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Storm events on record through

Indiana in 1969 Storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims of the year

NCEI has 63 storm events on record for Indiana in 1969.

FEMA has no disaster declaration for the state with a date in 1969.

The NFIP claims file starts in 1978.

NCEI recorded tornado events from 1950, and hail and thunderstorm wind events from 1955. It recorded all event types from 1996.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.

The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on .

This is raw, unedited data from FEMA's National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) and as such is subject to a small percentage of human error.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on . The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.

It is derived from the National Flood Insurance Program system of record, staged in the program's reporting platform and redacted to protect policy holder personally identifiable information.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on . The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

Dates of the data: NCEI storm events through . OpenFEMA disaster declarations through . NFIP claims through .

Storm events of 1969 by hazard

Storm events on record for Indiana in 1969, by hazard (NCEI)
HazardStorm events in 1969
Hail3
Tornado19
Wind41
All storm events63

The counts have the events that NCEI records for a forecast zone.

Counties with a storm event in 1969

Counties of Indiana with a storm event on record in 1969, in name order
CountyStorm events in 1969
Allen County2
Bartholomew County2
Clinton County2
Daviess County4
DeKalb County2
Fayette County1
Franklin County1
Gibson County1
Grant County1
Hamilton County1
Johnson County2
Knox County1
Kosciusko County1
Lake County1
Lawrence County1
Marion County2
Marshall County1
Martin County1
Montgomery County2
Noble County1
Orange County2
Parke County1
Perry County1
Porter County1
Putnam County3
Randolph County3
Scott County1
Shelby County1
Spencer County1
St. Joseph County3
Steuben County3
Sullivan County1
Vanderburgh County7
Vermillion County1
Vigo County1
Warrick County1
Washington County1

Events of 1969 with a tornado rating, damage, injuries or deaths

Storm events of 1969 in Indiana with a tornado rating, a damage estimate of $50,000 or more, an injury or a death in the NCEI record, in date order (40 events at most)
DateCountyEvent typeMagnitudeDamage estimateDeathsInjuriesOn record for
GrantTornadoF0$3000County
NobleTornadoF0none00County
DeKalbTornadoF0$25 thousand00County
PutnamTornadoF2$250 thousand07County
JohnsonTornadoF2$250 thousand00County
BartholomewTornadoF2$250 thousand00County
ParkeTornadoF0$3 thousand00County
HamiltonTornadoF0$3 thousand00County
MarshallTornadoF1$25 thousand00County
St. JosephTornadoF1$25 thousand00County
MarionTornadoF3$250 thousand06County
ShelbyTornadoF2$250 thousand00County
FranklinTornadoF2$25 thousand00County
DaviessTornadoF2$25 thousand00County
KosciuskoTornadonot recordednone00County
SteubenTornadoF2$25 thousand00County
SullivanTornadoF2$25 thousand00County
SteubenTornadoF2$25 thousand00County
SteubenTornadoF1$25000County

A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record. Deaths and injuries are the direct and indirect counts of NCEI.

FEMA disaster declarations in 1969

FEMA has no disaster declaration for Indiana with a date in 1969.

NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026. NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026. All years of Indiana