Warrick County, Indiana
County storm and disaster record · FIPS 18173 · population 63,877 · 385 sq mi
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 872 records for Warrick County, Indiana from 1950 through June 30, 2026, on 743 days; the most frequent are floods and flash floods (161 records). 473 of them are forecast-zone records, which the National Weather Service files once per zone: a county covered by several zones receives each one, so a single storm can add several records on the same day. The deadliest single record is the November 6, 2005 tornado: 4 deaths, 30 injuries and $98.2 million in damage in 2025 dollars. FEMA has issued 20 declarations naming the county since 1979, 18 of them for natural hazards; the latest for a natural hazard was “Severe Winter Storm” on January 24, 2026.
The record, 1950 to 2026
Storm records filed for the county each year (2026 to June 30, 2026). Before 1996 NOAA recorded only tornadoes (from 1950), thunderstorm wind and hail (from 1955).
- recorded, no damage figure
- under $100,000
- $100,000 or more
- $1 million or more
- $10 million or more, or a death
- $100 million or more, or 10 deaths
- a year's colour: its recorded damage or deaths
- a year with a death
- 1955: wind and hail recorded from 1955
- 1996: all 48 event types from 1996
- Storm records
- 872on 743 days, 1950 to June 30, 2026
- Deaths recorded
- 948 injuries
- Damage, 2025 dollars
- $172Mas filed (scale steps before 1993)
- Tornadoes
- 29strongest F3
- FEMA declarations
- 20latest 2026
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026 (file revision 20260918); damage converted to 2025 dollars with the BLS CPI-U. Search the record at NCEI. BLS consumer price index.
What hazards hit Warrick County most?
The most frequent records are floods and flash floods: 161 since 1996. The rank column places the county among Indiana's counties by days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land over each hazard's complete period.
| Hazard | Records | Days | First, last | Killed | Injured | Damage | Rank in state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 161 | 157 | 1996-2025 | 0 | 1 | $2.3M | 6 of 91 |
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 135 | 108 | 1960-2025 | 2 | 9 | $33M | 56 of 91 |
| Winter storms | 120 | 120 | 1996-2026 | 1 | 2 | $11M | 7 of 91 |
| Fog, smoke and funnel clouds | 85 | 84 | 1997-2026 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 of 91 |
| Hail | 79 | 51 | 1960-2026 | 0 | 0 | $26K | 40 of 91 |
| High wind and dust storms | 77 | 77 | 1997-2026 | 0 | 0 | $14M | 3 of 91 |
| Extreme cold | 72 | 72 | 1996-2026 | 1 | 0 | $20K | 3 of 91 |
| Heat | 70 | 70 | 1997-2025 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 of 91 |
| Tornadoes | 29 | 21 | 1955-2024 | 5 | 36 | $107M | 32 of 91 |
| Drought | 22 | 22 | 1999-2024 | 0 | 0 | $4.3M | 3 of 91 |
| Heavy rain | 21 | 19 | 2005-2015 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 of 91 |
| Lightning | 1 | 1 | 2005-2005 | 0 | 0 | $15K | 69 of 91 |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county and forecast-zone records attributed to the county; a zone record shows its own totals on each county it covers). Days: dates with at least one record of the hazard in the county. Ranks: days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer), since 1950 for tornadoes, 1955 for hail and thunderstorm wind, 1996 for the rest.
How many tornadoes has Warrick County had?
NOAA records 29 tornadoes in Warrick County from 1955 to 2024, the strongest rated F3, with 5 deaths and 36 injuries recorded in the county. That is 32nd of 91 Indiana counties by days with tornadoes per 1,000 square miles since 1950. A tornado that crossed a county line is counted in each county it touched, with the length of its path inside the county.
Counted as whole tornadoes rather than county records, the Storm Prediction Center's database holds 31 tornadoes whose track touched Warrick County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 29: they file a crossing tornado once per county segment, and the two databases differ on some tracks); along their whole tracks they killed 25 people, 5 of them in Warrick County.
| Date | Tornado | Rating | Path | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-11-06 01:39, as SPC files it | EvansvilleCrossed IN, KY | F3 | 41.3 mi | 24 |
| 1979-04-11 20:00, as SPC files it | Chandler to Boonville | F2 | 10 mi | 1 |
Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Indiana.
