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• Indiana


  • Located in "Tornado Alley"
  • Experiences fewer tornadoes than states like Kansas and Oklahoma
  • Faces intense tornadoes
• Tornado season


  March to June
• Record of 44 tornadoes in a single month


  June 1990
• Indiana saw 1024 tornadoes causing over $1.7 billion in damage and claiming 223 lives


  1950 to November 2001
• Indiana was struck by the Tri-State Tornado


  1925
• Tri-State Tornado


  • Deadliest in American history
  • Caused devastation across multiple counties
  • Killed nearly 700 people
  • Significant damage in Posey, Gibson, and Pike counties
• 11 tornadoes hit central and northern Indiana, killing 137 people and causing extensive damage, part of a larger outbreak across the Great Lakes region


  April 1965
• The "Super Outbreak" remains one of the most destructive in the twentieth century


  April 1974
• Super Outbreak


  • 148 tornadoes hitting 13 states, including Indiana
  • Resulting in over 300 deaths and widespread destruction
  • Several F5-rated tornadoes