Thunderstorm Wind, Tippecanoe
- When
- May 16, 1:10 AM CST
- Where
- Tippecanoe County
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -87.030
Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 16, 1990
23 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 8
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 25
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
23 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Vigo
- When
- May 16, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Vigo County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.550, -87.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Vermillion
- When
- May 16, 2:35 AM CST
- Where
- Vermillion County
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -87.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Sullivan
- When
- May 16, 2:45 AM CST
- Where
- Sullivan County
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -87.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Sullivan
- When
- May 16, 2:50 AM CST
- Where
- Sullivan County
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -87.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- May 16, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Coordinates
- 38.980, -87.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Hendricks
- When
- May 16, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Hendricks County
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -86.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Owen
- When
- May 16, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Owen County
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -86.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- May 16, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 38.980, -86.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- May 16, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -86.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- May 16, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -86.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- May 16, 3:40 AM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -86.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- May 16, 3:55 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -86.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- May 16, 4:10 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -85.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Posey
- When
- May 16, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Posey County
- Coordinates
- 37.930, -87.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson
- When
- May 16, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -87.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Vanderburgh
- When
- May 16, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -87.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Warrick
- When
- May 16, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Warrick County
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 38.130, -87.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Spencer
- When
- May 16, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Spencer County
- Coordinates
- 38.020, -87.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- May 16, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -87.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Perry
- When
- May 16, 8:34 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Coordinates
- 38.130, -86.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- May 16, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 38.220, -86.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- May 16, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Coordinates
- 38.570, -85.550
Hail, Clark
- When
- May 16, 9:14 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.470, -85.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- May 16, 9:39 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 38.220, -86.130
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, Warrick | 1990-05-16 | 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
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- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, May 16, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 16, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 16, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 16, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 16, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 16, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 16, 1990
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: 10017906, 10017907, 10017908, 10017909, 10017910, 10017911, 10017912, 10017913, 10018765, 10018766, 10018978, 10018979, 10018980, 10018981, 10018982, 10018983, 10018984, 10018985, 10018986, 10018987, 10018988, 10018989, 10018990, 10018991, 10018992.