Hail, Sullivan
- When
- May 29, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Sullivan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -87.570
Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 29, 1982
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- May 29, 8:24 AM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -86.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Posey
- When
- May 29, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Posey County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.170, -87.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Dubois
- When
- May 29, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dubois County
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -86.930
Tornado, Gibson
- When
- May 29, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -87.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd
- When
- May 29, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.300, -85.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- May 29, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -86.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- May 29, 8:24 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -86.550
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 29, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, May 29, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 29, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 29, 1982
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, May 29, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 29, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 29, 1982
- Hail in West Virginia, May 29, 1982
- Hail in Georgia, May 29, 1982
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10017958, 10017959, 10017960, 10017961, 10017962, 10017963, 10017964, 10017965.