Thunderstorm Wind, Daviess
- When
- June 2, 4:34 PM EST
- Where
- Daviess County, Elnora
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.867, -87.083
Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 2, 2002
Trees were reported down.
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
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Trees were reported down.
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 2, 2:40 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:40 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 240 PM EST SUN JUN 2 2002 SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS FRONTAL BOUND BETWEEN LAF AND GUS STRETCHING SEWD TO NORTH OF CVG. EARLIER SOME -TSRA AROUND LAF AND KOKOMO ALONG THE WARM FRONT. OUTFLOW FROM EARLIER DYING MCS ALSO HELPED TO TRIGGER STORMS HERE. STORMS HAVE SINCE DISSIPATED. VIS PIX SHOW DECENT CU ACRS THE CENTRAL CWA WITH LESS CU ACRS THE S. MAIN FCST CHALLENGE TDY AGAIN WL BE POPS. MODELS STILL IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH MAJOR FEATURES OF THIS CURRENT SITUATION. TUES LOOKS TO BE A REPEAT OF MON AS WARM FRONT WL REMAIN WELL NORTH OF THE CWA AND WARM...HUMID AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACRS MOST OF THE CWA. BEST CHCS FOR TSRA WL BE NEAR THE FRONT...HENCE WL USE HIGHEST POPS THERE TRENDING SMALLER POPS AS ONE TRAVERSES SWRD ACRS THE FA. WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF UPPER LVL DYNAMICS UNTIL WEDNESDAY...HEATING OF THE DAY REALLY THE ONLY TRIGGER FOR STORMS. TIME SECTIONS ACRS THE CWA ALSO SHOW A LACK OF DEEP MOISTURE AND NO STRONG VV. STILL AS THE AIRMASS IS SO MOIST AND HUMID CANNOT RULE OUT A RENEGADE STORM. WL FOCUS PCPN CHC DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVE HOURS ON TUES. WL HIT POPS A BIT HARDER ON WED AS UPPER TROF AND DYNAMICS BEGIN TO INFLUENCE AND SLIDE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SE ACRS THE AREA AS A CD FRONT. FWC/MAV TEMPS LOOK GOOD CONSIDERING H8 TEMPS ON HIGHS AND DEWPOINTS ON LOWS...WL STICK CLOSE. .IND...NONE. PUMA
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 2 to 6, 2002
- Wildfire in New Jersey, June 2 to 6, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 2, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 2 to 4, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 2 to 10, 2002
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, June 2, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 2, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kentucky, June 2 to 3, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 2, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 2, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wyoming, June 2, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 2, 2002
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 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: 5301893.