Tornado History Map

LaPorte County, Indiana tornado history

30 tornadoes recorded in or across LaPorte County from 1955 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in LaPorte County

The Storm Prediction Center records 30 tornadoes whose paths touched LaPorte County, Indiana between 1955 and 2024. They killed 1 person and injured 13. The busiest month is March, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 11 April 1965. The most recent was on 15 July 2024.

  • 30tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 13injuries
  • 501per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in LaPorte County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01033%
F1 / EF11343%
F2 / EF2517%
F3 / EF327%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

LaPorte County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 2010s.1950s41960s31970s21980s51990s32000s42010s82020s1

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s3
1970s2
1980s5
1990s3
2000s4
2010s8
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Mar.Jan0Feb0Mar6Apr4May3Jun6Jul4Aug4Sep0Oct3Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar6
Apr4
May3
Jun6
Jul4
Aug4
Sep0
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

Records for LaPorte County

  • Deadliest and Longest path: Indiana tornado24 October 2001, F2, 1 death, 35 miles long
  • Strongest: Indiana tornado11 April 1965, F3, 33.1 miles long
  • Most recent: Indiana tornado15 July 2024, EF1, 3.2 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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