Hail, Rush
- When
- August 9, 4:23 PM EST to 4:35 PM EST
- Where
- Rush County, Rushville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 39.617, -85.450
Hail in Indiana, August 9, 2000
A squall line produced large hail during the evening of August 9. 5 inch size hail reported north-northwest of Rushville.
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
- 5
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 IND wrote it up.
A squall line produced large hail during the evening of August 9. The hail reports were at a minimum of quarter size with 2.5 inch size hail reported north-northwest of Rushville.
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:25 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rush
- When
- August 9, 4:43 PM EST to 4:47 PM EST
- Where
- Rush County, 7 mi NNW of Rushville
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 39.717, -85.500
Hail, Rush
- When
- August 9, 5:01 PM EST to 5:06 PM EST
- Where
- Rush County, Rushville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.617, -85.450
Hail, Decatur
- When
- August 9, 6:29 PM EST to 6:31 PM EST
- Where
- Decatur County, Greensburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 39.333, -85.483
Hail, Bartholomew
- When
- August 9, 7:10 PM EST to 7:20 PM EST
- Where
- Bartholomew County, Columbus
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 39.217, -85.833
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Maine, August 9, 2000
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: 5175293, 5175294, 5175297, 5175295, 5175296.