Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 24, 1994

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 24, 1994
Start: 1994-05-24T16:20
End: 1994-05-24T18:55
Location: Indiana

May 24, 1994 · 24 events in 16 counties and zones

20 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 24 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $347,000
Crop damage: $110,000
Events: 24

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

20 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Warren

When: May 24, 4:20 PM EST
Where: Warren County, Kramer
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 40.347, -87.353 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees blown down near Kramer. Several large limbs were downed near Williamsport.

Hail, Union

When: May 24, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Union County, Creston
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 39.626, -84.925 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Union

When: May 24, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Union County, Thayer
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 39.626, -84.925 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tippecanoe

When: May 24, 4:53 PM EST
Where: Tippecanoe County
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 40.389, -86.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Power lines and tree limbs were downed in the southwestern part of the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Boone

When: May 24, 5:10 PM EST
Where: Boone County
Coordinates: 40.051, -86.469 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tractor semi-trailor was overturned on Interstate 65 at Lebanon.

Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery

When: May 24, 5:15 PM EST
Where: Montgomery County, Crawfordsville
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 40.040, -86.893 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton

When: May 24, 5:15 PM EST
Where: Clinton County
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.302, -86.475 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An above ground pool and a barn roof were damaged by strong winds two miles east of Sedalia.

Hail, Wayne

When: May 24, 4:20 PM CST
Where: Wayne County, Humeston
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 39.864, -85.010 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Boone

When: May 24, 5:20 PM EST
Where: Boone County
Coordinates: 40.051, -86.469 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees and power lines were downed across the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tipton

When: May 24, 5:35 PM EST
Where: Tipton County
Coordinates: 40.311, -86.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees were blown down in northern part of the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Grant

When: May 24, 5:48 PM EST
Where: Grant County
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.516, -85.655 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds recorded to 60 mph took trees and lines down across the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton

When: May 24, 5:49 PM EST
Where: Hamilton County
Coordinates: 40.073, -86.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees were downed three miles southwest of Noblesville.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton

When: May 24, 5:52 PM EST
Where: Hamilton County, Noblesville
Coordinates: 40.073, -86.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Skywarn spotter measured 65 mph winds.

Hail, Decatur

When: May 24, 4:53 PM CST
Where: Decatur County, Davis City
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 39.307, -85.501 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms erupted over Iowa for the second day in a row. The setting was quite similar to the previous day except much of the activity was driven by synoptic scale dynamics. A cold front was moving southeast across the state while an upper level wave was traveling east across the state. The airmass was quite unstable in spite of the limited low level moisture. Thunderstorms formed over the southern three tiers of Iowa's counties. The trigger mechanism was a weak boundary settling south ahead of the cold front. This boundary could be seen clearly on the WSR-88D radar. Since inflow was much weaker over Iowa than the day before, the storms were not as wide spread. A cell formed south of Des Moines and expanded into a short line extending southwest. The new development was to the south and west of the initial cell. No significant wind was reported with the cells, but hail was common. Most of the hail reports were in the quarter-size to golf ball-size range. Union, Wayne, Ringgold, and Decatur Counties were affected by the line. The time each cell produced significant hail was quite short, on the order of 30 minutes or less. The storms behaved as pulsar storms with the storm structure quite straight up and down. Vertically Integrated Liquid values reached a high of 73 Kg-M-2 at the peak of the storms. This is significantly above the threshold for late May. The Kellerton area in Ringgold County was hard hit. Hail ranging from quarter-size to golf ball-size fell for a long enough period of time to cover the ground. By the early evening hours the storms moved and developed into northern Missouri.

Thunderstorm Wind, Grant

When: May 24, 5:54 PM EST
Where: Grant County
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 40.516, -85.655 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A grain bin was blown over by thunderstorm winds southeast of Gas City.

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: May 24, 6:10 PM EST
Where: Madison County, Anderson
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.162, -85.719 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees were blown down and a part of a roof was also blown off.

Thunderstorm Wind, Grant

When: May 24, 6:13 PM EST
Where: Grant County
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.516, -85.655 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds in Mathews.

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: May 24, 6:15 PM EST
Where: Madison County
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.162, -85.719 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flat roof was loosened by high winds. Eighteen inch diameter tree fell on a porch in Elwood.

Thunderstorm Wind, Blackford

When: May 24, 6:15 PM EST
Where: Blackford County
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 40.474, -85.325 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A mobile home was overturned in Montpelier. Trees and power lines were reported down in Hartford City.

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: May 24, 6:24 PM EST
Where: Madison County, Chesterfield
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.162, -85.719 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Power lines and trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Henry

When: May 24, 6:24 PM EST
Where: Henry County, Muncie
Coordinates: 39.931, -85.396 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

State Police reported an estimated 60 to 70 mph winds at Middletown.

Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware

When: May 24, 6:45 PM EST
Where: Delaware County, Muncie
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.228, -85.397 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees were downed. One tree damaged a car.

Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware

When: May 24, 6:50 PM EST
Where: Delaware County, Muncie
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.228, -85.397 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees and power lines were downed in Albany.

Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph

When: May 24, 6:55 PM EST
Where: Randolph County
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 40.158, -85.011 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several barns were damaged by high winds. One barn at Indiana 1 and Indiana 28 was nearly destroyed by high winds.

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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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: 10321862, 10322362, 10322363, 10321818, 10322944, 10321906, 10322306, 10321913, 10322945, 10321825, 10322537, 10322456, 10322457, 10322341, 10322538, 10321788, 10322539, 10321789, 10322940, 10321790, 10322513, 10322409, 10322410, 10322095.