |||||||||||
| 45.0 | 1966-07-13 | 2 | 41°30'N / 87°25'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Lake | |||
| 45.1 | 1954-05-31 | 2 | 40°52'N / 86°02'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Miami | |||
| 45.1 | 1974-04-03 | 3 | 40°17'N / 87°29'W | 40°33'N / 87°08'W | 25.90 Miles | 700 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Warren |
| 45.2 | 1969-09-04 | 2 | 41°01'N / 87°45'W | 2.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Kankakee | |
| 46.0 | 1976-03-20 | 2 | 41°19'N / 86°15'W | 41°24'N / 86°03'W | 11.60 Miles | 77 Yards | 0 | 10 | 250K | 0 | Marshall |
| 46.0 | 1976-03-12 | 3 | 41°41'N / 86°56'W | 41°37'N / 86°42'W | 12.60 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 7 | 250K | 0 | La Porte |
| 46.1 | 1968-05-15 | 3 | 40°37'N / 87°42'W | 40°39'N / 87°34'W | 7.10 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Iroquois |
| 46.6 | 1957-03-14 | 2 | 41°39'N / 86°44'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | La Porte | |||
| 47.1 | 2008-08-04 | 2 | 41°33'N / 87°25'W | 41°33'N / 87°22'W | 3.00 Miles | 30 Yards | 0 | 0 | 1.0M | 0K | Lake |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado touched down just northeast of the Ridge Road and Cline Avenue intersection. Damage occurred at the Griffith Park Plaza Mall where windows were blown out of a row of stores and a portion of a roof was blown off of a vacant store. The damage path continued to the east, behind the mall. Two parked semi-trailers in the back of the mall were shifted eastward while a third was completely knocked over. The area to the east of this mall in the subdivision along and north of 37th Avenue near Lafayette Avenue and Rensselaer Avenue sustained some of the strongest wind damage from this tornado. Two houses on Lafayette Avenue had their roofs blown off with another house on Rensselaer Avenue also having its roof collapsed and a garage door pushed inward. Other significant damage that occurred was at the Habitat for Humanity storage building at Colfax and Ridge Road. Here, a cinder block storage building completely toppled to the ground. Although the building was knocked over, it appears as though the main cause of it faltering was due to a large tree that fell on top of it. At a nearby gas station within feet of this building, no damage occurred and people actually witnessed the tornado descend on the shelter. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A line of powerful thunderstorms moved across northwest Indiana during the evening hours of August 4th. These storms produced widespread and significant wind damage. | |||||||||||
| 47.4 | 1968-05-15 | 2 | 40°23'N / 86°27'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Clinton | |||
| 47.5 | 1975-05-24 | 2 | 40°41'N / 87°42'W | 0.10 Mile | 10 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Iroquois | |
| 47.5 | 2010-06-06 | 3 | 40°38'N / 86°10'W | 40°37'N / 86°03'W | 6.00 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0.8M | 0K | Miami |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado that entered this county exited the Grissom Air Reserve base on the Cass/Miami county line and continued east-southeast, crossing a small area of trees where signs of slight debarking was noted (DI: TH DOD: 5). The tornado continued on along to the 3000 block of County Road 900 South where the most substantial damage occurred to a one and one half story home. Only a few kitchen walls remains of the structure (DI: FR12, DOD 8) with one resident in the kitchen and one in the basement. Two other residences suffered extensive damage but remained intact. The tornado crossed US 31 and continued for a few more miles, causing some additional tree and structure damage including several buildings at a hog farm being destroyed. The tornado eventually dissipated east of Strawpike Road, north of East 1000 South in a field. A local newspaper article reported that a check that was originally located at the destroyed home, was found nearly 50 miles away in Wells county in perfect condition. Total damage along the track of the tornado is estimated at $750,000. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A supercell developed ahead of a cold front in Illinois and tracked east-southeast through Benton county into White county. This storm produced three tornadoes across Indiana, an EF0 in eastern White county (which moved into Carroll county), an EF1 which started in eastern Carroll county and moved into Cass county, and a third, a stronger EF3 which formed near the Grissom Air Force base in Cass county and moved rapidly east into Miami county. Despite the tornadoes occurring during the overnight hours, no fatalities occurred. | |||||||||||
| 47.6 | 2007-10-18 | 2 | 41°18'N / 86°10'W | 41°23'N / 86°02'W | 8.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 600K | 0K | Marshall |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado touched down near the intersection of 12B and Gumwood Roads, just west of Bourbon. Initial damage comprised of damage to shingles on a few roofs as well as some tree damage. As the tornado moved northeast and intensified it blew down a 3/8 mile long stretch of power poles. A total of 16 homes suffered damage from the tornado, 3 were destroyed, 1 suffered major damage and 12 suffered minor damage. Some barns, storage sheds, silos and garages suffered damage of varying degrees as well. The tornado reached the higher end of EF2 as it entered into Kosciusko County. A Bourbon Fire Department grass truck crashed into a ditch during the storm, with the driver being taken to the hospital for unknown injuries. It is not known as to why the crash occurred. 3 other non-specific minor injuries were reported. Damage is estimated at around $600,000. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A combination of strong dynamics, wind shear, and rapid low level moisture return all combined to produce severe weather across much of Northern Indiana. One of several supercell thunderstorms produced a long tracked tornado which reached the high end of EF3. | |||||||||||
| 47.8 | 1956-04-03 | 3 | 40°59'N / 85°58'W | 1.50 Miles | 70 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Kosciusko | |
| 48.0 | 1961-08-10 | 2 | 40°19'N / 86°38'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Clinton | |||
| 48.4 | 1951-11-13 | 2 | 41°36'N / 87°20'W | 0.30 Mile | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Lake | |
| 48.9 | 1976-03-12 | 3 | 41°42'N / 86°58'W | 41°41'N / 86°56'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Porter | ||
| 48.9 | 1965-04-11 | 4 | 40°24'N / 86°23'W | 40°25'N / 86°18'W | 3.80 Miles | 333 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Clinton |
| 49.0 | 1965-11-12 | 3 | 41°33'N / 87°29'W | 41°34'N / 87°24'W | 4.10 Miles | 40 Yards | 0 | 14 | 250K | 0 | Lake |
| 49.3 | 1958-05-31 | 2 | 41°40'N / 86°36'W | 1.00 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | La Porte | |
| 49.4 | 2010-10-26 | 2 | 41°18'N / 87°44'W | 41°20'N / 87°43'W | 2.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 2 | 500K | 0K | Will |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado touched down about 4 miles east of Peotone. The tornado produced its most intense damage along South Will Center Road, about halfway between Corning Road and Peotone-Beacher Road, removing a house's roof, collapsing exterior walls on the second floor of the house, and completely destroying a garage and three other outbuildings. Two teenage boys were injured in the house. Four power poles were also downed just northeast of the area along Peotone-Beecher Road. Additional EF1 and EF0 damage was found along a path running southwest toward Kennedy Road. This damage consisted of collapsed outbuildings, snapped cedar trees, and damage to homes. One home on Corning Road was pushed off its foundation and the chimney collapsed. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois during the morning hours of October 26th. Three tornadoes were reported along with damaging winds. | |||||||||||
| 49.7 | 1968-06-11 | 2 | 40°19'N / 86°32'W | 0 | 5 | 250K | 0 | Clinton | |||
| 49.9 | 1967-06-24 | 2 | 40°16'N / 86°47'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Tippecanoe | |||
* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.