NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - INDIANAPOLIS
INDIANA WEATHER HISTORY
APRIL
1. 1884 OAKVILLE AND LURAY...A TORNADO WITH A PATH 1/4 MILE
WIDE AND 10 MILES LONG TOOK THE LIVES OF EIGHT...AND
INJURED AT LEAST 50 OTHERS. IN OAKVILLE...ALL BUT FIVE
OF THE 45 BUILDINGS IN TOWN WERE LEVELLED. THE CLOUD
WAS DESCRIBED AS FUNNEL SHAPED AND OF A GREENISH COLOR.
2. 1975 ON THE 2ND TO 3RD...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW FELL OVER
NORTHERN INDIANA...WITH SOME SPOTS RECEIVING UP TO 8
INCHES.
3. 1974 AS PART OF THE LARGEST TORNADO OUTBREAK IN U.S.
HISTORY...21 TORNADOES STRUCK INDIANA HITTING 39 COUNTIES.
EIGHT OF THE TORNADOES WERE KILLERS...LEAVING 47 DEAD AND
OVER 800 INJURED. ON THE WHOLE...148 TORNADOES TOUCHED
DOWN IN 13 STATES.
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6. 1988 INTENSE LOW PRESSURE PRODUCED HIGH WINDS STATEWIDE...
WITH PEAK GUSTS FROM 50 TO 90 MPH. PEAK WIND GUST IN
INDIANAPOLIS 74 MPH...OR HURRICANE FORCE.
7. 1948 NEAR LOWELL AND HEBRON...SEVERAL TORNADOES STRUCK THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE...INCLUDING ONE WHICH KILLED A
FARMER IN HEBRON.
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9. 1897 INDIANAPOLIS...GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL RECORDED IN
THE CITY FOR APRIL FELL...5.0 INCHES.
1953 ROB ROY TO ALBANY...A TORNADO SKIPPED ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PART OF THE STATE...AND WOUND UP KILLING TWO AT A FARM HOME
IN ALBANY AROUND 800 PM. HAIL WITH THIS STORM WAS THE SIZE
OF WALNUTS.
1991 SWITZERLAND COUNTY...HAIL 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER FELL.
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11. 1965 THE PALM SUNDAY TORNADO OUTBREAK...DEADLIEST IN STATE
IN HISTORY. 10 TORNADOES STRUCK 18 COUNTIES IN THE
NORTH AND CENTRAL. SEVEN OF THE TORNADOES WERE KILLERS...
AND BETWEEN 445 PM TO A LITTLE AFTER 630 PM...LEFT 137 DEAD
AND 1724 INJURED. A TORNADO THAT STRUCK GOSHEN TOOK THE
WING OF AN AIRPLANE AND LEFT IT 35 MILES AWAY IN CENTREVILLE
MICHIGAN.
1979 EVANSVILLE TO BOONVILLE...A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON
THE EAST SIDE OF EVANSVILLE AND MOVED TO NORTHWEST OF
BOONVILLE WHERE IT KILLED ONE PERSON.
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13. 1852 NEW HARMONY...16 PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY A TORNADO.
13. 1994 THE VERMILION RIVER IN VERMILLION COUNTY RECORDS A
RECORD FLOOD...OVER 14 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
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16. 1860 TERRE HAUTE...A TORNADO PASSED OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF
THE CITY...AND KILLED A MAN CAUGHT IN THE DESTRUCTION OF
THE RAILROAD ENGINE HOUSE. 18 OTHERS WERE INJURED.
17. 1922 FOUR SEPARATE KILLER TORNADOES STRUCK THE NORTHERN HALF
OF THE STATE TAKING A TOTAL OF 17 LIVES...AND INJURING 60
MORE. TORNADOES OCCURRED IN BOTH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
AND AGAIN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. A STORM IN ORESTES TOOK
A PICTURE POSTCARD FROM A WOMANS PHOTO ALBUM AND DEPOSITED
IT INTO A FIELD AT MT CORY OHIO...124 MILES AWAY.
18. 1821 A LATE SPRING SNOW IS OBSERVED AS FAR SOUTH AS
CRAWFORDSVILLE.
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21. 1893 INDIANAPOLIS...MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FELL FOR THE
13TH CONSECUTIVE DAY...SETTING THE CITY RECORD FOR
MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH MEASURED PRECIPITATION.
1912 MOROCCO TO NORTH OF RENSSELAER...A TORNADO THAT CAME OUT
OF ILLINOIS KILLED 10 PEOPLE IN INDIANA AND INJURED 27
OTHERS. THE GREATEST DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR MOROCCO.
22. 1887 BUENA VISTA...TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED AROUND 630 PM WHEN
A TORNADO STRUCK. ITS PATH WIDTH WAS AS MUCH AS 1/2 MILE
WIDE...AND THE CLOUD WAS DESCRIBED AS VERY DARK AND BLACK
WITH A GREENISH HUE.
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26. 1994 AROUND MIDNIGHT ON THE 26-27TH...A TORNADO RACING
60 MPH FROM NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE INTO CARROLL COUNTY
PRODUCED A 14 MILE LONG TRACK 100 YARDS WIDE...KILLING
THREE PEOPLE AND INJURING 70 OTHERS.
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28. 1989 AT THE DRESS AIRPORT IN EVANSVILLE...A LIGHTNING STRIKE
HIT THE APRON LEAVING A HOLE 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND
4 INCHES DEEP...KNOCKING OUT POWER TO THE AIRPORT.
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30. 1852 NEW HARMONY TO LEAVENWORTH...KNOWN AS THE TRI-STATE
TORNADO OF 1852...AROUND 500 PM A TORNADO OR POSSIBLY FAMILY
OF TORNADOES MOVED ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN INDIANA ON ITS WAY
FROM ILLINOIS TO KENTUCKY...KILLING 16. THE STORM CLOUD
WAS REPORTED TO APPEAR ON FIRE ON THE BOTTOM. IT WAS
ACCOMPANIED BY A DELUGE OF RAIN AND HAIL WITH HAILSTONES
REPORTEDLY 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
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