Indiana, 1998

Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Indiana, May 3, 1998

May 3, 1998 · NWS IWX · 10 events in 4 counties and zones

5 hail, 4 tornado, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
10

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), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:13 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

5 hail, 4 tornado, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Allen

When
May 3, 3:13 PM EST to 9:13 PM EST
Where
Allen County, 3 mi NE of Monroeville
Rating
F0
Coordinates
41.000, -84.830

BRIEF TOUCHDOWN

Tornado, Allen

When
May 3, 3:21 PM EST
Where
Allen County, New Haven
Rating
F0
Coordinates
41.070, -85.020

BRIEF TOUCHDOWN ALONG ROUTE 30 AND LINCOLN HIGHWAY

Tornado, Allen

When
May 3, 3:25 PM EST
Where
Allen County, Monroeville
Rating
F0
Coordinates
40.970, -84.870

BRIEF TOUCHDOWN

Hail, Fulton

When
May 3, 4:25 PM EST
Where
Fulton County, Rochester to 2 mi of Rochester
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
41.100, -86.220

Tornado, Huntington

When
May 3, 4:36 PM EST
Where
Huntington County, 4 mi N of Huntington
Rating
F0
Coordinates
40.930, -85.480

BRIEF TOUCHDOWN

Hail, Allen

When
May 3, 5:30 PM EST
Where
Allen County, New Haven
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
41.070, -85.020

Hail, Allen

When
May 3, 5:40 PM EST
Where
Allen County, Ft Wayne
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
41.070, -85.130

SOUTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN

Hail, Allen

When
May 3, 5:45 PM EST
Where
Allen County, Ft Wayne
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
41.070, -85.130

DOWNTOWN

Hail, Whitley

When
May 3, 5:49 PM EST
Where
Whitley County, 2 mi W of Larwill
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
41.180, -85.670

Flash Flood, Allen

When
May 3, 6:10 PM EST
Where
Allen County, Ft Wayne
Coordinates
41.091, -85.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

AT LEAST 5 HOMES FLOODED. MANY PEOPLE RESCUED FROM VEHICLES

What these are

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.
Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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: 5643673, 5643674, 5643675, 5643679, 5643676, 5642414, 5643677, 5643678, 5643680, 5643681.