| March 2012 | Tornado (EF4) | Freddricksburg | 5 killed, $2,000,000 | This EF-4 tornado that ultimately stayed on the ground for 49 miles across several counties touched down just south of Fredricksburg. Several trees were snapped off with estimated EF-1 damage along a path of 30 yards wide along the south fork of the Blue Lick River. After crossing farmland, the tornado widened and intensified quickly, toppling a high tension metal power structure near the intersection of Homers Chapel and Fredricksburg Roads. Damage at that location was consistent with 130 mph winds. ||High tension wires were downed and trees snapped along West End Road just north of Shanks Hill Road. The tornado continued to intensify as it crossed State Route 135 at Dutch Creek Road, ripping large chunks of 3 inch thick asphalt from a section of roadway and depositing large pieces up to 30 yards away, with smaller chunks of pavement found a quarter of a mile downstream. Just east of State Route 135, tremendous tree damage began. At this point, the tornado widened to around 200 yards. As the tornado crossed Trainer Lane and Route 335 towards Robbs Lane, widespread tree and structural damage indicated EF-2 to EF-3 damage. At this point, the damage path began to widen to one third of a mile. ||After crossing Highway 60 just south of New Pekin, tremendous structural damage was surveyed. A large well-constructed factory building was cleared to its foundation slab with numerous anchoring bolts bent and stripped. Debris from this building was observed up to three quarters of a mile downstream. Large power poles were snapped. Another metal out building on the edge of the circulation had sheeting pulled off, apparently from the force of inbound winds towards the circulation. In this area 5 people were killed in a mobile home. Damage suggested an EF-4 tornado with a width of three to four tenths of a mile and estimated winds of 170 mph. ||The tornado then traveled along the border between Washington and Crawford counties where it caused widespread destruction southeast of Hurst and along East Daisy Hill Road in the county. Here, a well constructed one story brick home at the top of a ridge was completely destroyed with no wall left standing. Witnesses described the funnel as a black wall. A heavy semi trailer cab was blown from this house and landed near another destroyed brick home. Damage to these homes suggested EF-4 winds of 170 mph. Near the intersection of East Daisy Hill and Williams Knob Roads, a home and two anchored double wide trailers were destroyed. A car was lifted and fell 100 yards away from its original driveway. The width of the damage path along the county line was up to one half mile, although the concentrated damage path was much more narrow. Overall, the twister traveled 17 miles in Washington county, felling thousands of trees in addition to destroying scores of buildings. |
| March 1963 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 2 killed, $2,500 | no account filed |
| April 1974 | Tornado (F5) | not stated | 1 killed, 12 hurt | no account filed |
| January 2007 | Flood | Millport | 1 killed, $15,000 | Recent heavy rains brought the East Fork of the White River above flood Stage. A man drowned around 8 pm Thursday evening January 18th after attempting to drive south from Jackson County into Washington County across a water covered bridge 1 mile east of Sparksville. His car was found on January 20th, and his body was discovered on January 21st in 3 feet of water on the Washington County side of the White River. |
| April 1956 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 12 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 1990 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 2 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Flood | Freddricksburg | $3,000,000 | The Blue River at Fredericksburg crested at 27.3 feet around 330 PM EST on March 19. Flood stage at Fredericksburg is 20 feet. This is the major flooding level for this location. Water enters businesses in the town and some evacuations are required. U.S. Highway 150 is closed. |
| March 1986 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| April 1985 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Salem | $1,500,000 | The tornado touched down initially in western Washington County, where it destroyed a home and a garage. It skipped across Washington County, with the next reported damage in the vicinity of Pekin. Several homes and farm buildings were damaged or destroyed there. A total of nine homes were destroyed in Washington County, and 31 homes were damaged to some degree. The tornado then continued southeast and crossed into Clark County, Indiana. |
| March 2006 | Flood | Freddricksburg | $500,000 | The Blue River at Fredericksburg crested at 24.76 feet around 430 AM EST on March 12. Flood stage at Fredricksburg is 20 feet. Moderate flooding occurs at this level. Highway 150 is closed, and some flood waters enter businesses in the town of Fredricksburg. Homes and businesses in Milltown in Crawford County were flooded. Some residents had to be evacuated. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salem | $500,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds damaged the National Guard Armory. The wind damaged the roof and several large doors. Some military vehicles were also damaged. |
