Hail, Warren
- When
- May 12, 7:00 PM EST to 7:05 PM EST
- Where
- Warren County, Pine Vlg
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -87.250
Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 12, 2000
A squall-line moved across central Indiana during the evening of May 12 producing widespread tree and power line damage as well a few large hail reports. A few scattered storms preceding the line also produced a few large hail and damaging wind reports across northwestern parts of the IND CWA early in the evening.
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
- 25
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 moved across central Indiana during the evening of May 12 producing widespread tree and power line damage as well a few large hail reports. A few scattered storms preceding the line also produced a few large hail and damaging wind reports across northwestern parts of the IND CWA early in the evening.
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.
Event by event
21 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Tippecanoe
- When
- May 12, 7:31 PM EST to 7:33 PM EST
- Where
- Tippecanoe County, 4 mi NW of West Pt
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.383, -87.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Fountain
- When
- May 12, 7:35 PM EST to 7:37 PM EST
- Where
- Fountain County, Attica
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -87.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Vermillion
- When
- May 12, 7:38 PM EST to 7:40 PM EST
- Where
- Vermillion County, Perrysville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -87.433
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- May 12, 7:38 PM EST to 7:40 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County, Radnor
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.517, -86.633
Thunderstorm Wind, Fountain
- When
- May 12, 7:47 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fountain County, Veedersburg
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.117, -87.267
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- May 12, 8:00 PM EST to 8:05 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Crawfordsville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.033, -86.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Tippecanoe
- When
- May 12, 8:10 PM EST to 8:12 PM EST
- Where
- Tippecanoe County, Lafayette
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.417, -86.867
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- May 12, 8:20 PM EST to 8:22 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton County, Rossville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.417, -86.583
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- May 12, 8:29 PM EST to 8:31 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County, Sharon
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -86.383
Hail, Vermillion
- When
- May 12, 8:45 PM EST to 8:48 PM EST
- Where
- Vermillion County, Clinton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.667, -87.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Howard
- When
- May 12, 8:45 PM EST to 8:49 PM EST
- Where
- Howard County, 9 mi NW of Kokomo
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.583, -86.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Parke
- When
- May 12, 8:45 PM EST to 8:47 PM EST
- Where
- Parke County, Rosedale
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.633, -87.283
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- May 12, 8:58 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clay County, Carbon
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -87.117
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- May 12, 9:10 PM EST to 9:20 PM EST
- Where
- Clay County, Brazil
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.533, -87.117
Thunderstorm Wind, Sullivan
- When
- May 12, 9:20 PM EST to 9:22 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan County, Sullivan
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -87.417
Thunderstorm Wind, Vigo
- When
- May 12, 9:25 PM EST to 9:27 PM EST
- Where
- Vigo County, 5 mi N of Terre Haute
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.533, -87.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- May 12, 9:56 PM EST to 9:58 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County, 5 mi NE of Indianapolis
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 39.833, -86.083
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- May 12, 10:15 PM EST to 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Knox County, Freelandville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 38.867, -87.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- May 12, 10:20 PM EST to 10:22 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County, 8 mi E of Indianapolis
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.783, -86.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- May 12, 10:42 PM EST to 10:44 PM EST
- Where
- Knox County, 3 mi W of Bicknell
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 38.783, -87.350
Hail, Johnson
- When
- May 12, 11:13 PM EST to 11:15 PM EST
- Where
- Johnson County, 2 mi N of Trafalgar
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -86.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- May 12, 11:30 PM EST to 11:32 PM EST
- Where
- Lawrence County, Springville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.933, -86.617
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- May 12, 11:30 PM EST to 11:32 PM EST
- Where
- Greene County, Koleen
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.967, -86.833
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- May 12, 11:35 PM EST to 11:37 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Ellettsville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 39.233, -86.617
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 12, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 12, 2000
- Tornado in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in New York, May 12 to 13, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Michigan, May 12 to 13, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Michigan, May 12, 2000
- Tornado in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Hail in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2000
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, May 2000
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: 5139124, 5139125, 5139126, 5139128, 5139129, 5139127, 5139130, 5139131, 5139132, 5139133, 5139134, 5139135, 5139136, 5139137, 5139378, 5139379, 5140480, 5140481, 5140482, 5140483, 5140484, 5140485, 5140486, 5140487, 5140488.