Every tornado record filed for Warrick County (29)
| Date | Place | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-30 | Stevenson, Warrick County | EF1 7.3 mi x 300 yd | 0 | 0 | $339K |
| 2024-05-14 | Paradise, Warrick County | EF1 0.36 mi x 75 yd | 0 | 0 | $24K |
| 2024-04-02 | Chandler, Warrick County | EF1 1.64 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | $71K |
| 2024-04-02 | Stanley, Warrick County | EF1 8.45 mi x 200 yd | 0 | 0 | $94K |
| 2024-04-02 | St John, Warrick County | EF1 3.04 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | $19K |
| 2024-04-02 | Elberfeld, Warrick County | EF1 1 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | $5K |
| 2024-04-02 | Elberfeld, Warrick County | EF1 3.29 mi x 200 yd | 0 | 0 | $71K |
| 2024-04-02 | St John, Warrick County | EF1 1.06 mi x 150 yd | 0 | 0 | $3K |
| 2020-03-28 | Newburgh, Warrick County | EF2 4.2 mi x 575 yd | 0 | 2 | $2.3M |
| 2016-05-11 | Lynnville, Warrick County | EF0 0.05 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2015-04-07 | Tennyson, Warrick County | EF1 0.5 mi x 200 yd | 0 | 0 | $2K |
| 2015-04-07 | Tennyson, Warrick County | EF1 1.5 mi x 300 yd | 0 | 0 | $125K |
| 2015-04-07 | Elberfeld, Warrick County | EF1 3.11 mi x 500 yd | 0 | 0 | $37K |
| 2012-02-29 | Newburgh, Warrick County | EF1 2.36 mi x 150 yd | 0 | 0 | $321K |
| 2011-04-26 | Boonville, Warrick County | EF2 4.53 mi x 300 yd | 0 | 0 | $118K |
| 2011-04-19 | Wheatonville, Warrick County | EF1 2.6 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | $105K |
| 2006-05-10 | Lynnville, Warrick County | F0 0.2 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | $1K |
| 2006-05-10 | Lynnville, Warrick County | F0 0.2 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | $3K |
| 2005-11-06 | Newburgh, Warrick County | F3 21 mi x 500 yd | 4 | 30 | $98M |
| 2004-05-30 | Newburgh, Warrick County | F2 3 mi x 80 yd | 0 | 0 | $3.9M |
| 1996-06-09 | Stevenson, Warrick County | F1 0.2 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | $56K |
| 1996-05-03 | Folsomville, Warrick County | F0 1 mi x 75 yd | 0 | 0 | $9K |
| 1996-04-19 | Yankeetown, Warrick County | F2 2 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | $941K |
| 1990-08-20 | Warrick County | F0 0.2 mi x 23 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1986-07-01 | Warrick County | F0 0.1 mi x 10 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1979-04-11 | Warrick County | F2 4.1 mi x 33 yd | 1 | 2 | $25K step |
| 1963-03-16 | Warrick County | F2 1 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | $25K step |
| 1957-05-21 | Warrick County | F2 | 0 | 2 | $25K step |
| 1955-11-15 | Warrick County | F1 | 0 | 0 | $3K step |
A damage figure marked "step" is a record from before 1993: NOAA then filed damage by category, and the figure is the category as entered, in the dollars of that year, not an estimate of the loss.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, tornado records by county (path length in the county, maximum width); ratings as published: F scale before February 1, 2007, EF scale after. Whole-track figures: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database (1950-2025). SPC severe weather database.
When was the last damaging storm in Warrick County?
The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the February 17, 2026 strong wind ($1,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | HailSt John, Warrick County | 1.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-04-27 | HailSelvin, Warrick County | 1.25 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-04-27 | HailParadise, Warrick County | 0.88 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-04-27 | HailStevenson, Warrick County | 0.88 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-04-27 | HailParadise, Warrick County | 1.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-04-25 | Dense FogWarrick County · forecast zone Warrick | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-02-27 | Dense FogWarrick County · forecast zone Warrick | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-02-19 | Dense FogWarrick County · forecast zone Warrick | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-02-17 | Strong WindWarrick County · forecast zone Warrick | 43 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $1K |
| 2026-02-15 | Dense FogWarrick County · forecast zone Warrick | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-02-01 | Cold/Wind ChillWarrick County · forecast zone Warrick | 1 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-01-31 | Cold/Wind ChillWarrick County · forecast zone Warrick | 0 | 0 | – |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; every record of 2025-2026 is listed, earlier ones when they caused deaths, injuries or $250,000 of damage (2025 dollars), and every tornado.
