Hail in Ohio, June 19, 2001

Name: Hail in Ohio, June 19, 2001
Start: 2001-06-19T18:06
End: 2001-06-19T19:02
Location: Ohio

June 19, 2001 · NWS IWX · 7 events in 2 counties and zones

7 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.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
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: 7

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 Jun 19, 2:49 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:49 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
249 PM EST TUE JUN 19 2001

...FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE THE FIRST PERIOD FORECAST CONCERNING
THUNDERSTORMS AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...

17Z SURFACE CHART SHOWS WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTH
CENTRAL MICHIGAN SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA AND THEN INTO EAST
CENTRAL MISSOURI. A CU FIELD HAS BROKEN OUT ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
FRONT AT 18Z.  KIWX RADAR HAS A FEW CELLS POP WITH THE STRONGEST
CELL OVER FOUNTAIN COUNTY. 12Z DTX AND ILX SOUNDINGS SHOW DRY
AIR AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT...BUT IT IS UNSTABLE WITH
LI'S BETWEEN -8 AND -10. UNMODIFIED CAPES RANGE FROM 2800 TO 3100
J/KG. LITTLE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS OCCURRING AT THE FRONTAL
SURFACE AT THIS TIME.

MODELS AVAILABLE ARE THE ETA...MESOETA AND THE AVN. ALL MODELS
ARE SIMILAR IN MOVING THE FRONT EAST OF THE CWA BY 06Z. BASED ON PAST
MOVEMENT...WILL LEAN TOWARD A SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT IN
MAKING THE FORECAST.   A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES FOLLOW THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE WHICH WILL PROLONG THE CHANCE OF RAIN INTO THURSDAY WHEN THE
FINAL SHORT WAVE FROM CENTRAL CANADA MOVES THROUGH.

WITH VERY UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT THERE CONTINUES TO BE
A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH
THE BEST CHANCE EAST OF A LINE FROM COLDWATER MICHIGAN TO MARION
INDIANA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
THE NIGHT...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE BEST CHANCE OVER
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA AS THE FRONT SAGS SOUTH.

FWC GUIDANCE WAS A LITTLE COOL FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS...BUT IT LOOKS
TO BE TOO WARM FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS NORTHWEST.  FWC GUIDANCE LOOKS
CLOSE AND WILL FOLLOW FOR SOUTHEAST HALF.

EXTENDED...FINAL SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY USHERING IN A
COOLER AND DRY WEEKEND...BUT WARM AIR RETURNS EARLY NEXT WEEK.  THE
ATMOSPHERE APPEARS TO BE CAPPED SO WILL KEEP FORECAST DRY THROUjGH
TUESDAY. INDMISFWA AVAILABLE.

.IWX...NONE.

GLL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:33 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
433 PM EST TUE JUN 19 2001

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

0400 PM    3 SE SOUTH WHITLEY        IN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   WHITLEY                        REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:11 PM EST, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
511 PM EST TUE JUN 19 2001

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

0440 PM    PIERCETON                 IN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   KOSCIUSKO                      REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

0440 PM    7 NW FT WAYNE             IN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   ALLEN                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0444 PM    2 S HUNTERTOWN            IN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   ALLEN                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0450 PM    5 NNW FT WAYNE            IN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   ALLEN                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0450 PM    5 S COLUMBIA CITY         IN   LIGHTNING
06/19/01   WHITLEY                        *** 1 INJ ***
                                          ONE PERSON STRUCK BY
                                          LIGHTENING. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0454 PM    7 N FT WAYNE              IN   1 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   ALLEN                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0459 PM    MEXICO                    IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/19/01   MIAMI                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
                                          HOUSE DAMAGED. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
                                          OFFICIAL.

0500 PM    5 NW FT WAYNE             IN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   ALLEN                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:21 PM EST, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
521 PM EST TUE JUN 19 2001

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

0503 PM    3 S LOGANSPORT            IN   .25 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   CASS                           REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0515 PM    5 N LOGANSPORT            IN   .25 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   CASS                           REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:02 UTC.

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Event by event

7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Williams

When: June 19, 6:06 PM EST
Where: Williams County, 5 mi S of Bryan
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.400, -84.550

Hail, Williams

When: June 19, 6:28 PM EST
Where: Williams County, 5 mi W of Bryan
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.467, -84.650

Hail, Fulton

When: June 19, 6:43 PM EST
Where: Fulton County, Wauseon
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 41.550, -84.133

Hail, Fulton

When: June 19, 6:44 PM EST
Where: Fulton County, Wauseon
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.550, -84.133

Hail, Fulton

When: June 19, 6:45 PM EST
Where: Fulton County, 2 mi E of Wauseon
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 41.550, -84.100

Hail, Fulton

When: June 19, 6:55 PM EST
Where: Fulton County, 1 mi SE of Delta
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 41.567, -83.983

Hail, Fulton

When: June 19, 7:02 PM EST
Where: Fulton County, 2 mi E of Delta
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 41.583, -83.967

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Ohio in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, 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: 5249976, 5249977, 5249978, 5249979, 5249980, 5249981, 5249982.