Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 25, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 25, 2002
Start: 2002-06-25T15:52
End: 2002-06-25T17:00
Location: Indiana

June 25, 2002 · NWS LMK · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 Jun 25, 12:15 PM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 12:15 PM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
115 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2002

MODEL TRENDS FOR THE SRN U.S. CLOSED LOW CONT TO INDICATE THAT IT OPENS
UP BY 48 HOURS AS FLOW ACRS OUR FA SHIFTS TO NW IN RESPONSE TO BLDNG
RDG NRN U.S. IF THIS DOES COME TO PASS...THEN WEAK CDFNT SHOULD DROP
INTO FA DUR THU NITE AND FRI.

WI THIS TREND IN MIND...WL KEEP SHWR CHCS ACRSS FA THRU THU NITE AND
ONLY ACROSS THE S ON FRI. OVR THE WEEKEND EXPECT THE RMNTS OF CDFNT
TO STALL OUT ACRS SRN TN. FOR THAT REASON WE HAVE DROPPED MTN OF
PCPN DURG WEEKEND.

TEMPS MORE OR LESS IN PERSISTENCE MODE...ALTHO WI LOW MIN TEMPS SOME
DURG WEEKEND WI EXPECTATIONS OF SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR IN PLACE.

.SDF...NONE.

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:52 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Orange

When: June 25, 3:52 PM EST
Where: Orange County, Paoli
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.550, -86.467

Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd

When: June 25, 4:00 PM EST
Where: Floyd County, New Albany
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 38.300, -85.800

A large limb was blown off a tree on to a garage. The garage was demolished.

Hail, Washington

When: June 25, 4:45 PM EST
Where: Washington County, Martinsburg
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.450, -86.033

Thunderstorm Wind, Clark

When: June 25, 5:00 PM EST
Where: Clark County, 3 mi NW of New Washington
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.600, -85.583

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, 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: 5301792, 5301793, 5301794, 5301795.