Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 28, 1990

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 28, 1990
Start: 1990-08-28T13:18
End: 1990-08-28T22:40
Location: Indiana

August 28, 1990 · NWS IND · 54 events in 32 counties and zones

38 thunderstorm wind, 16 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.

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 2
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 54

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

38 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph

When: August 28, 1:18 PM CST
Where: St. Joseph County
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Coordinates: 41.580, -86.250

Thunderstorm Wind, Elkhart

When: August 28, 1:40 PM CST
Where: Elkhart County
Coordinates: 41.450, -86.000

Thunderstorm Wind, Elkhart

When: August 28, 1:42 PM CST
Where: Elkhart County
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 41.580, -85.830

Thunderstorm Wind, Noble

When: August 28, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Noble County
Coordinates: 41.380, -85.400

Thunderstorm Wind, Lagrange

When: August 28, 2:06 PM CST
Where: Lagrange County
Coordinates: 41.620, -85.420

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph

When: August 28, 2:07 PM CST
Where: St. Joseph County
Coordinates: 41.580, -86.300

Thunderstorm Wind, Kosciusko

When: August 28, 2:11 PM CST
Where: Kosciusko County
Coordinates: 41.370, -86.000

Hail, Elkhart

When: August 28, 2:48 PM CST
Where: Elkhart County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.570, -85.800

Hail, Jasper

When: August 28, 3:27 PM CST
Where: Jasper County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.170, -87.200

Hail, Newton

When: August 28, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Newton County
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 40.980, -87.370

Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton

When: August 28, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Fulton County
Coordinates: 41.050, -86.200

Hail, Whitley

When: August 28, 4:14 PM CST
Where: Whitley County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 41.280, -85.320

Hail, Noble

When: August 28, 4:25 PM CST
Where: Noble County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 41.270, -85.480

Thunderstorm Wind, White

When: August 28, 4:33 PM CST
Where: White County
Coordinates: 40.870, -86.870

Thunderstorm Wind, Allen

When: August 28, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Allen County
Coordinates: 41.070, -85.130

Thunderstorm Wind, Whitley

When: August 28, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Whitley County
Coordinates: 41.080, -85.620

Thunderstorm Wind, Whitley

When: August 28, 4:50 PM CST
Where: Whitley County
Coordinates: 41.170, -85.350

Thunderstorm Wind, Cass

When: August 28, 4:52 PM CST
Where: Cass County
Coordinates: 40.870, -86.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Cass

When: August 28, 4:52 PM CST
Where: Cass County
Coordinates: 40.750, -86.350

Thunderstorm Wind, Miami

When: August 28, 4:52 PM CST
Where: Miami County
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Coordinates: 40.750, -86.070

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph

When: August 28, 5:00 PM CST
Where: St. Joseph County
Coordinates: 41.630, -86.170

Hail, Carroll

When: August 28, 5:03 PM CST
Where: Carroll County
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 40.620, -86.530

Thunderstorm Wind, Howard

When: August 28, 5:20 PM CST
Where: Howard County
Coordinates: 40.530, -86.000

Thunderstorm Wind, Huntington

When: August 28, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Huntington County
Coordinates: 40.880, -85.480

Thunderstorm Wind, Grant

When: August 28, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Grant County
Coordinates: 40.520, -85.630

Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton

When: August 28, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Clinton County
Coordinates: 40.280, -86.520

Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware

When: August 28, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Delaware County
Coordinates: 40.180, -85.280

Thunderstorm Wind, Blackford

When: August 28, 6:12 PM CST
Where: Blackford County
Coordinates: 40.450, -85.370

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: August 28, 6:17 PM CST
Where: Madison County
Coordinates: 40.330, -85.630

Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph

When: August 28, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Randolph County
Coordinates: 40.200, -84.820

Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph

When: August 28, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Randolph County
Coordinates: 40.150, -85.020

Thunderstorm Wind, Jay

When: August 28, 6:50 PM CST
Where: Jay County
Coordinates: 40.350, -85.150

Thunderstorm Wind, Jay

When: August 28, 6:50 PM CST
Where: Jay County
Coordinates: 40.430, -84.980

Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne

When: August 28, 6:55 PM CST
Where: Wayne County
Coordinates: 39.950, -84.920

Hail, Madison

When: August 28, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Madison County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.350, -85.630

Thunderstorm Wind, Grant

When: August 28, 7:03 PM CST
Where: Grant County
Coordinates: 40.520, -85.630

Hail, Delaware

When: August 28, 7:24 PM CST
Where: Delaware County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.320, -85.500

Hail, Madison

When: August 28, 7:35 PM CST
Where: Madison County
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 40.270, -85.830

Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph

When: August 28, 7:35 PM CST
Where: Randolph County
Coordinates: 40.170, -84.980

Hail, Fayette

When: August 28, 7:49 PM CST
Where: Fayette County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.650, -85.130

Hail, Madison

When: August 28, 8:12 PM CST
Where: Madison County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.270, -85.670

Hail, Madison

When: August 28, 8:12 PM CST
Where: Madison County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.100, -85.680

Hail, Henry

When: August 28, 8:20 PM CST
Where: Henry County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.050, -85.530

Hail, Franklin

When: August 28, 8:22 PM CST
Where: Franklin County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 39.520, -85.020

Thunderstorm Wind, Henry

When: August 28, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Henry County
Coordinates: 39.830, -85.430

Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton

When: August 28, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Hamilton County
Coordinates: 40.070, -86.050

Thunderstorm Wind, Rush

When: August 28, 8:49 PM CST
Where: Rush County
Coordinates: 39.620, -85.450

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: August 28, 9:20 PM CST
Where: Franklin County
Coordinates: 39.420, -85.020

Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette

When: August 28, 9:25 PM CST
Where: Fayette County
Coordinates: 39.650, -85.170

Hail, Hamilton

When: August 28, 9:45 PM CST
Where: Hamilton County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.970, -86.020

Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock

When: August 28, 9:45 PM CST
Where: Hancock County
Coordinates: 39.820, -85.770

Thunderstorm Wind, Ripley

When: August 28, 9:54 PM CST
Where: Ripley County
Coordinates: 39.270, -85.220

Thunderstorm Wind, Dearborn

When: August 28, 10:05 PM CST
Where: Dearborn County
Coordinates: 39.100, -84.850

Hail, Hancock

When: August 28, 10:40 PM CST
Where: Hancock County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.820, -85.770

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph	1990-08-28				Direct

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

Every storm in Indiana in 1990 Every state in 1990 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, August 1990

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: 10019105, 10019106, 10019107, 10019108, 10019109, 10019110, 10019111, 10019112, 10019113, 10019114, 10019115, 10019966, 10019967, 10015726, 10015727, 10015728, 10015729, 10015730, 10015731, 10015732, 10015733, 10015734, 10015735, 10015736, 10015737, 10015738, 10015739, 10015740, 10015741, 10015742, 10015743, 10015744, 10015745, 10015746, 10015747, 10015748, 10015749, 10015750, 10015751, 10015752, and more.