The deadliest and costliest records
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-11-06 | TornadoNewburgh, Warrick County This tornado, which crossed into Warrick County from Vanderburgh County just south of Interstate 164 (at Angel Mounds), crossed the entire county in less than 20 minutes. The tornado reached its peak intensity in Warrick County, where winds reached about 200 MPH. The peak winds occurred along Highway 261 and Lincoln ... | F3 21 mi x 500 yd | 4 | 30 | $98M |
| 1990-05-16 | Thunderstorm WindWarrick County | 1 | 6 | – | |
| 1979-04-11 | TornadoWarrick County | F2 4.1 mi x 33 yd | 1 | 2 | $25K step |
| 2026-02-01 | Cold/Wind ChillWarrick County · forecast zone Warrick A ridge of high pressure moved into the region on the morning of the 1st. Temperatures plummeted into the single digits. Although winds were mainly light, a few locations still manage to see wind chills fall between -5 to -10. In Warrick County, IN, a prolonged period of sub freezing temperatures that continued into ... | 1 | 0 | – | |
| 2024-07-30 | Thunderstorm WindNewburgh, Warrick County Tree damage occurred in Newburgh as a surging storm line moved through. The following day, an individual suffered a heart attack while cleaning up debris and passed away (65m, indirect). | 52 kt wind | 1 | 0 | $5K |
| 2010-02-14 | Heavy SnowWarrick County · forecast zone Warrick A strong upper level low moved southeast across Missouri, then east across Kentucky. The heaviest snowfall rates were associated with a deformation zone on the north side of the upper low. For a few hours, snowfall rates were about an inch per hour along an axis from Mount Vernon, Illinois east along the Interstate 64 ... | 1 | 0 | – | |
| 2020-03-28 | TornadoNewburgh, Warrick County The tornado crossed the Ohio River from Henderson County, Kentucky into Newburgh. Five homes lost at least portions of their roof, and at least one home lost some of its second story walls. Dozens of other homes received moderate to major damage, including several with fallen trees causing major damage. Hundreds of ... | EF2 4.2 mi x 575 yd | 0 | 2 | $2.3M |
| 2010-12-24 | Winter WeatherWarrick County · forecast zone Warrick A weak low pressure system moved eastward across the Lower Mississippi Valley on Christmas Eve, reaching the Southeast states during the overnight hours. At the same time, a rather strong upper level disturbance moved southeast across the central Plains. This combination of systems resulted in widespread snowfall ... | 0 | 2 | – |
A damage figure marked "step" is a record from before 1993: NOAA then filed damage by category, and the figure is the category as entered, in the dollars of that year, not an estimate of the loss.
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-11-06 | TornadoNewburgh, Warrick County | F3 21 mi x 500 yd | 4 | 30 | $98M |
| 2014-05-09 | Thunderstorm WindStevenson, Warrick County | 104 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $31M |
| 2008-09-14 | High WindWarrick County · forecast zone Warrick | 56 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $14M |
| 2009-01-26 | Winter StormWarrick County · forecast zone Warrick | 0 | 0 | $11M | |
| 2004-05-30 | TornadoNewburgh, Warrick County | F2 3 mi x 80 yd | 0 | 0 | $3.9M |
| 2020-03-28 | TornadoNewburgh, Warrick County | EF2 4.2 mi x 575 yd | 0 | 2 | $2.3M |
| 1996-04-19 | TornadoYankeetown, Warrick County | F2 2 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | $941K |
| 2005-11-15 | Flash FloodCountywide, Warrick County | 0 | 0 | $529K |
Before 1993 NOAA filed damage by category, not amount, so the list above starts in 1993. The highest category filed here before then (entered as $25K, in the dollars of the day) holds: April 11, 1979 (tornado, Warrick County, 1 killed); May 21, 1957 (tornado, Warrick County); March 16, 1963 (tornado, Warrick County).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths and injuries direct and indirect; damage is property plus crops as estimated by the National Weather Service, converted to 2025 dollars.
Is it getting more frequent?