| November 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Salem | $250,000 | The National Weather Service in conjunction with Washington County|Emergency Management Agency conducted a storm survey in central|Washington County and determined there were three distinct|touchdowns near and around the Salem, Indiana area Sunday evening|November 5. The second tornado touched down in downtown Salem at the Salem Feed|Mill on South Water Street. There was significant damage on the|upper portion of the feed mill approximately 70 feet off the ground|along with some power poles being severely bent. A multi-business|building was hit by the tornado with a large portion of its roof|lifted and dropped on the Dinner Bell restaurant. There was|extensive damage from falling brick. The tornado then hit a house|on the corner of Cherry and South High Street resulting in roof and|siding damage along with several sections of Cleveland Pear trees|snapped. The tornado lifted quickly at the intersection. The|tornado had estimated peak winds of approximately 90 to 95 mph with a width of|approximately 30 to 40 yards. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Salem | $250,000 | Numerous roads in the city were flooded. Streets were closed, and several barricades were washed away by rapidly rising water. People had to be rescued from flooded vehicles on Water and Market Streets. Several people were evacuated from their homes due to high water. Several semi-trailers were swept out of a parking lot by flood waters and became wedged against the South Main Street Bridge. The bridge was closed for two hours as a precaution, so that it could be checked for damage from the impact. |
| June 1990 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| November 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Canton | $200,000 | The National Weather Service in conjunction with Washington County Emergency Management Agency conducted a storm survey in central Washington County and determined there were three distinct touchdowns near and around the Salem, Indiana area Sunday evening November 5. The third tornado touched down near the intersection of Canton Road and Howell Road. Severe damage was sustained to several barns, street signs, bird houses, and metal poles that were bent or snapped. A 500 gallon propane tank moved to the south 3 feet and became lodged against a grain storage building. There was an excellent signature of mud and dirt spattering cyclonically on a grain silo. The tornado was extremely narrow and mostly at tree top level with several power poles snapped near the top. The tornado had estimated peak winds of 90 to 95 mph and width of 50 to 70 yards. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Saltillo | $150,000 | A NWS storm survey, in conjunction with Washington County Emergency Management concluded that the tornado touched down and was embedded in a larger field of straight-line winds. The path length was 5.8 miles with a max width of 100 yards for the tornado, however the overall straight-line wind path width was close to a mile wide in spots. The most intense tornado damage happened shortly after touchdown, where over 50 healthy hardwood trees had snapped trunks with no foliage. In addition, an outbuilding lost part of a roof, and debris struck a residence causing cracked masonry and dented drywall on the inside of the structure. Maximum wind speeds of 100 mph were estimated in this area. The tornado continued eastward where more homes experienced minor roof damage, trees were uprooted, and a large outbuilding was nearly destroyed. After crossing Cave River Valley Rd and White River Rd, the tornado took out nearly 50 softwood trees. Farther east, over 100 hardwood and softwood trees were uprooted and snapped, and notable convergence was observed. After driving a 4X6 post through the roof of a home near Hunter Rd, the tornado continued east to Prowsville Ridge Rd, where an uptick to 90-95 mph intensity was noted. Another stand of nearly 50 hardwood trees were uprooted and snapped, along with significant damage to a porch and roof of a home. Tornadic damage ceased east of Cox Ferry Rd, however some instances of straight-line winds were noted all the way to Delaney Park Rd. It was also noted that straight-line winds were surveyed south of the tornado damage path, from Saltillo eastward to West Washington School Rd. Eyewitness accounts put this damage at slightly earlier times than when the tornado damage occurred. The straight-line wind damage ranged from 60-80 mph. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shorts Corner | $150,000 | A NWS Storm Survey team concluded that intermittent pockets of straight line winds occurred along a 1-2 mile wide path that started 9 miles south of Salem and extended east into Clark County. A roof was removed from a house along Indiana Highway 135 at the beginning of the area south of Salem. There were many locations with sporadic tree and barn damage, the worst being along Voyles Road 3 miles south of New Pekin. The roof was removed from an abandoned building in downtown Pekin and a mobile home was flipped. Peak wind speeds were estimated between 60 and 90 mph. