Flood and Hail in Indiana, July 9, 2002

Name: Flood and Hail in Indiana, July 9, 2002
Start: 2002-07-09T18:22
End: 2002-07-09T19:35
Location: Indiana

July 9, 2002 · NWS IND · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

Trees down in Randolph and Jackson counties. Hail and urban flooding in Muncie.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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Winter weather
Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $3,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 happened

The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.

Trees down in Randolph and Jackson counties. Hail and urban flooding in Muncie.

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 Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 9, 2:59 PM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:59 PM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
259 PM EST TUE JUL 9 2002

FORECAST FOCUS THIS AFTERNOON IS ON CHANCES FOR RAIN TONIGHT AND WED
AS WELL AS TEMPS THRU THE SHORT TERM.

AT 19Z A COLD FRONT WAS ACROSS EXTREME NRN IN AND EXTENDED INTO NRN
IL. SCT TSRA WERE FORMING IN THE WARM UNSTABLE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE
FRONT. TEMPS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA (FA) WERE IN THE UPPER 80S TO
LOWER 90S WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S.

MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT...BUT A COUPLE OF NOTABLE DIFFERENCES. AVN
IS MORE AGRESSIVE IN KEEPING PRECIP IN FA ON WED WHILE ETA KEEPS FA
DRY. AVN ALSO STRONGER WITH UPPER LOW IN LATER PERIODS. FEEL THAT
THE BETTER RESOLUTION ETA IS THE WAY TO GO THIS RUN AS AVN MAY BE
BROADBRUSHING PRECIP IN SHORT TERM. WILL THUS FOCUS ON ETA THIS RUN.

COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THRU FA TONIGHT. BASED ON CURRENT RADAR AND
POSITION OF FRONT FEEL THAT SCATTERED WORDING SHOULD HOLD FOR
TONIGHT. WILL GO 50 POPS ALL AREAS TONIGHT. COULD BE A FEW STRAY
SHRA BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG A WEAK CONVERGENCE ZONE...AND ETA HINTS
AT THIS AS WELL. WILL KEEP CHC SHRA THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE
NIGHT. MOS TEMPS ARE CLOSE AND WILL GENERALLY FOLLOW SINCE DEWPOINTS
WILL NOT LOWER MUCH TONIGHT.

ON WED DRIER AIR WILL BE SLOW TO WORK IN. WILL BE SOME CLOUDS IN THE
MORNING THEN MORE SUN IN THE AFTN. NGM LOOKS TO DRY THINGS OUT TOO
QUICKLY. FWC IS ALSO TOO AGRESSIVE WITH COOLER AIR. WILL GO CLOSER
TO MAV HI TEMPS...WHICH ARE BETWEEN COLD FWC AND A LITTLE TOO WARM
MET NUMBERS.

DRIER AIR WILL THEN WORK IN FOR WED NIGHT AND THU. DRIEST AIR AND
THUS COOLEST OVERNIGHT TEMPS WED NIGHT WILL BE IN NERN FA. WILL GO
CLOSER TO MAV NUMBERS. ON THU WILL GO A LITTLE MORE OPTIMISTIC WITH
MOSUNNY SKIES...BUT LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO WATCH AS MODELS UNSURE
OF TRACK OF UPPER SYSTEM. WITH MORE SUNSHINE WILL LEAN TOWARD WARMER
MET NUMBERS.

.IND...NONE

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:01 PM EST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
601 PM EST TUE JUL 09 2002

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

0558 PM    GREENSBORO                IN   FUNNEL CLOUD
07/09/02   HENRY                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:15 PM EST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
615 PM EST TUE JUL 09 2002

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

0605 PM    1 N GREENSBORO            IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/09/02   HENRY                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER. TREES DOWN
                                          ACROSS ROAD.

Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:18 PM EST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
618 PM EST TUE JUL 09 2002

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

0605 PM    2 SW NEW CASTLE           IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/09/02   HENRY                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER. ROOF BLOWN OFF
                                          HOUSE.

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:23 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Delaware

When: July 9, 6:22 PM EST
Where: Delaware County, Muncie
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.183, -85.400

Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph

When: July 9, 6:40 PM EST
Where: Randolph County, Modoc
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.050, -85.133

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: July 9, 6:50 PM EST
Where: Jackson County, Seymour
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.967, -85.900

Flood, Delaware

When: July 9, 6:55 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
Where: Delaware County, Muncie
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.228, -85.397 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning, Greene

When: July 9, 7:35 PM EST
Where: Greene County, Linton
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 39.036, -86.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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.
Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
Lightning: A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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, July 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: 5304106, 5304107, 5304108, 5304109, 5304110.