The June 11, 1998 tornado
F4Marion and Hancock counties, Indiana
An F4 tornado on a 13.2-mile path that injured 4. It was one of 17 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. that day, 2 of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.
Watch how it happenedF4 tornado · June 11, 1998
How it happened
Follow the tornado’s path, minute by minute.
The tornado
- Rating
- F4
- Fujita scale
- Path length
- 13.2 mi
- Width up to 400 yards
- Killed
- 0
- Along the whole path
- Injured
- 4
- Along the whole path
- Date and time
- Thursday, June 11, 1998
- 6:09 PM EST
The National Weather Service account
Written by the local Weather Service office after its damage survey.
The storm system that day
A tornado initially touched down on Indianapolis' far east side in Cumberland destroying six buildings and damaging nearly eighty. The tornado continued east-northeast into Hancock County before dissipating just east of Maxwell at 640 PM EST. In Hancock County, the tornado destroyed approxiamtely five buildings and damaged nearly 40 others. The supercell storm that generated this tornado also produced three other tornadoes in east central Indiana that evening. These tornadoes will be described below.
NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.
Counties on its path
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Path drawn as a straight line from the recorded start to end point.