Tornado History Map

Sullivan County, Indiana tornado history

14 tornadoes recorded in or across Sullivan County from 1957 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

Tap or scroll to load the interactive map

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 Sullivan County

The Storm Prediction Center records 14 tornadoes whose paths touched Sullivan County, Indiana between 1957 and 2025. They killed 6 people and injured 16. The busiest month is June, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 31 March 2023. The most recent was on 16 May 2025.

  • 14tornadoes
  • 6deaths
  • 16injuries
  • 313per 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 Sullivan County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0643%
F1 / EF1321%
F2 / EF2321%
F3 / EF3214%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Sullivan County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 1990s.1950s21960s21970s11980s11990s42010s22020s2

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s2
1970s1
1980s1
1990s4
2010s2
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr3May2Jun4Jul0Aug1Sep2Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr3
May2
Jun4
Jul0
Aug1
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Sullivan County

Notable tornadoes in Sullivan County

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

More in Indiana

Embed this map

Copy this code into your web page. It is free to use. Please keep the link under the map, as it is how people find where the map comes from.