Thunderstorm Wind, La Porte
- When
- May 31, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- La Porte County
- Coordinates
- 41.550, -86.700
Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 31, 1991
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 6
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
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, St. Joseph
- When
- May 31, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -86.250
Hail, La Porte
- When
- May 31, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- La Porte County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -86.680
Hail, La Porte
- When
- May 31, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- La Porte County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -86.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Wabash
- When
- May 31, 7:36 PM CST
- Where
- Wabash County
- Coordinates
- 40.820, -85.770
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- May 31, 7:54 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -86.020
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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, May 31, 1991
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 31, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 31, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 31, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 31, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, May 31, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 31, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 31, 1991
- Hail in Iowa, May 31, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 31, 1991
- Hail in Kansas, May 31, 1991
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 31, 1991
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: 10016280, 10016281, 10016282, 10016283, 10016284, 10016285.