Hail, Huntington
- When
- July 2, 2:10 PM EST to 2:20 PM EST
- Where
- Huntington County, 1 mi SE of Huntington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -85.480
Hail in Indiana, July 2, 1997
Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines across thenorthern one half of the county.
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
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines across thenorthern one half of the county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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 Flash Flooding in Michigan, July 2 to 4, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, July 2, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, July 2, 1997
- Heat in Illinois, July 2, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 2, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, July 2 to 16, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, July 2 to 3, 1997
- High Wind in South Dakota, July 2, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 2, 1997
- High Wind in Minnesota, July 2, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 2, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 2, 1997
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 1997
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: 5601819.