Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 1, 2004

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 1, 2004
Start: 2004-06-01T19:15
End: 2004-06-01T21:20
Location: Indiana

June 1, 2004 · NWS LMK · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

Penny to golf ball size hail was reported over parts of south central Indiana. Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in some areas.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 LMK wrote it up.

Penny to golf ball size hail was reported over parts of south central Indiana. Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in some areas.

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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 1, 2:20 PM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:20 PM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
320 PM EDT TUE JUN 01 2004

SHORT TERM:
STRONG STORMS DEVLPG OVR NCNTRL KY AT THIS TIME...WAITING FOR WATCH BEFORE
ISSUING NEW FCSTS. VERY COLD AIR ALOFT OVR REGION WI STEEP LAPSE
RATES. IN ADDITION...IMPULSE NOW MOVING INTO NRN FA WITH SUFFICIENT
RH AND VERY UNSTABLE FOR STRONG STORMS.

WILL GO WI 50 PCT POPS ACRS WATCH AREA FOR TONIGHT WI PCPN AREA
SETTLING SOUTHEAST AND ENDING OR DIMINISHING LATE OVER THE SE PTN
OF FA.

ON THUR WILL CONT CHC OF INSTABILITY TRW WITH 30 PCT POPS.

DRY AND PLEASANTLY COOL ON THU AND FRIDAY....MORE OR LESS IN LINE WI
CURRENT FCST PROJECTIONS.

LONG TERM:(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
UPPER AIR PATTERN LATE FRIDAY WILL FEATURE A BROAD TROUGH ACROSS THE
NORTHEASTERN CONUS...AND A RIDGE ACROSS THE WESTERN STATES. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL MOVES EAST OF THE MID ATLANTIC BY EARLY SATURDAY. THIS WILL
ALLOW SOME MOISTURE TO RETURN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. A SERIES OF
UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN GENERAL NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CROSS
THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY LATE SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...A
COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH OUR REGION SUNDAY AND THEN
BECOME STATIONARY. HAVE ADDED CHANCE OF CONVECTION SATURDAY EVENING
AND CONTINUED IT THROUGH TUESDAY.

&&

.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
KY...NONE.

&&

SCHOTT

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 2:58 AM EST, 16 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
358 AM EDT TUE JUN 1 2004

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-020756-
ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-ANDERSON KY-BARREN KY-BOURBON KY-BOYLE KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-BUTLER KY-CASEY KY-CLARK KY-CLARK IN-
CLINTON KY-CRAWFORD IN-CUMBERLAND KY-DUBOIS IN-EDMONSON KY-
FAYETTE KY-FLOYD IN-FRANKLIN KY-GARRARD KY-GRAYSON KY-GREEN KY-
HANCOCK KY-HARDIN KY-HARRISON KY-HARRISON IN-HART KY-HENRY KY-
JEFFERSON KY-JEFFERSON IN-JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-
MADISON KY-MARION KY-MEADE KY-MERCER KY-METCALF KY-MONROE KY-
NELSON KY-NICHOLAS KY-OHIO KY-OLDHAM KY-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN-
RUSSELL KY-SCOTT KY-SCOTT IN-SHELBY KY-SIMPSON KY-SPENCER KY-
TAYLOR KY-TRIMBLE KY-WARREN KY-WASHINGTON KY-WASHINGTON IN-
WOODFORD KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISVILLE...LEXINGTON...BOWLING GREEN...
WINCHESTER...VERSAILLES...STANFORD...SHELBYVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE...
RICHMOND...HARRODSBURG...HARDINSBURG...GLASGOW...FRANKLIN...
FRANKFORT...ELIZABETHTOWN...DANVILLE...CYNTHIANA...COLUMBIA...
BARDSTOWN...NEW ALBANY...JASPER AND CORYDON
358 AM EDT TUE JUN 1 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND
CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME UNSTABLE TODAY WITH COLD AIR ALOFT AND
SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE LOWER 80S. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AND FOR THIS REASON THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK
FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN WEDNESDAY AS WELL AS NEXT
SUNDAY. AT THE PRESENT TIME THESE STORMS DO NOT LOOK TO BE OF A
SEVERE NATURE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

JA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 1, 4:30 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
530 PM EDT TUE JUN 01 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     HAIL             CORYDON                 38.21N 86.13W
06/01/2004  0.50 INCH        HARRISON           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0305 PM     HAIL             VALLEY STATION          38.10N 85.86W
06/01/2004  0.25 INCH        JEFFERSON          KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

0310 PM     HAIL             SHELBYVILLE             38.22N 85.23W
06/01/2004  0.75 INCH        SHELBY             KY   NWS EMPLOYEE

0310 PM     HAIL             SHELBYVILLE             38.22N 85.23W
06/01/2004  0.25 INCH        SHELBY             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OBSERVER ALSO REPORTED 30 TO 35 MPH WINDS.

