Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 11, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 11, 2002
Start: 2002-08-11T14:34
End: 2002-08-11T14:47
Location: Indiana

August 11, 2002 · NWS LMK · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 11, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
230 PM EDT SUN AUG 11 2002

CURRENT FCST TRENDS LOOK TO BE ON TRACK AND NOT MUCH CHANGE IS
NEED FROM THE CURRENT PACKAGE. STILL SOME CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM
FOR SCT TSTMS THIS EVE AND LATER TNGHT...ACTIVITY OVR SERN MO...SRN
IL LKS BE ASSOCIATED WI WK VORT MAX. WI HI PWS ADVECTING ACRS
FA AND APPROACH OF THIS WK SYS OVRNITE...WL GO WI CHC POPS AND NOT
END PCPN EARLY.

ON MONDAY....STILL EXPCT MID LEVEL WARMING AND THAT SHUD ESSENTIALLY
CAP THE PCPN THREAT AND LEAD TO ANOTHER ROUND OF MAX TEMPS INTO THE
LOWER 90S ACROSS THE FA.

ON TUESDAY....AND WEDNESDAY...STRONGER TROF AND FNTL SYS APRCHNG
FROM WEST...WILL CONTINE WI SML CHC POPS ON TUE AND UP TO 50 PCT
RANGE ON WED.

EXT FCST MORE OR LESS IN LINE MEX FCSTS.

SDF...NONE.

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:32 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Harrison

When: August 11, 2:34 PM EST
Where: Harrison County, Central
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.100, -86.150

Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison

When: August 11, 2:47 PM EST
Where: Harrison County, Corydon
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.217, -86.117

Several trees were blown down.

What these are

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.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Indiana in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, August 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: 5314742, 5314743.