Hail, Noble
- When
- May 19, 7:37 AM EST
- Where
- Noble County, Albion
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -85.420
Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 19, 1998
11 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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 Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 24 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:37 UTC.
Event by event
11 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pulaski
- When
- May 19, 5:30 PM EST to 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Pulaski County, Medaryville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -86.900
Hail, Fulton
- When
- May 19, 5:32 PM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, Kewanna
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 41.020, -86.400
Hail, Fulton
- When
- May 19, 6:05 PM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, Rochester
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -86.220
Hail, Fulton
- When
- May 19, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, Rochester
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -86.220
Tornado, Starke
- When
- May 19, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Starke County, Bass Lake
- Rating
- F0
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -86.580
Hail, Fulton
- When
- May 19, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, Rochester
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -86.220
Hail, Pulaski
- When
- May 19, 6:22 PM EST
- Where
- Pulaski County, Star City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -86.550
Hail, Fulton
- When
- May 19, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, Kewanna
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.020, -86.400
Tornado, Wabash
- When
- May 19, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Wabash County, Urbana
- Rating
- F0
- Coordinates
- 40.900, -85.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Wabash
- When
- May 19, 6:52 PM EST
- Where
- Wabash County, Urbana
- Measured
- 79 kt (91 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.900, -85.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Wabash
- When
- May 19, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wabash County, Wabash
- Measured
- 79 kt (91 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -85.820
Hail, Huntington
- When
- May 19, 7:05 PM EST
- Where
- Huntington County, Bippus
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.950, -85.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Huntington
- When
- May 19, 7:07 PM EST
- Where
- Huntington County, Huntington
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -85.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Huntington
- When
- May 19, 7:07 PM EST
- Where
- Huntington County, Huntington
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -85.480
Hail, Adams
- When
- May 19, 7:35 PM EST
- Where
- Adams County, Monroe
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -84.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- May 19, 7:35 PM EST
- Where
- Adams County, Monroe
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -84.930
Hail, Adams
- When
- May 19, 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Adams County, Pleasant Mills
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -84.850
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, May 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 19 to 20, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, May 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, May 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- High Wind in Kansas, May 19, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, May 19, 1998
- Hail in Michigan, May 19, 1998
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Indiana, 1998Warnings in Indiana, May 1998
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: 5642421, 5642422, 5642539, 5642541, 5642423, 5642527, 5642528, 5642529, 5642530, 5642531, 5642532, 5642538, 5642533, 5642534, 5642540, 5642535, 5642536, 5642537.