Indiana, 2003

Hail in Indiana, August 22, 2003

August 22, 2003 · NWS ILN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • 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
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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 22, 2:10 AM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 2:10 AM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
310 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL
ILLINOIS ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND INTO SE LOWER MICHIGAN. AIR
MASS OUT AHEAD OF FRONT STILL FAIRLY UNSTABLE WITH LATEST RUC
INDICATING CAPES IN THE 3000-4000 J/KG RANGE AND THIS FORECAST TO
PERSIST THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS OUR AREA AS FRONT PUSHES TO
THE SOUTHEAST. GFS FASTER THAN ETA WITH PUSHING FRONT THROUGH TODAY
BUT BASED ON CURRENT MOVEMENT AND RELATIVELY LIGHT MID LEVEL WINDS
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...PREFER SLOWER ETA FOR FRONTAL TIMING.
WITH THIS IN MIND WILL HANG ON TO HIGH CHANCE POPS THROUGH TODAY
ACROSS THE SOUTH AND THEN SCALE BACK TO LOW CHANCE ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST AND INDICATE MAINLY EARLY THIS MORNING. WILL KEEP A LOW
CHANCE IN FOR EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTH...OTHERWISE
CLEARING OVERNIGHT. FORECAST THEN LOOKS DRY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE SLIDES SLOWLY EAST TOWARD OUR AREA. TEMPS TODAY A
LITTLE TOUGH DEPENDING ON AMOUNT OF DEBRIS CLOUDS BUT SHOULD STILL
SEE ENOUGH SUN TO ALLOW TEMPS INTO THE MID 80S TO THE SOUTH OF FRONT.

.ILN...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 10:28 PM EST, 7 hours 17 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-211100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...RETRANSMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
500 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO
TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS WILL
BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

IN ADDITION...HEAT INDICES WILL APPROACH 100 DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST ON FRIDAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS
ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN BEING THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:45 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dearborn

When
August 22, 5:45 AM EST to 5:49 AM EST
Where
Dearborn County, Lawrenceburg
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.100, -84.850

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: 5333477.