Morgan County, Indiana tornado history

27 tornadoes recorded in or across Morgan County from 1954 to 2023, 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 Morgan County

The Storm Prediction Center records 27 tornadoes whose paths touched Morgan County, Indiana between 1954 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 9 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 20 September 2002. The most recent was on 31 March 2023.

  • 27tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 164injuries
  • 669per 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 Morgan County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0830%
F1 / EF1830%
F2 / EF2830%
F3 / EF3311%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Morgan County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 2000s.1950s21960s51970s31980s11990s42000s82010s22020s2

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s5
1970s3
1980s1
1990s4
2000s8
2010s2
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in May.Jan0Feb2Mar2Apr2May9Jun5Jul3Aug1Sep1Oct1Nov1Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb2
Mar2
Apr2
May9
Jun5
Jul3
Aug1
Sep1
Oct1
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Morgan County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Indiana tornado20 September 2002, F3, 127 injuries, 112 miles long
  • Most recent: Indiana tornado31 March 2023, EF2, 8.6 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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