Indiana, 2001

Hail in Indiana, May 16, 2001

May 16, 2001 · NWS IWX · 5 events in 3 counties and zones

5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 16, 10:30 AM EST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 10:30 AM EST, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1030 AM EST WED MAY 16 2001

MCS MOVG SLOWLY SEWD ACRS SRN PORTION CWA THIS MORNING. CONVECTION
HAS CAUSED STRNY BNDRY TO SHIFT SW TO JUST WEST AND SOUTH OF CWA
ATTM. SFC LOW OVR NERN IL EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SW MI BY 00Z. STNRY
BNDRY XPCD TO LIFT NE AHD OF LOW AS A WARM FRONT ACRS THE CWA THIS
AFTN. WK CDFNT XPCD TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS CWA TNGT. AIRMASS
XPCD TO DESTABILIZE IN WARM SECTOR AHD OF FRONT WITH TSTMS DVLPG NR
IT AND MOVG ACRS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTN AND TNGT. MORE LOCALLY HVY
RAIN LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS...SPCLY SE PORTION OF CWA WHERE FRONT
WILL MOVE THRU LAST. HVY RAIN THREAT LOOKS TO BE MAINLY LATE
AFTN/TNGT FOR US. WL UPDATE ZONES FOR MINOR CHANGES...MAINLY TO ADD
TIMING OF TSTM REDEVELOPMENT.

.IWX...NONE.

DJT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 16, 9:35 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
935 AM EST WED MAY 16 2001

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0450 PM    1 W OHIO CITY             OH   WIND DAMAGE
05/15/01   VAN WERT                       FARM BUILDING BLOWN
                                          OVER. REPORTED BY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:13 UTC.

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Event by event

5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pulaski

When
May 16, 11:15 AM EST
Where
Pulaski County, Francesville
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.667, -86.000

Hail, Cass

When
May 16, 1:07 PM EST
Where
Cass County, Lake Cicott
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.583, -86.183

Hail, Cass

When
May 16, 1:19 PM EST
Where
Cass County, 1 mi SW of Logansport
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.983, -86.867

Hail, Miami

When
May 16, 2:49 PM EST
Where
Miami County, 1 mi NW of Santa Fe
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.767, -86.517

Hail, Cass

When
May 16, 6:36 PM EST
Where
Cass County, Galveston
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.733, -86.367

What these are

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.

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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: 5244227, 5244228, 5242888, 5242889, 5242890.