Hail, Van Wert
- When
- May 15, 7:40 PM EST
- Where
- Van Wert County, 2 mi N of Wren
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.833, -84.767
Hail in Ohio, May 15, 2001
2 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 15, 1:55 PM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 1:55 PM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
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
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 15, 5:53 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
553 PM EST TUE MAY 15 2001
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0552 PM NEW PARIS IN WIND DAMAGE
05/15/01 ELKHART REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR. 8 INCH
BRANCHES DOWN. ON NORTH
SIDE OF NEW PARIS.Local storm report, May 15, 6:17 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
617 PM EST TUE MAY 15 2001
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0613 PM 1 E NEW PARIS IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/15/01 ELKHART REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.Local storm report, May 15, 6:48 PM EST, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
648 PM EST TUE MAY 15 2001
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM 5 SW GOSHEN IN WIND DAMAGE
05/15/01 ELKHART 3 FOOT DIAMETER TREE
BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER.Local storm report, May 15, 7:00 PM EST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
700 PM EST TUE MAY 15 2001
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0655 PM WOLFLAKE IN WIND DAMAGE
05/15/01 NOBLE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD
SOUTH OF WOLFLAKELocal storm report, May 15, 7:05 PM EST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
705 PM EST TUE MAY 15 2001
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0614 PM GOSHEN IN WIND DAMAGE
05/15/01 ELKHART TREES ALONG WITH 3 TO 4
INCH LIMBS DOWN ON
SOUTH SIDE OF GOSHEN.
REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.Local storm report, May 15, 7:35 PM EST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
735 PM EST TUE MAY 15 2001
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0730 PM 1 NE DECATUR IN 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/15/01 ADAMS REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:38 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Van Wert
- When
- May 15, 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- Van Wert County, Wren
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -84.767
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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, May 15 to 17, 2001
- Hail in North Dakota, May 15, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 15, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 2001
- Hail in Michigan, May 15, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 15, 2001
- Wildfire in New York, May 15, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Michigan, May 15, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 15, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 15, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 15, 2001
- Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 2001
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, May 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: 5244225, 5244226.