Hail in Indiana, April 24, 2002

Name: Hail in Indiana, April 24, 2002
Start: 2002-04-24T15:56
End: 2002-04-24T16:00
Location: Indiana

April 24, 2002 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2.0 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
315 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

WILL KEEP DISCUSSION SHORT DUE TO SVR WX AND GRID TRANSFER PROBLEMS
IN IFPS.

CURRENT FCST WILL TREND SVR POTENTIAL EWD THROUGH CWA THROUGH 03Z.
THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH MARKEDLY FROM 03Z TO 06Z...AS FROPA MOVES
EAST OF FCST AREA. GIVE HIGH PWS...SUSPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL
ALSO BE A THREAT WITH THE SCATTERED WIND/HAIL DAMAGE POTENTIAL.

AFTER TONIGHT...I WILL KEEP MENTION OF SHWRS ONLY FOR FRIDAY...WITH
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. I INCREASED POP FOR
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY PCPN EVENT...AS MEDIUM RANGE ENSEMBLES STILL
SHOW A FOCUSED BOUNDARY AND LIFT OVER THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A SMALL
CHANCE OF PCPN IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...WILL KEEP IT DRY AT THIS
TIME.

FOR MAX/MIN TEMPS...WENT SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN MAV GUIDANCE IN SHORT
TERM...THEN SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN MEX /NOW AVN EXTENDED/ MOS GUIDANCE.

MANUALLY GENERATED ZONES SHOULD BE AVAILABLE NO LATER THAN 4 PM. CCF
WILL DELAYED A LITTLE LONGER.

.PAH...NONE.

SMITH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 3:04 PM CST, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
404 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

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

0402 PM    FAIRFIELD                 IL   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   WAYNE                          REPORTED BY EVANSVILLE
                                          MEDIA

Local storm report, Apr 24, 3:21 PM CST, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
421 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

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

0417 PM    ENFIELD                   IL   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   WHITE                          REPORTED BY EVANSVILLE
                                          MEDIA

0421 PM                              IL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   WHITE                          REPORTED BY STATE POLICE

0410 PM    8NE MCLEANSBORO           IL   0.50 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   HAMILTON                       REPORTED BY SPOTTER

0400 PM    MCLEANSBORO               IL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   HAMILTON                       REPORTED BY SHERIFF

Local storm report, Apr 24, 3:24 PM CST, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
424 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

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

0402 PM    6W MCLEANSBORO            IL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   HAMILTON                       REPORTED BY FIRE RESCUE

0423 PM    CARMI                     IL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   WHITE                          REPORTED BY EVANSVILLE
                                          MEDIA

0415 PM    VAN BUREN                 MO   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   CARTER

0415 PM    VAN BUREN                 MO   FUNNEL CLOUD
04/24/02   CARTER                         REPORTED BY SPOTTER

0415 PM    1S VAN BUREN              MO   WIND DAMAGE
04/24/02   CARTER                         TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY
                                          103

Local storm report, Apr 24, 3:40 PM CST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
440 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

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

0423 PM    VAN BUREN                 MO   TORNADO
04/24/02   CARTER                         SOUTH SIDE OF VAN BUREN.
                                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. WINDOWS BLOWN OUT.
                                          REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

0439 PM    1E ELLSINORE              MO   TORNADO
04/24/02   CARTER                         TORNADO ON THE GROUND
                                          REPORTED BY STATE
                                          POLICE.

Local storm report, Apr 24, 3:51 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
451 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

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

0448 PM    MOUNT VERNON              IN   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   POSEY                          REPORTED BY EVANSVILLE
                                          EMA

Local storm report, Apr 24, 3:56 PM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
456 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

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

0456 PM    BUFKIN                    IN   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   POSEY                          REPORTED BY STATE POLICE

0456 PM    HIGHWAY 67                MO   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   BUTLER                         REPORTED BY EM

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Posey

When: April 24, 3:56 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Posey County, Bufkin
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $2.0 million
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.983, -87.850

A hailstorm with stones up to golf ball size passed directly over Mount Vernon. At least 200 homes were damaged by the hail, and several hundred vehicles were damaged.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Indiana in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, April 2002

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: 5293556.