Indiana, 2001

Hail in Indiana, May 23, 2001

May 23, 2001 · NWS IWX · 4 events in 1 county or zone

4 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
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 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 23, 2:25 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 2:25 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
225 PM EST WED MAY 23 2001

MONITORING SHRA/TSRA THIS AFTN WITH REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL AND A
COLD AIR FUNNEL REPORT IN EASTERN MIAMI COUNTY. UPPER LOW PROGGED
BY MODELS TO SLOWLY MOVE INTO IL THEN WOBBLE OVER THE AREA THROUGH
SUNDAY BEFORE FINALLY LIFTING OUT ON MONDAY. SEVERAL SHORTWAVES TO
ROTATE AROUND LOW AND TIMING WL BE DIFFICULT. MODELS AGREE ON STRONG
S/W TNGT AND EARLY THU. WL GO WITH CATEGORICAL POPS TONIGHT WITH
ONGOING LATE AFTN ACTIVITITY AND ANOTHER ROUND WITH S/W LATER ON.
WL ALSO CONT LIKELY POPS ON THU WITH DEPARTING S/W AND THEN MORE
INSTABILITY ACTIVITITY IN THE AFTN. CHC POPS REMAINDER OF SHORT
TERM AND INTO SUNDAY WITH AFTN TSRA AND OVERNIGHT SHRA. PLAN TO CONT
A DRY FCST FOR MONDAY AS LOW BEGINS TO DEPART IN RESPONSE TO SW US
LOW. TEMPS WL BE QUITE COOL NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH A SLOW
MODERATING TREND AS UPPER LOW SPINS AND SLOWLY FILLS. MOS NUMBERS
APPEAR TO BE ON WARM SIDE AND LIKELY TRENDING MORE TOWARD
CLIMATOLOGY. UPSTREAM TEMPS THIS AFTN ARE STRUGGLING. EARLY MORNING
SS DID BRING TEMPS INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 50S SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST OF LOW BEFORE CLOUDS/PCPN DEVELOPED. WL BE LEANING TOWARD
THE LOW END OF GUIDANCE...ESPECIALLY FOR THU.

.IWX...NONE.
LASHLEY

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:57 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Miami

When
May 23, 4:59 PM EST
Where
Miami County, 1 mi SW of Bunker Hill
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.650, -86.117

Hail, Miami

When
May 23, 5:08 PM EST
Where
Miami County, Peru
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.750, -86.067

Hail, Miami

When
May 23, 5:15 PM EST
Where
Miami County, 1 mi N of Peru
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.767, -86.067

Hail, Miami

When
May 23, 5:25 PM EST
Where
Miami County, Chili
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.867, -86.033

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: 5242891, 5242892, 5242893, 5242894.