0315 PM     HAIL             2 N SHELBYVILLE         38.25N 85.23W
06/01/2004  0.50 INCH        SHELBY             KY   AMATEUR RADIO

            MARBLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL.

0324 PM     HAIL             MOUNT WASHINGTON        38.05N 85.55W
06/01/2004  0.25 INCH        BULLITT            KY   NWS EMPLOYEE

            LARGE AMOUNT OF PEA SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH INTENSE RAIN.

0329 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FRANKFORT               38.19N 84.87W
06/01/2004                   FRANKLIN           KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED.

0329 PM     HAIL             FRANKFORT               38.19N 84.87W
06/01/2004  1.50 INCH        FRANKLIN           KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DISPATCH REPORTED HAIL JUST A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN A
            GOLFBALL.

0331 PM     TSTM WND GST     FRANKFORT               38.19N 84.87W
06/01/2004  55 MPH           FRANKLIN           KY   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

0340 PM     HAIL             GEORGETOWN              38.21N 84.55W
06/01/2004  0.75 INCH        SCOTT              KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

0350 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VERSAILLES              38.05N 84.73W
06/01/2004                   WOODFORD           KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

0355 PM     HAIL             5 NW LEXINGTON          38.09N 84.52W
06/01/2004  0.75 INCH        FAYETTE            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MASTERSON STATION AREA.

0405 PM     HAIL             LEXINGTON               38.04N 84.46W
06/01/2004  0.88 INCH        FAYETTE            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45
            MPH.

0407 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LEXINGTON               38.04N 84.46W
06/01/2004                   FAYETTE            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER LINES DOWN....ESTIMATED GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

0409 PM     HAIL             5 E MUNFORDVILLE        37.28N 85.81W
06/01/2004  0.50 INCH        HART               KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORT OF DIME TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WINCHESTER              38.00N 84.19W
06/01/2004                   CLARK              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TWO TREES AND TWO POWER LINES DOWN.

0448 PM     HAIL             HARDYVILLE              37.25N 85.80W
06/01/2004  0.75 INCH        HART               KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DIME TO PENNY SIZED HAIL IN THE AREA

&&

XXV

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:59 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
559 PM EDT TUE JUN 1 2004

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-012300-
ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-ANDERSON KY-BARREN KY-BOURBON KY-BOYLE KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-BUTLER KY-CASEY KY-CLARK IN-CLARK KY-
CLINTON KY-CRAWFORD IN-CUMBERLAND KY-DUBOIS IN-EDMONSON KY-
FAYETTE KY-FLOYD IN-FRANKLIN KY-GARRARD KY-GRAYSON KY-GREEN KY-
HANCOCK KY-HARDIN KY-HARRISON IN-HARRISON KY-HART KY-HENRY KY-
JEFFERSON IN-JEFFERSON KY-JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-
MADISON KY-MARION KY-MEADE KY-MERCER KY-METCALFE KY-MONROE KY-
NELSON KY-NICHOLAS KY-OHIO KY-OLDHAM KY-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN-
RUSSELL KY-SCOTT IN-SCOTT KY-SHELBY KY-SIMPSON KY-SPENCER KY-
TAYLOR KY-TRIMBLE KY-WARREN KY-WASHINGTON IN-WASHINGTON KY-
WOODFORD KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARDSTOWN...BOWLING GREEN...
CAMPBELLSVILLE...COLUMBIA...CORYDON...CYNTHIANA...DANVILLE...
ELIZABETHTOWN...FRANKFORT...FRANKLIN...GLASGOW...HARDINSBURG...
HARRODSBURG...JASPER...LEITCHFIELD...LEXINGTON...LOUISVILLE...
NEW ALBANY...RICHMOND...RUSSELLVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...STANFORD...
VERSAILLES...WINCHESTER
559 PM EDT (459 PM CDT) TUE JUN 1 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EDT (10 PM CDT)...

