Hail, Allen
- When
- June 3, 12:05 PM EST
- Where
- Allen County, Huntertown
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 41.233, -85.167
A trained spotter reported nickel size hail in Huntertown.
Hail in Indiana, June 3, 2002
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 3, 10:47 AM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 10:47 AM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1047 AM EST MON JUN 3 2002 HAVE UPDATED FCST TO ADD MENTION OF SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON. PER COORDINATION WITH CLE...IND AND SPC...WILL ADD SEVERE TO ALL OF NRN INDIANA...FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICH AND NW OH. WARM FRONT WAS LIFTING NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA HAD ALREADY MOVED NORTH OF LAF AT 15Z. WOLCOTT PROFILER INDICATED SW WINDS IN LOWEST GATE...SO FRONT OVER NW INDIANA APPEARS VERY SHALLOW. SEASONALLY STRONG FRONT SHOULD MOVE NORTHEAST INTO FAR NRN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. GIVEN ANTICIPATED CAPES THIS AFTN OF AROUND 3000 J/KG AND STRONG SFC BOUNDARY...EXPECT CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE FRONT. CONVECTION SHOULD INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOCAL HEATING AND MVMNT OF FRONT. .IWX...NONE. SKIP
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:55 AM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
955 AM EST MON JUN 03 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0922 AM 9 E BENTON HARBOR MI WIND DAMAGE
06/03/02 BERRIEN REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR. TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN NEAR
INTERSECTION OF ROUTE
152 AND ROUTE 140.Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:24 AM EST, 41 minutes before
INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-040030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1124 AM EST MON JUN 3 2002 ...THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING... A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS ILLINOIS...INDIANA AND OHIO THROUGH THIS EVENING AND HELP TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM NEAR OR SOUTH OF THE FRONT...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ROCHESTER TO LIMA...WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO. IN ADDITION...ALL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. SKYWARN SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND ARE ASKED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. SKIP
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:05 PM EST, 0 minutes before
INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-040030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1124 AM EST MON JUN 3 2002 ...THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING... A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS ILLINOIS...INDIANA AND OHIO THROUGH THIS EVENING AND HELP TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM NEAR OR SOUTH OF THE FRONT...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ROCHESTER TO LIMA...WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO. IN ADDITION...ALL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. SKYWARN SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND ARE ASKED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. SKIP
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:06 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, June 3, 2002
- Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, June 3, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 3, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 3, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, June 3 to 4, 2002
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 3 to 4, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Illinois, June 3 to 4, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 3, 2002
- Hail in Colorado, June 3, 2002
- Hail in Colorado, June 3, 2002
- Hail in Kansas, June 3, 2002
- Flood and Hail in Illinois, June 3, 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: 5301059.