Hail, Porter
- When
- March 17, 7:29 PM CST
- Where
- Porter County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -87.200
Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 17, 1989
4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 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
4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- March 17, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 40.420, -87.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- March 17, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -87.300
Hail, La Porte
- When
- March 17, 7:46 PM CST
- Where
- La Porte County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -86.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Tippecanoe
- When
- March 17, 8:07 PM CST
- Where
- Tippecanoe County
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -87.050
Hail, St. Joseph
- When
- March 17, 8:12 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -86.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- March 17, 8:23 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -86.670
Hail, Warren
- When
- March 17, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.320, -87.350
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.
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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: 10017826, 10017827, 10017828, 10017829, 10017830, 10017831, 10017832, 10017833.