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Evansville storms: live alerts, hail & tornado history

Live watches and warnings for Evansville, IN, the 48-hour thunderstorm outlook, and every hail, damaging-wind and tornado report within 25 miles since 2016.

Live alerts for Evansville, IN

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    Severe weather in Evansville by the numbers

    11.5severe-weather days a year (avg 2016–2025)
    4.7hail days a year
    45storm reports in the last 12 months
    2.75″biggest hail since 2016 (May 19, 2022)
    54tornado reports since 2016 · strongest EF3

    Evansville gets regular severe thunderstorms: since 2016, spotters and emergency managers have filed 376 severe-weather reports within 25 miles of the city — 81 hail reports, 241 damaging-wind reports and 54 tornado reports. On average that is 11.5 days a year with at least one report.

    Storm season here peaks in April, June, July, when 52% of all reports were filed.

    In the last 12 months there were 2 hail reports, 29 wind reports and 14 tornado reports around Evansville; the largest hail was 1.00″ (quarter) on Aug 12, 2026.

    Latest storm reports near Evansville

    DateReportWhere
    Sep 11, 2026Damaging wind13 mi W · Posey Co.
    Aug 16, 2026Damaging wind1 mi SE · Vanderburgh Co.
    Aug 12, 2026Hail 1.00″6 mi N · Vanderburgh Co.
    Jul 26, 2026Damaging wind7 mi W · Vanderburgh Co.
    Jul 4, 2026Damaging wind19 mi W · Posey Co.
    Jul 3, 2026Damaging wind1 mi S · Vanderburgh Co.
    Jun 27, 2026Damaging wind2 mi NW · Vanderburgh Co.
    Jun 27, 2026Tornado21 mi NW · Posey Co.
    Jun 21, 2026Damaging wind4 mi E · Vanderburgh Co.
    Jun 21, 2026Tornado6 mi E · Warrick Co.

    One line per day and type — the closest report that day. Distance and direction from the city centre. The latest SPC reports are preliminary until NOAA finalises them.

    Storm reports by year

    01836537116: 8 hail16: 28 damaging wind16: 3 tornado1617: 5 hail17: 4 damaging wind17: 1 tornado1718: 6 hail18: 22 damaging wind18: 2 tornado1819: 7 hail19: 29 damaging wind19: 3 tornado1920: 3 hail20: 7 damaging wind20: 4 tornado2021: 2 hail21: 7 damaging wind2122: 9 hail22: 15 damaging wind22: 1 tornado2223: 14 hail23: 25 damaging wind23: 3 tornado2324: 9 hail24: 47 damaging wind24: 15 tornado2425: 16 hail25: 34 damaging wind25: 9 tornado2526: 2 hail26: 23 damaging wind26: 13 tornado26
    HailDamaging windTornado

    Storm season in Evansville

    017345168Jan: 2JanFeb: 3FebMar: 62MarApr: 68AprMay: 55MayJun: 66JunJul: 63JulAug: 32AugSep: 8SepOct: 8OctNov: 2NovDec: 7Dec

    All hail, wind and tornado reports within 25 miles, 2016–2026, by month.

    Hail in Evansville

    Evansville averages 4.7 days a year with hail reported nearby. The biggest stone on record since 2016 was 2.75 inches — about the size of a baseball — reported 16 miles from the city centre on May 19, 2022. Hail of 1 inch (quarter size) or larger is what makes a thunderstorm severe; see the hail size chart.

    Tornadoes near Evansville

    There have been 54 tornado reports within 25 miles of Evansville since 2016; the strongest was rated EF3 (Jul 9, 2024, 17 miles from the city centre). A tornado warning means a tornado is occurring or imminent — take shelter immediately.

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    Questions about storms in Evansville

    Does Evansville get a lot of severe storms?

    Evansville averages 11.5 days a year with at least one hail, damaging-wind or tornado report within 25 miles, based on NOAA Storm Prediction Center reports 2016–2025.

    When is storm season in Evansville?

    Most severe-weather reports around Evansville come in April, June, July.

    What is the biggest hail recorded near Evansville?

    2.75 inches (baseball size) on May 19, 2022, 16 miles from the city centre.

    Have tornadoes hit near Evansville?

    Yes — 54 tornado reports within 25 miles since 2016, the strongest rated EF3 on Jul 9, 2024.

    How do I get storm alerts for Evansville?

    The live panel on this page shows every active National Weather Service watch and warning for Evansville, IN. For alerts on your phone, Lightning Tracker for iPhone shows storm risk and warnings for your location.

    How this page works: storm reports are NOAA Storm Prediction Center local storm reports (final database 2016–2025, preliminary daily reports after that) within 25 miles of Evansville, IN. They are reports of hail, damaging wind and tornadoes — not lightning strike counts, which no free public dataset provides at city level. Live alerts come from the National Weather Service API, the outlook from Open-Meteo forecast models. Updated Oct 27, 2026.