Hail, Greene
- When
- May 27, 4:10 AM EST
- Where
- Greene County, Bloomfield
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.033, -86.933
Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 27, 2004
2 hail, 2 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
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 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 27, 2:10 AM EST, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 2:10 AM EST, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 210 AM EST THU MAY 27 2004 .DISCUSSION...FLOOD WATCH FOR FAR SOUTH PART OF FORECAST AREA WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN MOVED THROUGH THE FAR SOUTH PART OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. MORE RAIN IS LIKELY TODAY. A FRONT REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE OHIO RIVER EARLY THIS MORNING. A COLD FRONT WAS FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE PLAINS STATES. AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH WAS OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. CONVECTION WAS SCATTERED FROM KANSAS TO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. MODELS MOVE THE COLD FRONT SOUTH TODAY...THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. LOW LEVEL JET OVER PLAINS SHOULD KEEP A LEAST SCATTERED CONVECTION MOVING INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING. HEAVY RAINFALL STILL POSSIBLE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER AROUND 1.5 INCHES. AIR TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. ETA HAS LI OF -8 TO -10 AND CAPES ABOVE 2000 J/KG. SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE AREA FRIDAY. MODELS HAVE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. STRONG UPPER TROUGH AND COLD FRONT MOVING EAST FROM THE PLAINS OVER THE WEEKEND. GFS NOW MOVING THE COLD FRONT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SEVERE STORMS. COOLER AIR MOVING IN MEMORIAL DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE HIGHER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY FROM WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. COOLER AIR IN FRIDAY. NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MET AND MAV. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH FAR SOUTH TODAY. && DS
Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 8:12 PM EST, 7 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 812 PM EST WED MAY 26 2004 INZ021-028>031-035>049-054>057-271100- BOONE-CARROLL-CLINTON-DELAWARE-FOUNTAIN-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HENDRICKS- HENRY-HOWARD-JOHNSON-MADISON-MARION-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-PARKE-PUTNAM- RANDOLPH-RUSH-SHELBY-TIPPECANOE-TIPTON-VERMILLION-WARREN- 812 PM EST WED MAY 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AND THEN AGAIN LATER IN THE WEEKEND. INZ051>053-060>065-271100- BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-CLAY-DECATUR-GREENE-MONROE-OWEN-SULLIVAN-VIGO- 812 PM EST WED MAY 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AND THEN AGAIN LATER IN THE WEEKEND. INZ067>072-271100- DAVIESS-JACKSON-JENNINGS-KNOX-LAWRENCE-MARTIN- 812 PM EST WED MAY 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR FAR SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. FLOODING MAY OCCUR TONIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN LATER IN THE WEEKEND. && MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT OUR WEBSITE... HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IND
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:09 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- May 27, 4:16 AM EST
- Where
- Greene County, Bloomfield
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.033, -86.933
Trees down
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- May 27, 5:01 AM EST
- Where
- Lawrence County, O Olitic
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -86.517
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- May 27, 5:10 AM EST
- Where
- Lawrence County, Bedford
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 38.867, -86.483
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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
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, May 27 to 28, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, May 27 to 28, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Indiana, May 27, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 27, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Ohio, May 27 to 28, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 27, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, May 27 to 28, 2004
- Tornado in Kentucky, May 27, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 27, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 27, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 27, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 27, 2004
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, May 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: 5400789, 5400847, 5400848, 5400849.