Tornado, Newton
- When
- May 18, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County, Roselawn
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -87.317
Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 18, 2000
A series of supercell storms moved across northwest Indiana. An amateur radio operator and trained spotter reported a brief tornado touchdown in a rural area near Roselawn.
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
- 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 LOT wrote it up.
A series of supercell storms moved across northwest Indiana. An amateur radio operator and trained spotter reported a brief tornado touchdown in a rural area near Roselawn. The tornado crossed I-65. No damage was reported. Later a trained spotter reported a tornado near Hebron. There was no report of any damage. Tress were down in central Neton County. Trees and large limbs were blown down near Kniman in northern Jasper County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper
- When
- May 18, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County, Kniman
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -87.133
Hail, Lake
- When
- May 18, 6:08 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County, Lowell
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.283, -87.417
Tornado, Porter
- When
- May 18, 6:12 PM CST
- Where
- Porter County, 4 mi E of Hebron
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.317, -87.117
Thunderstorm Wind, Newton
- When
- May 18, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County, Enos
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.017, -87.450
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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.
- 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
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- Flash Flooding in Michigan, May 18 to 20, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 18, 2000
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Indiana, 2000Warnings 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: 5145033, 5145036, 5145034, 5145035, 5145037.