Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, May 19, 1989
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length3.5 mi
Width40 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.98, -87.55) to the end point (38.02, -87.50), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 19, 1989, 6:05 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Indiana
- Counties
- Vanderburgh County
- Path
- 3.5 miles long, up to 40 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 19, 1989
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1989 | F2 | Kentucky | 3.3 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 19, 1989 | F2 | Kentucky | 8 mi | 90 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 19, 1989 | F1 | Illinois | 1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 19, 1989 | F1 | Illinois | 0.2 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 19, 1989 | F1 | Indiana | 0.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 19, 1989 | F1 | Indiana | 1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 19, 1989 | F1 | Kentucky | 2.5 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 19, 1989 | F1 | Indiana | 1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 19, 1989 | F1 | Indiana | 0.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 19, 1989 | F0 | Alabama | 0.3 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.