Indiana, 2002

Hail in Indiana, May 31, 2002

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

2 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
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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 31, 2:30 PM EST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:30 PM EST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
330 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002

WITH BROAD UPPER RIDGE BECOMING DOMINANT OVER THE CENTRAL
CONUS...NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY OVER THE
OHIO VALLEY.  SHORT WAVES MOVING ALONG IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL
COMBINE WITH SFC BASED INSTABILITY AND VARIABLE AMOUNTS OF SFC
CONVERGENCE TO TRIGGER SCT TSRA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

SFC MAP HAS COLD FRONT NEAR LAKE ERIE DROPPING SLOWLY SOUTH TOWARD
OUR CWA.  DEW POINTS ARE NOTICEABLY DRIER IN THE 50S ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF THE FRONT IN CONTRAST TO OUR UPPER 60S.  THOUGH CURRENT
ACTIVITY IS CONCENTRATED IN NEW YORK...PLENTY OF CU HAVE FORMED OVER
OUR AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND I EXPECT SCT TSRA TO DEVELOP LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

WATCH BOX TO OUR NORTHEAST PORTENDS POSSIBLE WATCH FOR US LATER
TODAY.  WITH STRONG INSTABILITY AND RATHER FAVORABLE WIND
FIELDS...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

AFTER THIS EVENINGS TSRA DIE OUT...TONIGHT WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY
WITH SOME DRIER AIR WORKING DOWN BEHIND THE FRONT.  MORE WARM AIR
AND MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL OCCUR ON SATURDAY AHEAD OF ANOTHER FRONT
DROPPING SOUTH LATER IN THE DAY.  WITH THE FRONT MOVING IN
LATER...ILL GO WITH 30% CHANCE FOR TSRA LATE.  WITH THE FRONT
REMAINING IN THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY ILL KEEP CHANCE
TSRA FOR BOTH PERIODS.

FWC TEMPS APPEAR A BIT TOO COOL EXCEPT FOR SATURDAY...SO ILL RAISE
FWC ACCORDINGLY.

.ILN...NONE.

CONIGLIO

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:19 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Ripley

When
May 31, 7:20 PM EST to 7:23 PM EST
Where
Ripley County, Milan
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.117, -85.133

Hail, Dearborn

When
May 31, 7:35 PM EST to 7:37 PM EST
Where
Dearborn County, Moores Hill
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.117, -85.083

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

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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: 5299400, 5299401.