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freddricksburg | $150,000 | Thunderstorm winds took the roofs off numerous houses. Many trees were downed. Marble size hail covered the ground. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salem | $150,000 | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Becks Mill | $120,000 | A squall line produced a swath of wind damage as it crossed Washington County. Straight line winds destroyed a barn on South Church Road and another on Fairview Road. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Salem | $120,000 | The tornado was first spotted southwest of Salem in the Mill Creek Flats area off State Road 56. It destroyed a barn and some other outbuildings on Beck's Mill Road west of Salem. It lifted as it passed the city of Salem, then touched down again intermittently east of Salem. The tornado destroyed another barn on Walker Road east of Salem. The eastern extent of the tornado path and the ending time of the event are estimated. |
| November 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Livonia | $100,000 | The National Weather Service in conjunction with Washington County|Emergency Management Agency conducted a storm survey in central|Washington County and determined there were three distinct|touchdowns near and around the Salem, Indiana area Sunday evening|November 5. The first touchdown occurred approximately 5 miles west|of Salem on SW Washington School Rd. The touchdown occurred along a|forested area which threw branches and large portions of maple and|cedar trees over the road approximately 300 yards. The most|concentrated damage was at 1630 SW Washington School Rd. There was|an uprooted tree, along with shingle, gutter, roof and barn damage.|Several toys and pumpkins were turned and thrown cyclonically|towards the west. A trampoline was thrown approximately a mile from|the house along with lots of playground toys being thrown several|hundred yards. There were some trees down further along the|farmer's field, but the tornado lifted after traveling approximately|0.6 miles where a few trees were topped where it lifted. The peak|wind speed was estimated at 80 mph and most of the damage was at the tree top|level. |
| July 2014 | Lightning | Harristown | $100,000 | Lightning struck a church just east of Salem, starting a fire. Damage was contained to just a portion of the building, but water and smoke damage was extensive. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Salem | $75,000 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosebud | $60,000 | There were several power lines down near US 150 and State Road 56 reported by a NWS employee. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salem | $60,000 | There were multiple reports of trees down and power outages through out Salem, Indiana. |
| January 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Becks Mill | $60,000 | As a squall line crossed Washington County, a small tornado touched down intermittently within the down burst area. The most intense damage occurred near the intersection of Skylight and Cauble Roads, where several hardwood trees were snapped off, numerous trees were uprooted in different directions, a farm outbuilding was collapsed, and metal sheeting from a well-constructed barn was thrown 200 yards into the trees downwind.||On Cindy Lane near Springhouse Road, a large storage shed was shifted 40 degrees and a well-constructed home had significant loss of roofing. |
| July 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Salem | $50,000 | This very small, skipping tornado did its damage primarily on hilltops between Sparks Ferry Road and the intersection of State Road 135 and Lewellen Road. A few tree limbs and a small fence were downed near Sparks Ferry Road before it moved northeast over a large wooded area and open farmland. The next damage was concentrated about a quarter mile south of Water Tower Road, just west of Highway 135. Here the tornado tore multiple metal roof panels off a barn, blew the southward-facing overhead doors of a garage in, and tore the entrance door off the garage on the west side. The attached home sustained considerable siding and roof damage. A small play structure on the west side of the home was destroyed, with the debris blown to the west-northwest. Debris from the barn and home were scattered in a narrow path through row crops up to a third of a mile to the northeast, where a resident witnessed large sheets of roofing and siding fall into a hay field on the north side of Lewellen Road. A corn field on the south side of Lewellen Road showed cyclonic rotation in a narrow path of flattened corn. The maximum wind speeds with this tornado were estimated at 80 mph. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harristown | $50,000 | A storm survey confirmed that straight line winds estimated at 75 mph damaged the roof of a double wide trailer along State Highway 160 east of Salem. One barn was destroyed and another barn was damaged. This downburst covered an area roughly three tenths of a mile long and around 100 feet wide. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $50,000 | Barns damage was reported countywide, along with downed trees and power lines. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salem | $50,000 | no account filed |
