2019 Indiana tornado events

This page lists all tornado events in the state of Indiana in the year 2019.

January 12
2 tornado warnings were posted for Blackford County, Indiana...the first at 6:22AM Eastern Daylight Time until 7:00AM EDT...the second at 5:37PM EDT until 6:15PM EDT...both Tornado Warning's contained the text "A tornado has been reported by trained weather spotters, this is a rare January tornado event...take cover now!" The first tornado, which hit Northwest Hartford City at 6:37AM, was rated a EF-0 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale...the second tornado, which mostly stayed over rural areas near Shamrock Lakes, was rated a EF-1 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale due to the fact that a tree was uprooted...the rating is disputed for EF-2 however.

January 27
Only a few days after the 2 tornadoes in Blackford County, the SPC issued a moderate risk of severe weather...mostly south of the Ohio River...however much of Central Indiana and Northern Indiana was placed under a PDS Tornado Watch around lunchhour EDT due to the moderate risk being pushed northward to Southeastern Michigan, the first of 103 tornado warnings across the state was issued at 1:32PM for Northeastern Madison County...spotters reported a large cone tornado approaching the small town of Summitville, Indiana...the tornado barely missed the town, and moved into Delaware County as a EF-1 tornado around 1:53PM, the third warning in the state that day...spotters then reported a large wedge tornado near Marion, Indiana (the county seat of Grant County) resulting in a Tornado Emergency being issued around 4:54PM, being the 63rd warning in the state that day...during the 5:00PM update, the SPC added a high risk for much of Central Indiana with a 30% + hatched threat of tornadoes, the Marion tornado struck Marion, Indiana head on around 5:07PM, the tornado caused widespread EF-2 damage, with some people even reporting that some EF-3 and EF-4 damage occurred outside of town, therefore it is still rated a EF2+...the threat started to move out around 7:00PM, and the Tornado Watch was downgraded from PDS to normal. another EF-1 touched down in Blackford County around 9:52PM, and moved into Ohio by 11:06PM. the final tornado warning was issued at 11:11PM effective until Midnight January 28th.

January 28
another PDS Tornado Watch was issued suddenly without any advance Mesoscale discussions around 2:25AM EDT for Northeastern Indiana, Northwestern Ohio and Southeastern Michigan...at 3:04PM, a wedge tornado touched down near Warsaw, Indiana...this tornado would become the 2019 Lake Tippecanoe tornado...as the tornado made a surprising impact on the trailer park, causing EF5 damage to nearby homes. the tornado was initially rated a EF-2 by the NWS, but then it was upgraded to EF-3 in June, a EF-4 in August and finally a EF-5 in December....this is a wip...