Indiana, 2002

Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 31, 2002

May 31, 2002 · NWS IND · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 hail, 1 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 31, 2:58 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:58 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
258 PM EST FRI MAY 31 2002

TIMING OF TSTMS AND POPS ARE THE BIGGEST PROBLEM OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS AS A FNTL BOUNDARY REMAINS ACRS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
INDIANA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  LATEST SATELLITE SHOWS RAPID CU
DEVELOPMENT OVER OUR NRN CWA LAST FEW HOURS AND RECENT SWOMCD FROM
SPC INDICATES A SVR TSTM WATCH IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR CENTRAL
INDIANA OVR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ALL SHORT TERM MODELS INDICATE RAPID
DVLPMENT OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS OVR OUR CWA AS A WEAK S/W IN NW FLOW
MOVES ACROSS INDIANA THIS EVENING.  MODELS MOVE BULK OF THIS PRECIP
SE OUT OF OUR CWA LATE THIS EVENING.  WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF OVER SRN
AND SW SECTIONS OVERNIGHT AS ETA TRIES TO BRING ANOTHER SHOT OF
PRECIP TWDS OUR CWA TOWARDS MORNING.

MODELS MOVE WEAK FNTL BOUNDARY TO OUR NORTH DURING THE DAY SATURDAY.
UNFORTUNATELY IT REMAINS CLOSE ENOUGH THAT WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE
WOODS FOR PRECIP. ETA/AVN SHOWS THE BEST CHANCES OF PRECIP OCCURRING
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS ANOTHER S/W COMES DOWN IN NW FLOW.

EXTENDED SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE TO PATTERN BUT AVN HAS FNT MOVG TO SRN
INDIANA BY TUESDAY NIGHT.  FNT MAY FINALLY MOVE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH BY
THURSDAY NIGHT TO SEE A TEMPORARY END TO THE TSTSMS.

FWC TEMPS ARE A BIT TOO WARM AT HUF TOMORROW AND A BIT TO LOW MOST
AREAS ON SUNDAY.  OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE TO TEMPS.

.IND...NONE.
JEH

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:18 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Clay

When
May 31, 4:20 PM EST
Where
Clay County, 3 mi E of Brazil
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
39.533, -87.067

Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson

When
May 31, 4:48 PM EST
Where
Johnson County, Greenwood
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
39.617, -86.117

Part of a roof blown off a house that was under contstruction

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.

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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: 5296221, 5296222.