NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - INDIANAPOLIS
INDIANA WEATHER HISTORY
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6. 1971 MILLTOWN TO RAMSEY...AN INFANT WAS KILLED AND TWO MORE
PEOPLE INJURED WHEN A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SHORTLY BEFORE
NOON. THE TORNADO TRACK WAS 40 YARDS WIDE AND 8 MILES LONG.
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8. 1923 INDIANAPOLIS...0.9 INCHES OF SNOW IS THE LATEST SPRING
MEASURABLE SNOWFALL ON RECORD FOR THE CITY.
1988 A RARE DUSTSTORM REDUCED VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO IN PARTS
OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA.
9. 1988 INDIANAPOLIS...LOWEST SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE FOR CITY IS
RECORDED AT 28.64 INCHES.
10. 1966 EVANSVILLE...THE LOW TEMPERATURE IS RECORDED AS 31
DEGREES WHICH MAKES IT THE LATEST SPRING FREEZE ON RECORD
FOR THE CITY.
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12. 1886 WILLIAMSPORT TO NORTHEAST OF ATTICA...A TORNADO SAID
TO SOUND LIKE THE ROAR OF A GREAT WATERFALL STRUCK KILLING
FIVE PEOPLE AND INJURING 12. IT WAS SAID THAT IN ATTICA
IN FIVE MINUTES 200 HOMES WERE DESTROYED. A SECOND TORNADO
IN WILKINSON TOOK TWO MORE LIVES AND INJURED 12 MORE.
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14. 1886 NORTH OF PORTLAND...AT 800 PM A TORNADO STRUCK KILLING
SEVERAL PEOPLE. THE TORNADO PATH WAS 660 FEET WIDE.
15. 1986 6 TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTHERN INDIANA...
INCLUDING ONE WHICH TOOK THE ROOF OFF AN APARTMENT BUILDING
IN EVANSVILLE.
1988 ANGOLA...THUNDERSTORM WINDS WERE CLOCKED AT 83 MPH.
16. 1968 NEAR WABASH TO HUNTINGTON...A TORNADO KILLED ONE WOMAN
AND INJURED 15 MORE PEOPLE AROUND 100 AM. THE STORM WAS
ACCOMPANIED BY GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
1990 WAVE AFTER WAVE OF THUNDERSTORMS DUMPED UP TO 8 INCHES
OF RAIN IN SOUTHERN INDIANA EVENTUALLY CAUSING EXTENSIVE
FLOODING TO THE WHITE AND WABASH RIVERS. FLOODING ON THE
LOST RIVER EVENTUALLY LEFT FRENCH LICK...WEST BADEN...
AND PROSPECT UNDER 2-7 FEET OF WATER.
17. 1991 LEBANON...THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTED TO 87 MPH.
18. 1927 INDIANAPOLIS...A KILLER TORNADO ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH
STRAIGHTLINE WINDS MOVED THROUGH THE HEART OF THE CITY.
TWO BOYS DIED...AND UP TO 200 PEOPLE WERE INJURED. THE
WORST DESTRUCTION OCCURRED IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF
THE CITY WHERE 16 SOLID BLOCKS WERE DEVASTATED.
19. 1989 THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTH PRODUCE 4 TORNADOES AND HAIL
UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
20. 1945 FORT WAYNE...THE LATEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL ON RECORD
FOR THE CITY OCCURRED WHEN 0.3 INCH FELL.
21. 1949 TWO TORNADOES KILLED 17 PEOPLE AND INJURED OVER 200
MORE. MOST OF THE DEATHS AND INJURIES OCCURRED WHEN A
TORNADO HIT THE WEST SIDE OF SHELBURN.
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25. 1989 THUNDERSTORM WINDS MEASURED TO 86 MPH IN SOUTH BEND
DAMAGED 5 PLANES AT THE MICHIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT. WINDS
GUSTED TO 88 MPH IN MARSHALL.
26. 1917 TWO TORNADOES THAT MOVED OUT OF ILLINOIS KILLED NINE
PEOPLE AND INJURED 100 MORE. HAILSTONES WITH THE STORM
THAT MOVED FROM CEDAR LAKE TO KOUTS WERE REPORTED TO WEIGH
UP TO 1/2 POUND.
27. 1961 LOW TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING MARK THE LATEST SPRING
FREEZE ON RECORD FOR THE CITIES OF SOUTH BEND...FORT
WAYNE...AND INDIANAPOLIS.
28. 1883 FROM WEST OF CLAY CITY TO ADAMS...A TORNADO THAT MOVED
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE KILLED 11 PEOPLE...
INCLUDING TWO WHO WERE SEEKING SHELTER UNDER A BRIDGE ACROSS
THE EEL RIVER WHEN THE BRIDGE WAS DEMOLISHED.
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30. 1911 INDIANAPOLIS...ON THE DAY OF THE FIRST INDY 500...A
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 81 IS RECORDED....WITH THE LOW 62...AND
A TRACE OF RAIN.
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