Thunderstorm Wind, Sullivan
- When
- May 12, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan County, 4 mi S of Sullivan
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -87.417
Semi blown over along U.S. 41
Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 12, 2002
3 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $56,000
- 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 May 12, 3:25 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:25 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 325 PM EST SUN MAY 12 2002 FORECAST FOCUS IN RAINFALL TONIGHT AND CHANCES FOR RAIN MON-TUE. AT 19Z COLD FRONT WAS ACROSS IL. NUMEROUS T/SHRA WERE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA (FA). RAIN-COOLED AIR COVERED MOST OF FA WITH WARM UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS FAR SRN FA. MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT. AVN LOOKS OVERDONE WITH PRECIP AND TOO FAR NORTH. WILL USE AN ETA/NGM BLEND FOR PRECIP TONIGHT...OTHERWISE WENT WITH BLEND OF ALL MODELS. FRONT WILL SINK SOUTH TONIGHT AS UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES. JET STREAK WILL ADD TO THIS MIX AND HELP CREATE MORE RAIN FOR THE FA. BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN 1/3 OF FA...BUT NORTHERN 2/3 OF FA HAS HAD THE MOST RAIN TODAY AND WILL NOT NEED MUCH TO CAUSE PROBLEMS. WILL THUS KEEP FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ENTIRE FA. IF PRECIP PUSHES SOUTH QUICKLY...WATCH MAY BE NEED TO CANCELLED EARLY IN THE NORTH. WILL NOT TIME RAIN IN MOST OF FA...BUT WILL SAY MAINLY IN EVENING FAR NRN FA. CONCERNING TEMPS... ETAMOS/FWC/MAV ARE SIMILAR AND LOOK REASONABLE. ON MONDAY UPPER TROUGH EXITS FA TAKING MOST OF PRECIP BY LATE MORNING. PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PLUS VERY COOL AIR AT 850 WILL KEEP SKIES CLOUDY. THIS COMBINATION WILL KEEP TEMPS NEAR SIMILAR MOS NUMBERS. FEEL THAT CLOUDS WILL BREAK ENOUGH MON NIGHT FOR PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. ON TUE UPPER LOW ACROSS ERN US WILL KEEP MORE CLOUDS ACROSS EAST BUT PTSUNNY LOOKS OK. DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR -SHRA...SO WILL KEEP FORECAST DRY. MAV TEMPS LOOK TOO COOL SO WILL COMPROMISE WITH WARMER FWC/ETAMOS. .IND...FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE CWA TONIGHT... INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 12, 2:40 PM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
240 PM EST SUN MAY 12 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 PM 7 N CRAWFORDSVILLE IN FLOOD
05/12/02 MONTGOMERY U. S 231 CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER ACROSS THE
ROAD.Local storm report, May 12, 4:31 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
431 PM EST SUN MAY 12 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0405 PM ALEXANDRIA IN FLOOD
05/12/02 MADISON 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR
OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR.
NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADS
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0413 PM MUNCIE IN FLOOD
05/12/02 DELAWARE NUMEROUS STREETS
FLOODED WITH POLICE
REPORTING SOME PEOPLE
STRANDED IN CARS.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, May 12, 5:15 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
515 PM EST SUN MAY 12 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 PM CARMEL IN FLOOD
05/12/02 HAMILTON STREET FLOODING IN
CARMEL. REPORTED BY
OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.
0500 PM GREENFIELD IN FLOOD
05/12/02 HANCOCK STREET FLOODING.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, May 12, 5:37 PM EST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
537 PM EST SUN MAY 12 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM TERRE HAUTE IN FLOOD
05/12/02 VIGO NUMEROUS STREETS
FLOODED. REPORTED BY
HAM RADIO OPERATOR.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Daviess
- When
- May 12, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Daviess County, Plainville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -87.150
Trees downed
Thunderstorm Wind, Jennings
- When
- May 12, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jennings County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $45,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.983, -85.633
Pole barn destroyed and trees downed
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
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 12 to 13, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 12 to 13, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 12 to 13, 2002
- Flooding in Illinois, May 12 to 31, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arkansas, May 12, 2002
- Rip Current in Florida, May 12, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, May 12 to 13, 2002
- Flooding in Missouri, May 12 to 14, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, May 12, 2002
- Flood in Alaska, May 12 to 14, 2002
- Flooding in Indiana, May 12 to 19, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, May 12 to 13, 2002
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, May 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: 5296118, 5296119, 5296120.