91
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
4
Direct injuries
$487K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Jennings County, Indiana: 91 recorded events between 1960 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 100. That places the county #2,319 nationally and #84 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Jennings County, Indiana: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Jennings County is the 2000s, when 33 of the county's 91 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Jennings County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 51.7% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,319 for this hazard and #84 within Indiana, putting it in the 26.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Jennings County with 20 recorded events, while Feb is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 1999 | PARIS CROSSING | 100 | 0 | 3 | $50K |
| Jan 30, 2008 | SCIPIO | 60 | 0 | 1 | $20K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2025 | NORTH VERNON | 50 | $2K |
| Jul 31, 2024 | VERNON | 52 | $5K |
| Jun 25, 2023 | COMMISKEY | 56 | $15K |
| Feb 27, 2023 | BREWERSVILLE | 52 | $20K |
| Sep 21, 2022 | BREWERSVILLE | 56 | $60K |
| Jun 8, 2022 | QUEENSVILLE | 52 | $1K |
| May 20, 2022 | NORTH VERNON | 56 | $30K |
| Apr 13, 2022 | QUEENSVILLE | 61 | $50K |
| Oct 23, 2020 | GRAYFORD | 54 | $10K |
| Apr 9, 2020 | NORTH VERNON | 55 | $10K |
Other hazards here
More from Jennings County
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From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Thunderstorm downburst winds caused damage along Base Road from County Road 575 North to County Road 850 North, and to the northeast from that area. Several large trees were uprooted while winds downed power lines, broke off power poles, and bent flagpoles to the ground. Residences were impacted, as well as a plant farm where winds leveled a greenhouse and ripped plastic off of 2 others.
Thunderstorm winds pushed a mobile home off its foundation at 2515 Buckingham Drive. Nearby trees were blown into homes at both 171 Country Squire Boulevard and the intersection of Country Manor Street and Foxmoor Drive. Trees were also downed from Hayden to north of North Vernon.
Wind gusts estimated at between 100 and 120 miles an hour rolled a mobile home, leveled 2 barns and damaged a roof off a home. A family of 3 all received minor injuries as their mobile home was rolled. The injuries were all lacerations. A National Weather Service survey ruled downburst winds the culprit.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Jennings County, Indiana?
91 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Jennings County between 1960 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Jennings County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Jennings County measured 100.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Jennings County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Jennings County, Indiana.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/indiana/jennings-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.