Thunderstorm Wind, Vermillion
- When
- May 30, 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Vermillion County, Cayuga
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 39.933, -87.450
Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 30, 2003
A couple of supercells knocked down numerous trees.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
A couple of supercells knocked down numerous trees.
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 30, 2:15 PM EST, 8 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 2:15 PM EST, 8 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 215 PM EST FRI MAY 30 2003 THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP...AND THEY COULD BECOME SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP BETWEEN THE COLD FRONT AND THE AREA OF SHOWERS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT TRAILED SOUTHWEST FROM THE LOW THROUGH IOWA AND MISSOURI. AN STRONG UPPER SHORT WAVE TROUGH WAS OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. HIGH MID SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS COVERED THE FORECAST AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OVER THE WEST PART OF THE AREA. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO DIP SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING...REACHING NORTH INDIANA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND OHIO LATER TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE CAPE...LIFTED INDEX AND LAPSE RATES ARE MARGINAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THERE WILL BE QUITE A BIT OF WIND SHEAR BETWEEN THE SURFACE AND 500 MB. DAMAGING WINDS COULD OCCUR. WET BULB ZERO IS IN RANGE FOR LARGE HAIL ALSO. SOME SHOWERS COULD OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING AS SOME DEEPER MOISTURE RAPS AROUND THE UPPER TROUGH. STRONG SUBSIDENCE IS FORECAST TOMORROW AFTERNOON...BUT MOISTURE HANGS ON IN THE LOW LEVELS. CLEARING SHOULD BE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY TOMORROW EVENING. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE AREA SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY UP THIS EVENING BUT WILL DROP IN THE COLD ADVECTION LATER TONIGHT. CLOUDS WILL KEEP DOWN HIGHS TOMORROW. QUITE COOL TOMORROW NIGHT UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHTER WINDS. .IND...NONE. DS
Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 7:57 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-311100-HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 757 PM EST FRI MAY 30 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM AROUND 900 PM TO 1200 AM OVER THE WEST PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA...AND FROM AROUND 1200 AM TO 300 AM OVER THE EAST PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE MAINLY LATE THIS EVENING IN THE LAFAYETTE...ATTICA AND FRANKFORT AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL... HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IND (ALL LOWER CASE) KOCH ADDED SPECIFIC PERIODS
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:29 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fountain
- When
- May 30, 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Fountain County, Mellott
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.167, -87.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- May 30, 10:45 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Wingate
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 40.183, -87.067
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 30, 2003
- High Wind in Iowa, May 30, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 30, 2003
- Hail in Iowa, May 30, 2003
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 30, 2003
- Strong Wind in Colorado, May 30, 2003
- High Wind in North Dakota, May 30, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, May 30, 2003
- Flooding in Montana, May 30 to 31, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, May 30, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Nevada, May 30, 2003
- Strong Wind in Alabama, May 30, 2003
More
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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: 5353970, 5353972, 5353971.