80
Recorded events
2
Direct deaths
9
Direct injuries
$486K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Union County, Indiana: 80 recorded events between 1971 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,464 nationally and #90 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Union County, Indiana: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Union County is the 2000s, when 27 of the county's 80 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 Union County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 54.8% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,464 for this hazard and #90 within Indiana, putting it in the 22.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Union County with 21 recorded events, while Jan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 1998 | LIBERTY | 60 | 2 | 6 | $25K |
| Jul 2, 2023 | LIBERTY | 50 | 0 | 3 | $10K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2025 | COLLEGE CORNER | 50 | $1K |
| Apr 3, 2025 | LIBERTY | 50 | $1K |
| Feb 28, 2024 | BROWNSVILLE | 50 | $250 |
| Jul 2, 2023 | LIBERTY | 60 | $35K |
| Jul 2, 2023 | LIBERTY | 50 | $10K |
| May 21, 2022 | LOTUS | 50 | $5K |
| May 21, 2022 | LIBERTY | 50 | $4K |
| Aug 25, 2020 | BILLINGSVILLE | 45 | $1K |
| Jun 9, 2020 | LIBERTY | 50 | $1K |
| Jun 4, 2020 | COLLEGE CORNER | 50 | $2K |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Large trees were reported down with one of them down on a house due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Sheds were tipped over, a roof was peeled from a garage, a barn roof was peeled off with debris strewn for at least a half of a mile, a large grain silo was dented in, and a heavy wagon was rolled in excess of one hundred feet due to the winds.
A structure on Salem Road south of US Route 27 sustained minor damage, including having its windows blown out. A roof was blown off a house east of Liberty along State Route 44. A hog barn was blown off its foundation and numerous trees were knocked down.
Several trees were snapped and a barn sustained some roof damage. Also, a picnic table was picked up and thrown northeast of its original position. A rowboat was picked up and dropped across a field. Finally, a dock was lifted and torn out and boards were thrown across the pond up in a tree.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Union County, Indiana?
80 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Union County between 1971 and 2025, causing 2 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Union County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Union County measured 70.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Union 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 Union County, Indiana.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/indiana/union-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.