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1979 storm days

Storm reports for October 1, 1979

On October 1, 1979, 4 hail, 15 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 4 states.

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4hail reports
15damaging-wind reports
4tornado reports
1.00″largest hail reported

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On October 1, 1979, 4 hail, 15 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 4 states. The largest hail reported was 1.00″ (quarter size) in Vigo County, IN.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
IN41041.00″
IL020–
KY020–
TN010–

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

CityPopulationLargest report
Noblesville, IN75,2391.00″
Terre Haute, IN58,5311.00″
Cicero, IN5,6071.00″
Greencastle, IN9,9070.75″

Hail reports (4)

Time (UTC)SizeLocation
23:451.00″Vigo County, IN
23:451.00″Vigo County, IN
01:201.00″Hamilton County, IN
23:300.75″Putnam County, IN

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded 23 hail, wind or tornado events across the US on this storm day, with no damage estimate, injury or death entered. Before 1996 the database holds only tornado, hail and wind events, and damage was often entered as a range, so treat these figures as rough. Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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