Hail in Indiana, March 28, 2002

Name: Hail in Indiana, March 28, 2002
Start: 2002-03-28T17:55
End: 2002-03-28T17:55
Location: Indiana

March 28, 2002 · NWS IND · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 28, 2:30 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 2:30 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
230 PM EST THU MAR 28 2002

COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH INDIANA ON FRIDAY. AT THE PRESENT TIME
LINE OF SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH INDIANA. THESE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
CENTRAL AND NORTH BUT WILL HANG AROUND IN THE SOUTH. MAIN PROBLEM
WITH THE FORECAST IS THE MAJOR CHANGE FROM YESTERDAY. WILL CONTINUE
HI POPS IN THE SOUTH TONIGHT. WILL BRING IN THE HIGH POPS ENTIRE CWA
ON FRIDAY. WILL GO NEAR GUIDANCE TEMPS.

THE HIGHER GUIDANCE POPS LOOK BETTER. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE CHANCE
CENTRAL AND NORTH FRIDAY NIGHT AND HIGHER POPS IN THE SOUTH.

.IND...NONE.
HAINES

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Daviess

When: March 28, 5:55 PM EST
Where: Daviess County, Washington
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.667, -87.167

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Indiana in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, March 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: 5281874.