Hail, Wells
- When
- May 21, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Wells County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.720, -85.220
Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 21, 1987
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Randolph
- When
- May 21, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -85.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Huntington
- When
- May 21, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Huntington County
- Coordinates
- 40.830, -85.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- May 21, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -85.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- May 21, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -85.480
Hail, Noble
- When
- May 21, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Noble County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -85.200
Hail, Allen
- When
- May 21, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.230, -85.170
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Alabama, May 21, 1987
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 21, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 21, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 21, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 21, 1987
- Hail in Kansas, May 21, 1987
- Hail in Mississippi, May 21, 1987
- Hail in Iowa, May 21, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 21, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 21, 1987
- Tornado in Texas, May 21, 1987
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: 10016643, 10016644, 10016645, 10016646, 10016647, 10017489, 10017490.