Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 19, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 19, 2001
Start: 2001-06-19T19:55
End: 2001-06-19T22:00
Location: Indiana

June 19, 2001 · NWS LMK · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines over South Central Indiana. Large hail was also observed.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 LMK wrote it up.

Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines over South Central Indiana. Large hail was also observed.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 19, 2:19 PM EST, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:19 PM EST, 5 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
300 PM EDT TUE JUNE 19 2001

NEW FCST PACKAGE IS BASED ON LIMITED MODEL DATA...MM5 AND NOGAPS
AVBL PLUS QUICK LOOK AT FWC GUDIANCE BASED ON LATEST NGM RUN.

IN SHORT TERM...ISOLD TSTMS HV DVLPD ALG OH RVR W OF SDF IN AXIS OF
LO-LVL MSTR FLUX CNVRGNC. GIVEN LIMITED SUPPORT...EXPCT ANY CELLS TO
DISSIPATE THIS EVNG WITH LOSS OF MAX HTG. THEN CLR TO PTCLDY LATER
TNGT. MM5 DOES SHOW AXIS OF HIGHER MEAN RH AND SOME QPF BY WED
MRNG...BUT CANNOT SUBSTANTIATE THIS FCST BASED ON ITS OTHER FIELDS.
THUS NO MENTION OF PCPN OVRNGT IN CURRENT ZONES.

OVERALL SYNOPTIC PTRN CALLS FOR TROF AXIS TO SHIFT SEWD AND AMPLIFY
NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS WL CREATE HT FALLS AND DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT AS
WELL AS VERTICAL MOTION DUE TO AGEOSTROPHIC RESPONSE WITHIN RT
ENTRANCE RGN OF UPR JET. COUPLED WITH AMPLE LOW-LVL MSTR AND INSTBLY
LATE WED INTO THURS...THIS SHOULD RESULT IN SCT TO NUMEROUS SHWRS
AND TSTMS LATE WED INTO THURS ACRS OUR FCST AREA. THUS WL INDICATE
HIGHER PROBABILITIES WED NGT THAN LATEST FWC GUIDANCE SUGGESTS AS
PCPN OCRS ALG AND AHD OF WAVY CDFNT PROGGED TO SAG ACRS OUR FCST
AREA. WL KEEP HIGHER PCPN CHANCES IN SRN SECTIONS THRUOUT THE DAY
THURS...WITH A CHC OF MRNG POST-FNTL SHWRS ACRS NRN SECTIONS. TIMING
OF FNT AND ASSOCD PCPN STILL IN QUESTION...AND COULD END UP A BIT
SLOWER OR LINGER LONGER THAN EXPECTED IF UPR TROF CAN AMPLIFY MORE
THAN EXPECTED TO OUR WEST. THIS CAN BE ASSESSED LATER ONCE FULL
SUITE OF MODEL DATA AGN BECOMES AVBL.

ANOTHER WARM DAY ON WED...ALTHO A BIT COOLER THAN TODAY IN NRN AREAS
DUE TO MORE CLD CVR. MAX TEMPS THURS TRICKY AND WL DEPEND ON FNTL
POSN AND CLD CVR. AT THIS TIME...FEEL FWC HIGHS FOR THURS RUNNING A
LTL TOO HIGH AND HAVE ADJUSTED DOWNWARD.

.SDF...NONE.
FUNK

The radar

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Event by event

2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Orange

When: June 19, 7:55 PM EST
Where: Orange County, Orangeville
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.633, -86.550

Thunderstorm Wind, Dubois

When: June 19, 8:20 PM EST
Where: Dubois County, Jasper
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.400, -86.933

Hail, Dubois

When: June 19, 8:30 PM EST
Where: Dubois County, Celestine
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.383, -86.783

Thunderstorm Wind, Orange

When: June 19, 10:00 PM EST
Where: Orange County, French Lick
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.550, -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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Indiana in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, June 2001

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: 5250748, 5250749, 5250750, 5250751.