Hail, Branch
- When
- May 5, 9:29 PM EST
- Where
- Branch County, Coldwater Lake
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.850, -84.980
Hail in Michigan, May 5, 1999
strong convection by early evening. 00Z raobs from Lincoln Illinois and Wilmington Ohio revealed marginal instability and wind shear.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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.
Synoptic and mesoscale conditions for May 5, 1999...A warm front extending from Dubuque Iowa to Columbus Ohio became the focus for scattered...strong convection by early evening. 00Z raobs from Lincoln Illinois and Wilmington Ohio revealed marginal instability and wind shear. Storms quickly developed by early evening with pea to marble size hail reported with several of the storms. Additional storms developed over southwestern Allen county, Indiana where a storm split was observed. The left moving storm began to accelerate to the north and exhibited supercell characteristics. This storm was responsible for all of the severe hail reports that evening as it moved from Allen county, Indiana northward to Hillsdale county, Michigan, were it finally dissipated.
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 in Tennessee, May 5, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Tennessee, May 5 to 9, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Tennessee, May 5, 1999
- Tornado in Indiana, May 5, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, May 5, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 5 to 6, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, May 5, 1999
- Tornado in Indiana, May 5, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, May 5 to 6, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, May 5, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Louisiana, May 5, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 5, 1999
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, May 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: 5690580.