Indiana, 2002

Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 1, 2002

June 1, 2002 · NWS IND · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 1, 3:00 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:00 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
300 PM EST SAT JUN 1 2002

SATELLITE SHOWS A WEAK BOUNDARY FROM PIA TO CMI TO NEAR KVG. PCPN
EARLIER THIS MORNING SEEMS TO HAVE TEMPORARILY SLOWED REDVELOPMENT
ALG THIS AREA.  LAPS STILL SHOWS A LITTLE BIT OF A CAP...BUT WITH
TEMPS APROACHING 90 AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S THIS SHOULD BE
ENOUGH TO BREAK THE CAP NEXT FEW HOURS.  CAPES PRESENTLY ABOUT
3500-4000 J/KG OVER OUR SRN CWA AND POSSIBLE SVR TSTMS ONE OF OUR
MAIN CONCERNS NEXT FEW HOURS. WILL MENTON SCT STRONG TSTMS OVR
CENTRAL AND SRN SECTIONS THIS EVENING AND A LOW CHANCE OF TSTMS IN
THE NORTH AS DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S THERE. HAIL AND STG
WINDS WILL BE THE BIGGEST CONCERNS.

ETA AND MESO-ETA INDICATE POSSIBLE MCS DVLPG OVR THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VLY TONIGHT AND THEN MOVG TOWARDS CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TNGT. THERE IS
ALSO HINT AT ANOTHER ROUND OF TSTMS SUNDAY. WILL GO WITH POPS MAINLY
IN LIKELY CATEGORY SUNDAY.  MODELS MOVE FNT NORTHWARD SUNDAY NIGHT
THUS WE SHOULD SEE WARMER TEMPS AND LOWER POPS BY MONDAY. WITH THE
FNT BEING TO OUR NORTH MONDAY...FWC TEMPS LOOK TOO COOL.  MAV AND FWC
TEMPS ARE FAIRLY CLOSE IN OTHER PERIODS AND SEEM REASONABLE.

IN EXTENDED...AVN SHOWS CD FNT MOVG BACK ACROSS OUR AREA TUESDAY
NIGHT. MRF THEN SHOWS FNT STALLING ALONG APILACHIANS THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY PERIOD.  SRN AND ERN SECTIONS OF OUR CWA COULD STILL SEE A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO FRIDAY. OTHERWISE WILL GO DRY AND SEASONABLY
MILD BY NEXT WEEKEND.

.IND...NONE.
JEH

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:29 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Vermillion

When
June 1, 7:30 PM EST
Where
Vermillion County, 2 mi E of Dana
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.800, -87.467

Golfball size hail reported.

Hail, Clay

When
June 1, 8:14 PM EST
Where
Clay County, 2 mi N of Brazil
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.567, -87.117

Dime size hail reported.

Thunderstorm Wind, Owen

When
June 1, 8:59 PM EST
Where
Owen County, Spencer
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.283, -86.767

Trees were 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.

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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: 5301896, 5301894, 5301895.