Here are some good sites about historical data on tornadoes in Indiana.
People are asking how often this occurs so here is what I found:
A very destructive night of severe storms and tornadoes in Indiana on Friday, 5-15-2025
Wow. Just WOW! I've never ever seen anything like this. This is the first time I've ever heard of a PDS warning in the Indiana. A PDS warning means / stands for "Particularly Dangerous Situation. There were several of those.
The radar lit up at 6:30pm and would not let up until 9:30pm. In all likelihood, a tornado touched down on the south side of Bloomington Indiana in the Clear Creek area just close to I-69. I saw the hook signature on my weather radar app that is called "WeatherWise". See it here:
WeatherWise is the best free weather app out there. Ryan Hall uses it and promotes it also.
The second tornado hit the northern part of the county near Ellettsville. See it here:
Pictures from others and from around town: How to protect your car from 4 inch hail
Local people from the south side posted on Reddit.
Me at the Runcible Spoon.
And do you remember that eerie part where the skies cleared up and the sun came out at exactly 7:35pm and people thought it was all over; remember that?
A friend of mine sent me these from Indianapolis. Thanks MB!
Tornado outbreak happening in Missouri right now.
Softball sized hail is falling there.
Also, Ryan Hall is broadcasting live right now. Hopefully he will stick around and cover the line of storms as it approaches Indiana.
National Weather Service is warning of damaging winds tonight.
The NWS is warning of damaging winds tonight.
The entire system arrives at about 6pm and leaves at 1am. The worst part of it will be between 8pm and 9pm.
Students have moved out and storms are moving in!
There's a line for storms moving in from Illinois tonight. The line started out strong but it appears to be weakening. Tornado Watches are posted from Terre Haute northwards until 10:00pm so Bloomington might be okay for tonight. But take a look at this image from 8:30PM:
And look at it now at 9:45PM:
The "cap" is holding so far.
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