150
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.5M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Washington County, Indiana: 150 recorded events between 1969 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 100. That places the county #1,532 nationally and #50 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Washington County, Indiana: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Washington County is the 2010s, when 44 of the county's 150 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 Washington County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 51.4% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,532 for this hazard and #50 within Indiana, putting it in the 51.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Washington County with 29 recorded events, while Oct 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.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2026 | FREDDRICKSBURG | 53 | $0 |
| Apr 27, 2026 | FREDDRICKSBURG | 53 | $0 |
| Apr 27, 2026 | MARTINSBURG | 53 | $0 |
| Mar 15, 2026 | SALEM | 53 | $0 |
| Mar 15, 2026 | KOSSUTH | 53 | $0 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | MARTINSBURG | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 18, 2025 | HITCHCOCK STATION | 50 | $0 |
| Apr 3, 2025 | FARABEE | 52 | $0 |
| Mar 30, 2025 | ORGAN SPGS | 50 | $0 |
| Mar 20, 2025 | FARABEE | 53 | $0 |
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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
A NWS Storm Survey team concluded that intermittent pockets of straight line winds occurred along a 1-2 mile wide path that started 9 miles south of Salem and extended east into Clark County. A roof was removed from a house along Indiana Highway 135 at the beginning of the area south of Salem. There were many locations with sporadic tree and barn damage, the worst being along Voyles Road 3 miles south of New Pekin. The roof was removed from an abandoned building in downtown Pekin and a mobile home was flipped. Peak wind speeds were estimated between 60 and 90 mph.
A storm survey confirmed that straight line winds estimated at 75 mph damaged the roof of a double wide trailer along State Highway 160 east of Salem. One barn was destroyed and another barn was damaged. This downburst covered an area roughly three tenths of a mile long and around 100 feet wide.
On the northwest side of Salem Indiana, there was a very concentrated area of tree damage. Ground and drone photography determined the tree damage was from a strong 80 to 85 mph microburst between Cody Rd, Highland Road, Water Tower Road, and N. Nubian Rd. A mixture of hardwood and softwood trees were snapped and uprooted in nearly every direction, across a forested area between the four roads.||There was sporadic wind damage adjacent to this microburst area of tree damage.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Washington County, Indiana?
150 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Washington County between 1969 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Washington County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Washington County measured 100.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Washington 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 Washington County, Indiana.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/indiana/washington-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.