Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 15, 2001

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

22

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.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 15, 1:55 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
155 PM EST TUE MAY 15 2001

TSRA DVLPG OVR SW CWA AT 1830Z AND SPC ISSUING SVA. S/W MOVG FRM
WI/IL BRDR THIS EVE TO IN/OH BRDR AS WRM FNT WAVES S A LTL THIS EVE
AND THEN PULLS BACK N AS SFC LO MOVS E ACRS GRT LKS TNGT.

OVRNGT...S/W MOVS FRM WI INTO MI. LARGE DIFFS BTWN MODELS...ESP IN
QPF. HWVR GENERAL CONSENSUS IS FOR MCS OVR WI TNGT IN BEST THETA E
AIR TO MOV E INTO MI AND THEN SLIP SE AS IS DSSIPTS WED AM. HIEST
POPS AGAIN IN NE CWFA. PWAT TNGT 1.3 TO 1.4 WITH KI LO-MID 30S.
FLOODING MAY BE A PROB IN NE CWFA BUT WL HOLD OF ON FFA ATTM DUE TO
UNCERTAINTY IN WHERE BEST RA WL FALL. ALSO...URBAN/SML STRM ADVS SHUD
BE SUFF GIVEN HIGH FFG NUMS.

HI CHC POPS WED AS DYING MCS MOVS THRU NE CWFA IN THE AM AND
WEAKENING CD FNT PUSHES THRU CWFA IN THE PM. WED AFTN PWATS MAY BE
EVEN HIR THAN TDY...WITH LI -3 TO -5 AND CAPE 1500 TO 2000.

WL MOV POPS UP FRM FRI TO THU AS AVN AND MRF AGREE ON BRINGING CD
FNT THRU ATTM. SMALL CHC OF SHRA SUN AS WEAK TROF MOVS THRU. MRF
BLOWS UP BIG LO PRES IN PLAINS SUN NGT AND BRNGS FNT THRU HERE
MON/TUE SO WL MENTION CHC TSRA.

.IWX...NONE.

TAR

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.

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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.

• Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, May 15 to 17, 2001$5.9 million · 1.5 in hail · 60 events
• Hail in North Dakota, May 15, 20011 injured · $10 million · 2.25 in hail · 6 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 15, 2001$221,000 · 0.88 in hail · 5 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 2001$50,000 · F0 · 34 events
• Hail in Michigan, May 15, 2001$90,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events
• Wildfire in New York, May 15, 20012 injured · 1 event
• Flash Flood and Hail in Michigan, May 15, 20011.75 in hail · 8 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 15, 2001$1,000 · 0.88 in hail · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 15, 20011.75 in hail · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 15, 200155 kt wind · 3 events
• Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 20010.75 in hail · 2 events
• Hail in Ohio, May 15, 20011.25 in hail · 2 events

Every storm in Indiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, May 2001

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: 5244105, 5244106, 5244107, 5244108, 5244109, 5244110, 5244111, 5244112, 5244113, 5244114, 5244115, 5244116, 5244117, 5244118, 5244119, 5244120, 5244121, 5244122, 5244123, 5244222, 5244223, 5244224.