| January 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Freddricksburg | $47,000 | A tornado touched down in Washington county not far from the Harrison county line. The tornado destroyed 1 mobile home, moved 1 mobile home off its foundation, and caused roof damage to a house and a barn before lifting about a quarter of a mile from when it started. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salem | $45,000 | Multiple trees and power outages were reported through out Salem, Indiana. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Salem | $40,000 | Several inches of rain fell in a very short time period which resulted in significant flash flooding across many portions of Washington County. Multiple high water rescues were reported across the county due to flash flooding. |
| March 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Mt Carmel | $30,000 | An NWS storm survey team found sporadic twisting tree damage between Mount Carmel and McKinley towards the White River. The most significant damage was east of McKinley with several healthy trees snapped and twisted. Most of the trees were snapped halfway up indicative of a skipping weak tornado. On Christmas Tree Road a 30 x 30 barn had significant damage south of the main tree damage. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Mt Carmel | $30,000 | This tornado snapped and uprooted numerous trees along its 2.4 mile path. After touching down just east of the Lawrence/Washington County line south of W Saltillo Bono Rd, it downed several trees while moving over mainly open pasture land. Near the intersection of N Spangler Hill Rd and W Henry Brown Rd, it heavily damaged a metal outbuilding. From here it continued northeast, downing numerous trees and power lines as it roughly paralleled N Spangler Hill Rd through forested hills before dissipating near the intersection of N Spangler Hill Rd and N White River Rd. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsburg | $25,000 | The public reported that severe thunderstorm winds damaged a barn. |
| December 1967 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 1956 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mt Carmel | $20,000 | Trees and a few power lines were reported down in the northwest corner of Washington County, Indiana. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Little York | $20,000 | Significant crop damage caused by quarter sized hail was reported at Little York. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saltillo | $20,000 | Unspecified structural damage was reported, along with trees and power lines downed. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salem | $20,000 | The back porch was blown off a house and deposited 400 yards away. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Salem | $10,000 | Occupants of a vehicle stalled in high water on Cox's Ferry Road were rescued. U.S. Highway 150 was closed near Fredericksburg. Several other roads around the county were closed. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salem | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salem | $5,000 | Local law enforcement reported that a tree fell onto a home in Salem. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Freddricksburg | $5,000 | The Blue River at Fredericksburg crested at 20.4 feet around 545 AM EST on May 3. Flood stage at Fredericksburg is 20 feet. At this level, water begins to enter some basements near the river. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salem | $5,000 | A tree was blown on to a home. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canton | $3,000 | Local law enforcement reported that one telephone pole and a few trees were downed between Delaney Park and Little York. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosebud | $3,000 | Three modular homes sustained roof damage. |
| March 1963 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| April 1958 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pekin | $2,000 | A large tree was uprooted and fell on a school building. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsburg | $2,000 | Shingles were blown off a roof. A storm spotter estimate 70 MPH winds. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salem | $2,000 | The back porch was blown off a house and deposited 400 yards away. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsburg | $1,000 | There was damage to a barn and a tree blown down on South Bush Road. The report was relayed by a former NWS employee. |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canton | $500 | A NWS Storm Survey found metal roof damage to a cinder block garage. Winds were estimated at 65 mph. |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Campbellsburg | $500 | Two barns damaged and a tool shed damaged by a possible tornado. Also, several fruit trees were strewn out over the roadway. Report from county sheriff. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freddricksburg | - | Trees fell down near East Washington Street. |
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