Records per decade for Warrick County's most frequent hazards. Counts rose everywhere after 1996, when NOAA began recording every event type, so compare decades within a hazard's complete period only (the shaded cells come before it).
| Hazard | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | – | – | – | – | 21 | 57 | 53 | 30 |
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 40 | 33 | 23 |
| Winter storms | – | – | – | – | 11 | 40 | 44 | 25 |
| Fog, smoke and funnel clouds | – | – | – | – | 4 | 18 | 39 | 24 |
| Hail | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 17 | 10 |
| High wind and dust storms | – | – | – | – | 2 | 18 | 32 | 25 |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).
What time of year?
Records by month in Warrick County. The two busiest months are in violet.
The values, month by month
Jan 102 · Feb 98 · Mar 75 · Apr 114 · May 89 · Jun 62 · Jul 96 · Aug 51 · Sep 27 · Oct 35 · Nov 44 · Dec 79 (records).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.
Federal disaster declarations for Warrick County
FEMA's register lists 20 declarations that include Warrick County: 16 major disasters, 4 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for severe storm (10) and flood (4).
| Declared | Number | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-24 | EM-3641 | Winter Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| 2025-07-22 | DR-4882 | Flood | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
| 2020-04-03 | DR-4515 | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| 2020-03-13 | EM-3456 | Biological | Covid-19 |
| 2018-05-04 | DR-4363 | Flood | Severe Storms and Flooding |
| 2012-03-09 | DR-4058 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes |
| 2011-06-23 | DR-1997 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and |
| 2009-03-05 | DR-1828 | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| 2008-09-23 | DR-1795 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms and Flooding |
| 2006-10-06 | DR-1662 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms and Flooding |
| 2005-11-08 | DR-1612 | Tornado | Tornado and Severe Storms |
| 2005-09-10 | EM-3238 | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| 2005-01-21 | DR-1573 | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storms and Flooding |
| 2005-01-11 | EM-3197 | Snowstorm | Snow |
| 2004-06-03 | DR-1520 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
| 1997-03-06 | DR-1165 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms and Flooding |
| 1996-07-03 | DR-1125 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms and Flooding |
| 1996-04-02 | DR-1109 | Flood | Blizzard of 96 |
| 1990-06-04 | DR-869 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding |
| 1979-07-31 | DR-596 | Flood | Severe Storms & Flooding |
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), declarations through October 2, 2026; one declaration is counted once however many areas it names. OpenFEMA dataset page.
How many floods has Warrick County had?
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 161 flood or flash flood records for Warrick County from 1996 to 2025, on 157 days, with 0 deaths. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), Warrick County ranks 1437th of 2,942 U.S. counties.
The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $651,000 on 77 claims filed in Warrick County; the most in one year was 8 in 2006. Claims count insured losses only: uninsured flood damage is not in this file.
The values, year by year
1979: 3 · 1982: 1 · 1983: 2 · 1989: 1 · 1995: 3 · 1996: 5 · 1997: 7 · 1998: 1 · 2000: 1 · 2001: 1 · 2003: 3 · 2005: 2 · 2006: 8 · 2008: 7 · 2009: 4 · 2010: 1 · 2011: 6 · 2013: 5 · 2014: 6 · 2015: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2025: 2; the other years: 0.
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims, as of September 8, 2026; claims by year of loss, payments in the dollars of the year paid. OpenFEMA dataset page.
FEMA's modeled risk for Warrick County
FEMA's National Risk Index rates Warrick County Relatively Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $29.2 million. These are FEMA's model estimates of future loss from 18 hazards, not a count of what happened; they can differ from the record above.
| Hazard | Risk rating | Expected annual loss | Modeled frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Wind | Relatively Moderate | $1.8M | 4.5 a year (modeled) |
| Ice Storm | Relatively Moderate | $444K | 1 a year (modeled) |
| Winter Weather | Relatively Moderate | $215K | 8.5 a year (modeled) |
| Tornado | Relatively Moderate | $3.2M | once in about 4 years (modeled) |
| Earthquake | Relatively Low | $6.0M | once in about 177 years (modeled) |
| Heat Wave | Relatively Low | $1.4M | 8.2 modeled event-days a year |
| Riverine Flooding | Relatively Low | $15M | 5.2 a year (modeled) |
| Hail | Relatively Low | $323K | 3 a year (modeled) |
Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.
Counties that share a border with Warrick County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1950. The Census Bureau's adjacency file.
Next
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- The Indiana recordEvery hazard in the state, its deadliest events and its federal declarations
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- Download Warrick County's FEMA declarations (CSV)20 rows: every declaration that named the county, for your own analysis