Thunderstorm Wind, Lagrange
- When
- August 15, 12:55 AM CST
- Where
- Lagrange County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.650, -85.420
Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 15, 1988
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Noble
- When
- August 15, 1:11 AM CST
- Where
- Noble County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.470, -85.580
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- August 15, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -86.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Elkhart
- When
- August 15, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Elkhart County
- Coordinates
- 41.680, -85.970
Hail, Whitley
- When
- August 15, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Whitley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -85.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Noble
- When
- August 15, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Noble County
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -85.400
Hail, Huntington
- When
- August 15, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Huntington County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -85.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Wabash
- When
- August 15, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Wabash County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -85.820
Hail, Carroll
- When
- August 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.620, -86.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- August 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 87 kt (100 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -86.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- August 15, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -86.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- August 15, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -86.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Tippecanoe
- When
- August 15, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tippecanoe County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -86.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- August 15, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 40.180, -86.900
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 15, 1988
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- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, August 15, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, August 15, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 15, 1988
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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: 10016682, 10016683, 10016684, 10016685, 10016686, 10016687, 10016688, 10016689, 10016690, 10016691, 10016692, 10016693, 10016694, 10016695.