Hail, Fountain
- When
- May 18, 10:40 AM EST to 10:50 AM EST
- Where
- Fountain County, Stonebluff
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.167, -87.250
Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 18, 2000
A series of supercell storms dumped hail from golfball to softball size across a large portion of the northern half of the IND CWA. The storms moved across a warm front that stretched across central Indiana.
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $76 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 30
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 series of supercell storms dumped hail from golfball to softball size across a large portion of the northern half of the IND CWA. The storms moved across a warm front that stretched across central Indiana. Numerous cars, car lots and homes had extensive damage estimated around 75 million dollars. Frankfort, Anderson and Muncie were hardest hit. In addition, three homes in New Whiteland were burned to the ground by a lightning strike. Later in the evening, a squall line moved across the same area producing only isolated hail reports.
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:40 UTC.
Event by event
27 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Fountain
- When
- May 18, 10:40 AM EST to 10:50 AM EST
- Where
- Fountain County, Newtown
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -87.150
Hail, Vermillion
- When
- May 18, 10:42 AM EST to 10:45 AM EST
- Where
- Vermillion County, 1 mi NE of Cayuga
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.950, -87.433
Hail, Vermillion
- When
- May 18, 10:45 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Vermillion County, 3 mi N of Cayuga
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.983, -87.450
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- May 18, 11:14 AM EST to 11:16 AM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Crawfordsville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.033, -86.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- May 18, 11:20 AM EST to 11:22 AM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Crawfordsville
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.033, -86.900
Hail, Vermillion
- When
- May 18, 11:43 AM EST to 11:47 AM EST
- Where
- Vermillion County, 2 mi N of Cayuga
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.967, -87.450
Hail, Fountain
- When
- May 18, 12:00 PM EST to 12:02 PM EST
- Where
- Fountain County, Veedersburg
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.117, -87.267
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- May 18, 12:24 PM EST to 12:26 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, 5 mi W of Crawfordsville
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.033, -87.000
Hail, Delaware
- When
- May 18, 12:36 PM EST to 12:49 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware County, Gaston
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.317, -85.500
Hail, Fountain
- When
- May 18, 12:57 PM EST to 12:59 PM EST
- Where
- Fountain County, Mellott
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.167, -87.150
Lightning, Johnson
- When
- May 18, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Johnson County, New Whiteland
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.490, -86.102 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Tippecanoe
- When
- May 18, 1:01 PM EST to 1:11 PM EST
- Where
- Tippecanoe County, Romney
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -86.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- May 18, 1:09 PM EST to 1:11 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware County, Muncie
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.183, -85.400
Hail, Clinton
- When
- May 18, 1:12 PM EST to 1:21 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton County, Jefferson
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $15 million
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.283, -86.583
Hail, Tipton
- When
- May 18, 1:21 PM EST to 1:23 PM EST
- Where
- Tipton County, Hobbs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.283, -85.950
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- May 18, 1:26 PM EST to 1:38 PM EST
- Where
- Hamilton County, Sheridan
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.133, -86.217
Hail, Boone
- When
- May 18, 1:26 PM EST to 1:28 PM EST
- Where
- Boone County, Terhune
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.167, -86.283
Hail, Howard
- When
- May 18, 1:35 PM EST to 1:37 PM EST
- Where
- Howard County, 3 mi S of Kokomo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.433, -86.133
Hail, Tipton
- When
- May 18, 1:35 PM EST to 1:42 PM EST
- Where
- Tipton County, 1 mi NW of Tipton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -86.067
Hail, Madison
- When
- May 18, 1:47 PM EST to 1:51 PM EST
- Where
- Madison County, Anderson
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $15 million
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -85.683
Hail, Delaware
- When
- May 18, 1:52 PM EST to 1:54 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware County, Daleville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.117, -85.567
Hail, Henry
- When
- May 18, 1:58 PM EST to 2:02 PM EST
- Where
- Henry County, Middletown
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -85.533
Hail, Randolph
- When
- May 18, 2:00 PM EST to 2:05 PM EST
- Where
- Randolph County, 2 mi W of Farmland
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.183, -85.167
Hail, Delaware
- When
- May 18, 2:17 PM EST to 2:22 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware County, Cowan
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $15 million
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -85.383
Hail, Henry
- When
- May 18, 2:19 PM EST to 2:24 PM EST
- Where
- Henry County, Middletown
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -85.533
Hail, Randolph
- When
- May 18, 2:19 PM EST to 2:22 PM EST
- Where
- Randolph County, Central Portion
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.150, -85.017
Hail, Howard
- When
- May 18, 2:25 PM EST to 2:28 PM EST
- Where
- Howard County, Greentown
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.483, -85.967
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- May 18, 5:31 PM EST to 5:33 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, 4 mi S of Crawfordsville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.983, -86.900
Hail, Tipton
- When
- May 18, 10:25 PM EST to 10:27 PM EST
- Where
- Tipton County, 5 mi NW of Sharpsville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.433, -86.150
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5140489, 5140490, 5140491, 5140492, 5140493, 5140494, 5140495, 5140496, 5140497, 5140498, 5140499, 5140151, 5140500, 5140501, 5140502, 5140136, 5140137, 5140138, 5140139, 5140140, 5140141, 5140142, 5140143, 5140144, 5140145, 5140146, 5140150, 5140147, 5140148, 5140149.