Hail, Lake
- When
- April 10, 5:35 PM EST to 5:51 PM EST
- Where
- Lake County, Munster to Gary
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.570, -87.520
Hail in Indiana, April 10, 1999
Thunderstorms moved through northwest Indiana dumping hail from marble to golfball size. In some places hail was 2 inches deep covering the ground.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 LOT wrote it up.
Thunderstorms moved through northwest Indiana dumping hail from marble to golfball size. In some places hail was 2 inches deep covering the ground.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Porter
- When
- April 10, 6:15 PM EST to 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Porter County, Chesterton to Valparaiso
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -87.050
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
- Cold in California, April 10, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 10 to 11, 1999
- Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, April 10, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 10, 1999
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 10, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 10, 1999
- Hail in Illinois, April 10, 1999
- High Wind in Nebraska, April 10, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, April 10, 1999
- Hail in Illinois, April 10, 1999
- Hail in Ohio, April 10, 1999
- Hail in Kentucky, April 10, 1999
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, April 1999
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: 5696356, 5696357.