AT 6 PM EDT (5 PM CDT), WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUR CENTRAL AND INTO EASTERN PARTS OF
KENTUCKY, NEAR THE CAMPBELLSVILLE AND LIBERTY AREAS. FOR MANY AREAS,
THERE WILL LIKELY BE A LULL IN THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR THE NEXT
ONE OR TWO HOURS WHEN ONLY SOME SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER,
AFTER 7 OR 8 PM EDT, A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS NOW DEVELOPING OVER
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY, IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WOULD HAVE TO
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WIND GUSTS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, LOCAL MEDIA, AND WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

XXV

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:41 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
641 PM EDT TUE JUN 1 2004

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-012345-
ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-ANDERSON KY-BARREN KY-BOURBON KY-BOYLE KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-BUTLER KY-CASEY KY-CLARK IN-CLARK KY-
CLINTON KY-CRAWFORD IN-CUMBERLAND KY-DUBOIS IN-EDMONSON KY-
FAYETTE KY-FLOYD IN-FRANKLIN KY-GARRARD KY-GRAYSON KY-GREEN KY-
HANCOCK KY-HARDIN KY-HARRISON IN-HARRISON KY-HART KY-HENRY KY-
JEFFERSON IN-JEFFERSON KY-JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-
MADISON KY-MARION KY-MEADE KY-MERCER KY-METCALFE KY-MONROE KY-
NELSON KY-NICHOLAS KY-OHIO KY-OLDHAM KY-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN-
RUSSELL KY-SCOTT IN-SCOTT KY-SHELBY KY-SIMPSON KY-SPENCER KY-
TAYLOR KY-TRIMBLE KY-WARREN KY-WASHINGTON IN-WASHINGTON KY-
WOODFORD KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARDSTOWN...BOWLING GREEN...
CAMPBELLSVILLE...COLUMBIA...CORYDON...CYNTHIANA...DANVILLE...
ELIZABETHTOWN...FRANKFORT...FRANKLIN...GLASGOW...HARDINSBURG...
HARRODSBURG...JASPER...LEITCHFIELD...LEXINGTON...LOUISVILLE...
NEW ALBANY...RICHMOND...RUSSELLVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...STANFORD...
VERSAILLES...WINCHESTER
641 PM EDT (541 PM CDT) TUE JUN 1 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EDT (10 PM CDT)...

AT 640 PM EDT (540 PM CDT), WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL
CLUSTERS OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD AT 40 MPH OVER
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS
WOULD HAVE TO POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WIND GUSTS,
AS THEY MOVE INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL
KENTUCKY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. AT THEIR CURRENT PROGRESSION,
THESE STORMS WOULD MOVE INTO THE JASPER AREA AROUND 600 PM EST,
INTO THE BEAVER DAM AREA AROUND 620 PM CDT, AND APPROACHING THE I-65
CORRIDOR AROUND LOUISVILLE AND ELIZABETHTOWN FROM ROUGHLY 8 TO 815 PM
EDT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, LOCAL MEDIA, AND WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND ANY WARNINGS, IF THEY ARE ISSUED.

XXV

Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:01 PM EST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
801 PM EDT TUE JUN 01 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0757 PM     HAIL             BEAVER DAM              37.41N 86.88W
06/01/2004  0.25 INCH        OHIO               KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

MRC

Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:14 PM EST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
814 PM EDT TUE JUN 01 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0810 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     BANDON                  38.13N 86.60W
06/01/2004                   PERRY              IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MANY FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS ACROSS NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN
            PAST 10 MINUTES

&&

XXV

Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:15 PM EST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
815 PM EDT TUE JUN 01 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0804 PM     HAIL             7 NE LEITCHFIELD        37.55N 86.20W
06/01/2004  0.50 INCH        GRAYSON            KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

MRC

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:16 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Perry

When: June 1, 7:15 PM EST
Where: Perry County, Leopold
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.100, -86.583

Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford

When: June 1, 7:30 PM EST
Where: Crawford County, Leavenworth
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.200, -86.350

Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford

When: June 1, 7:30 PM EST
Where: Crawford County, Alton
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.117, -86.417

Hail, Harrison

When: June 1, 9:20 PM EST
Where: Harrison County, Palmyra
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.417, -86.117

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Indiana in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, June 2004

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: 5406706, 5406707, 5406708, 5406709.