Dubois County Tornado "Bonanza" One For The Record Books

With 2 confirmed tornadoes on Wednesday, Dubois county raised its 2011 total to 8 tornadoes.  If that seems like a lot, you are correct.  That is the most tornadoes in any Indiana county in one year since records have been kept.  What is perhaps more amazing is that it is more tornadoes than Dubois county had in the previous 40 years COMBINED!  Increased reporting and surveying with time likely plays a role but it seems that this has been a real hot spot this year.

Here is a list of Dubois county tornadoes from 1950-2010: