IND put out a statement confirming the tornado record has been tied in Indiana. Nice to see that my counting was accurate, lol. Public Information Statement National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 1157 PM EDT Tue Jun 23 2026 **INDIANA TIES YEARLY TORNADO RECORD WITH 72 EVENTS SO FAR IN 2026** **THIS FOLLOWS NEW MONTHLY RECORD OF 53 TORNADOES SO FAR IN JUNE** -------------------------------------------------------------------- I. GREATEST INDIANA TORNADO YEARS T1. 2026 72** T1. 2011 72 3. 2025 62 4. 2024 57 5. 2023 54 6. 1990 49 7. 1973 48 8. 2004 47 9. 1992 46 10. 1965 44 There's an elephant in the room when you look at this list of top 10 years, and it's that 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 have all broken into the top 5. Combined with what's happening in Illinois, it will certainly add fuel to the debate over whether tornado alley is shifting. For the record, I don't really believe there is a bodily shift occurring with tornado alley, but I think it's always been bigger than what the old school/traditional "definition" was and recent years are helping to further demonstrate that. I don't think we're going to keep breaking into the top 5 every year, but it makes you wonder whether this is some relatively short-lived blip or if something is changing with the climate that is enabling this increase in tornadoes in areas east of the Plains. If it's the latter, then there are definite societal ramifications to that given the overall higher population densities east of the Plains as well as the tendency for a greater fraction of tornadoes to be nocturnal. There's also better detection nowadays, which definitely plays a role in tornado counts. I would point out that 12/72 tornadoes in IN this year have been EF2+, which is almost 17%, which is a respectable ratio of EF2+ in this day and age.

Really nice GFS run. I'd like to lock that in please. GEM was trash.

What a gorgeous, massive, longitudinal trough. Expands across the entire West. Been far too few of these during the summer in recent years.

Incredible stretch of summer wx coming up

Summer is not starting like 2015. booooo!