Tornado and Hail in Indiana, October 24, 2001

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$255,000

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

37

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 Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 24, 3:30 AM EST, 10 hours 10 minutes earlier.

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In the hours before

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1140 AM EST WED OCT 24 2001

...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER SAYS THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF
SEVERE WEATHER IN CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO ENTER CENTRAL INDIANA FROM THE WEST IN
MID AFTERNOON...AND SPREAD TO THE OHIO BORDER IN A FEW HOURS. SOME
OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES. MANY OF THEM COULD PRODUCE
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

KWIATKOWSKI

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:41 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

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.

High Wind

Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Tornado in Indiana, October 24, 20011 death · 2 injured · $3.0 million · F3 · 1 event
• Tornadoes in Indiana, October 24, 20011 death · $1.0 million · F2 · 2 events
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, October 24, 20011 death · 6 injured · $3.6 million · 90 kt wind · 21 events
• Tornadoes in Ohio, October 24, 2001$1.0 million · F3 · 2 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, October 24, 20013 injured · $3.0 million · F2 · 27 events
• Tornadoes in Indiana, October 24, 200114 injured · $2.9 million · F1 · 3 events
• Tornadoes in Indiana, October 24, 20013 injured · $2.2 million · F2 · 2 events
• Tornadoes in Tennessee, October 24, 2001$3.0 million · F2 · 3 events
• Tornadoes in Indiana, October 24, 2001$2.2 million · F2 · 3 events
• Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 24, 20011 death · 1 injured · $75,000 · 1 event
• Tornadoes in Michigan, October 24, 2001$5.8 million · F1 · 3 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, October 24, 2001$1.1 million · F1 · 24 events

Every storm in Indiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Indiana, 2001Warnings in Indiana, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5268616, 5268607, 5268608, 5268609, 5268615, 5268612, 5268614, 5268610, 5268617, 5268613, 5268618, 5268611, 5268620, 5268619, 5268621, 5268622, 5268625, 5268623, 5268624, 5268627, 5268626, 5268630, 5268628, 5268634, 5268631, 5268632, 5268637, 5268750, 5268629, 5268635, 5268636, 5268633, 5270306, 5268751, 5268752, 5270305, 5270307.