Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 12, 2026
Cass County, Indiana has recorded tornado activity: official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records list 4 tornado reports among 62 severe weather events here in the last 12 months, alongside 29 hail reports with hail up to 1.75" and 29 high-wind reports with gusts up to 64 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in September 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
See the specifics — free →Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 527 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles southwest of Rochester, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Large tree branches downed North Lincoln and East North Street in Galveston. Time estimated from radar. (IWX)”
“Large tree limbs downed between May and Gretchen roads. Time estimated from radar. (IWX)”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 448 AM EDT/348 AM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Akron, or 9 miles east of Rochester, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 110 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Simonton Lake, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
1 SPC verified storm report · 4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 222 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Mexico, or 9 miles north of Peru, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 310 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near La Fontaine to near Peru. Movement was southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 640 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Simonton Lake, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 401 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Decatur to Osceola to near Bourbon. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 60 mph
“WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana, southwest Michigan, and northwest Ohio. WHEN...Until 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ this evening. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
4 SPC verified storm reports · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 1", 2 tornado reports
“On the evening of June 16... Emergency Management and Firefighters reported a brief tornado touchdown from a supercell that had a documented history of a rotating wall (IWX)”
“On the evening of June 16... the National Weather Service received numerous reports of a supercell with a rotating wall cloud. Cass County Emergency Management and stor (IWX)”
1 SPC verified storm report — 1 tornado report
“Drone footage from Cass County Emergency Management shows evidence of a tornado southeast of Lake Cicott. Dozens... if not hundreds... of trees were damaged by the brie (IWX)”
3 SPC verified storm reports · 3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 55 mph, 1 tornado report
“Drone footage provided by Cass County Emergency Management confirmed an EF-1 tornado occurred within a line of severe thunderstorms across northeast Cass County. The to (IWX)”
“At 643 PM EDT/543 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Marcellus to near Mishawaka to near Culver. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 921 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Niles, moving east at 60 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. Isolated gusts to 50 mph possible. WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana and southwest Michigan. WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ this evening. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
1 SPC verified storm report
“Trees and powerlines down on N CR 600 E between Logansport Rd and Division Rd. (IWX)”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 106 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Mentone to near Mexico to 9 miles southwest of Kokomo. Movement was east at 70 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 343 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Simonton Lake, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Elkhart, Simonton Lake, Bristol, Union, Adamsville, Juno Lake, and Eagle Lake.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 116 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles southwest of Rochester, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 1.75", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 439 AM EDT/339 AM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking showers and a few emabedded thunderstorms along a line extending from near South Haven to 10 miles northwest of Shorewood-Tower Hill to 12 miles northwest of Beverly Shores. Movement was southeast at 40 mph. Strong uutflow winds from these showers will likely occur before any rainfall or thunderstorms. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph.”
“At 426 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Monticello, moving northeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“Gusty south winds could briefly gust as high as 50 mph for a short time during the early morning hours through around 3 AM EDT. A band of showers moving across northwest Indiana and southwest Lower Michigan will likely aid in producing some stronger wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph. If travelling, be prepared for brief periods of these stronger wind gusts, particularly for high profile vehicles.”
“At 507 PM EDT/407 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Gulivoire Park, moving east at 60 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 SPC verified storm report
“Roof off of a barn. Time estimated by radar. (IWX)”
5 SPC verified storm reports — wind gusts up to 64 mph
“Delayed report or tree down across the road on Greenlawn Drive. Time estimated from radar. (IWX)”
“Tree downed near Cliff Drive and Cicott Street. Time estimated from radar. (IWX)”
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 1"
“Photo relayed by emergency management of hail that appears to be quarter size in Galveston. Time estimated via radar. (IWX)”
“At 730 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms 9 miles northwest of Sweetser, or 11 miles southeast of Peru, moving east at 60 mph. Hazard: Nickel size hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana, southwest Michigan, and northwest Ohio. WHEN...Until midnight EDT /11 PM CDT/ tonight. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 60 mph
“WHAT...Southwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana, southwest Michigan, and northwest Ohio. WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ this evening. IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.”
“WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana, southwest Michigan, and northwest Ohio. WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ this evening. IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.”
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 60 mph
“WHAT...Southwest to west 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana, southwest Michigan, and northwest Ohio. WHEN...From 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ to 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ Friday. IMPACTS...Damaging winds can blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible, mainly due to falling branches or trees.”
“WHAT...Southwest to west 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana, southwest Michigan, and northwest Ohio. WHEN...From 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ to 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ Friday. IMPACTS...Damaging winds can blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 359 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Logansport, moving northeast at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 603 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Winamac to 11 miles southwest of Lafayette. Movement was northeast at 60 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 1.5"
“At 440 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles west of Royal Center, or 11 miles northeast of Monticello, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 936 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Royal Center, or 7 miles northwest of Logansport, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Half inch hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Logansport, Fulton, Twelve Mile, Metea, Hoover, Leases Corner, Fletcher, Adamsboro, Lucerne, and Lake Cicott.”
3 SPC verified storm reports — hail up to 1"
“Picture shared by EMA of a estimated 1 inch diameter hail stone. (IWX)”
“EM sent picture of at least quarter size hail. (IWX)”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts of 45 to 50 mph. WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana, southwest Michigan, and northwest Ohio. WHEN...Until 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ this evening. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...Lake effect snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 2 and 5 inches. Totals of 6 inches possible in southwest Michigan. Winds gusting as high as 45 to 50 mph. WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana and southwest Michigan. WHEN...From 1 AM EST /midnight CST/ Monday to 1 AM EST /midnight CST/ Tuesday. IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 45 to 50 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana, southwest Michigan, and northwest Ohio. WHEN...From 1 AM EST /midnight CST/ to 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ Monday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 62 severe weather events in Cass County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Yes — 29 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 1.75" recorded.
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