Thunderstorm Wind, La Porte
- When
- June 18, 9:55 PM EST
- Where
- La Porte County, Michigan City
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -86.900
LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN
Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 18 to 19, 1998
14 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $135,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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.
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:55 UTC.
Event by event
14 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, La Porte
- When
- June 18, 9:56 PM EST
- Where
- La Porte County, Michigan City
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -86.900
COAST GUARD STATION REPORT
Thunderstorm Wind, La Porte
- When
- June 18, 10:05 PM EST
- Where
- La Porte County, La Porte
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -86.720
LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- June 18, 10:06 PM EST
- Where
- St. Joseph County, New Carlisle
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -86.520
LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- June 18, 10:35 PM EST
- Where
- St. Joseph County, South Bend
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -86.250
TREES DOWN
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- June 18, 10:40 PM EST
- Where
- Marshall County, Plymouth
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.350, -86.320
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN TOWN AND ACROSS THE COUNTY. SEVERAL ROADS WERE BLOCKED DUE TO FALLEN TREES AND DOWNED POWER LINES.
Thunderstorm Wind, Elkhart
- When
- June 18, 10:55 PM EST
- Where
- Elkhart County, Wakarusa
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -86.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Kosciusko
- When
- June 18, 10:55 PM EST
- Where
- Kosciusko County, Barbee
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -85.720
TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wabash
- When
- June 18, 11:40 PM EST
- Where
- Wabash County, North Manchester
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -85.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Huntington
- When
- June 19, 12:15 AM EST
- Where
- Huntington County, Huntington
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -85.480
SEVERAL TREES DOWN WITH MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wells
- When
- June 19, 12:25 AM EST
- Where
- Wells County, Ossian
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -85.170
SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE TOPPLED IN TOWN.
Hail, Allen
- When
- June 19, 12:35 AM EST
- Where
- Allen County, Ft Wayne
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -85.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Blackford
- When
- June 19, 12:45 AM EST
- Where
- Blackford County, Hartford City
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -85.370
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY
Thunderstorm Wind, Jay
- When
- June 19, 12:50 AM EST
- Where
- Jay County, Portland
- Coordinates
- 40.430, -84.980
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- June 19, 12:50 AM EST
- Where
- Adams County, Berne
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -84.950
MANY TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. ONE TREE FLATTENED TWO CARS IN DECATUR WITH THE LIBRARY IN BERNE LOSING PART OF ITS ROOF.
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 18, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 18, 1998
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, June 18, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 18, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, June 18 to 20, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 18, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 18, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 18, 1998
- Flash Flood in Maine, June 18, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 18, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, June 18 to 19, 1998
- Flood in Nebraska, June 18, 1998
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: 5647484, 5647563, 5647564, 5647565, 5647566, 5647574, 5647567, 5647576, 5647568, 5647573, 5647575, 5647569, 5647570, 5647571, 5647572.