Pike County Storm Activity
Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 12, 2026
Pike County, Indiana has recorded tornado activity: official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records list 3 tornado reports among 38 severe weather events here in the last 12 months, alongside 11 hail reports with hail up to 0.5" and 24 high-wind reports with gusts up to 55 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.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Pike County
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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.
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports — 1 tornado report
“An EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 110 mph struck Winslow... Indiana... on the afternoon of August 12... 2026. The tornado began in a neighborhood just west of the inte (PAH)”
“Several trees uprooted... branches down and some structure damage to a home and barn. (PAH)”
- Tornado Tornado 1 NW Winslow SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Winslow SPC verified report
Saturday, July 18, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 706 PM CDT/806 PM EDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Winslow to 6 miles north of Dale. Movement was southeast at 20 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...”
- Hail 0.25" Pike County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, July 9, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 800 PM CDT/900 PM EDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles northeast of Patoka, or 10 miles west of Petersburg, moving southeast at 30 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...”
“At 425 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Winslow, or 9 miles southeast of Petersburg, moving east at 20 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... Winslow.”
- Hail 0.25" Pike County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Pike County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, June 26, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 626 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Oakland City, moving east at 25 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... Petersburg, Winslow, and Spurgeon.”
- Hail 0.25" Pike County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, June 25, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 347 PM CDT/447 PM EDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Lynnville to near Grayville. Movement was southeast at 15 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...”
“At 303 PM CDT/403 PM EDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Princeton, moving east at 25 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...”
- Hail 0.25" Pike County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Pike County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 20, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports — 2 tornado reports
“Tornado reported on the ground near Dale... IN. Public and chaser report relayed via EM. (PAH)”
“Rope tornado on the ground from EM. (PAH)”
- Tornado Tornado 8 NW Dale SPC verified report
- Tornado Tornado 1 WSW Spurgeon SPC verified report
Thursday, June 18, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 349 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Winslow, or near Petersburg, moving 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... Winslow. This includes Interstate 69 in Indiana between Mile Markers 39 and 47.”
- Wind 50 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 830 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers over Petersburg, moving south at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Petersburg. This includes Interstate 69 in Indiana between Mile Markers 39 and 47.”
- Wind 50 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, May 18, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 414 PM CDT/514 PM EDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lynnville, or 9 miles south of Oakland City, moving northeast at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Oakland City, Lynnville, Winslow, Elberfeld, Somerville, Spurgeon, and Mackey.”
- Wind 50 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, May 16, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 722 AM CDT/822 AM EDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lynnville, or 7 miles north of Boonville, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Half inch hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Boonville, Dale, Lynnville, Santa Claus, Folsomville, Tennyson, Gentryville, and Spurgeon.”
- Hail 0.5" Pike County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, April 27, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1044 PM CDT/1144 PM EDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles northwest of Jasper to near Kasson. Movement was east at 45 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...”
- Hail 0.25" Pike County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, March 15, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 855 PM CDT/955 PM EDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles west of Petersburg to near Haubstadt to near Henderson. Movement was east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. WHERE...Portions of southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ Monday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, March 14, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 to 50 mph. WHERE...Portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. WHEN...From 10 AM CDT /11 AM EDT/ Sunday to 7 AM CDT /8 AM EDT/ Monday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, March 13, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. WHERE...Portions of southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, and southwest Ohio. WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
“WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. WHERE...Portions of southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, and southwest Ohio. WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 55 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, March 12, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, and southwest Ohio. WHEN...From 7 AM to 8 PM EDT Friday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
“WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, and southwest Ohio. WHEN...From 7 AM to 8 PM EDT Friday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 55 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 to 50 mph. WHERE...Portions of southwest Indiana and western Kentucky. WHEN...Until 4 PM CDT /5 PM EDT/ this afternoon. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
“At 738 AM CDT/838 AM EDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles west of Washington to near Poseyville. Movement was east at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 4 NNW Winslow SPC verified report
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio. WHEN...From 8 AM to 7 PM EDT Wednesday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, March 7, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 603 AM CST/703 AM EST/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lynnville, or 10 miles southeast of Fort Branch, moving northeast at 45 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...”
- Hail 0.25" Pike County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, December 27, 2025
1 SPC verified storm report
“Trees and powerlines down. Animal shelter sustained some damage to outdoor kennels. (PAH)”
- Wind Unknown Petersburg SPC verified report
Sunday, October 19, 2025
1 SPC verified storm report
“A few power lines down around the county. Location approximate. (PAH)”
- Wind Unknown Winslow SPC verified report
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 556 PM CDT/656 PM EDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Owensville to near Haubstadt to near Chandler. Movement was northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Pike County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Pike County, IN?
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 38 severe weather events in Pike County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Has there been hail in Pike County recently?
Yes — 11 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 0.5" recorded.
How do I check whether a specific address was affected?
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