Hail in Ohio, May 7, 2004

Name: Hail in Ohio, May 7, 2004
Start: 2004-05-07T08:13
End: 2004-05-07T10:48
Location: Ohio

May 7, 2004 · NWS IWX · 11 events in 3 counties and zones

11 hail, 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 11

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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 7, 5:56 AM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 5:56 AM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
556 AM EST FRI MAY 7 2004

.AVIATION...
MCS OVER ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE SLOWLY ESEWD EARLY THIS
MORNING. THE BULK OF THE COMPLEX WILL BE SOUTH OF KSBN AND
KFWA...BUT THE NORTHERN PORTION WILL LIKELY CLIP THE TERMINALS SO
WILL INCLUDE VCTS FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AT KSBN EARLY THIS MORNING...AND
VCSH AT KFWA TOWARDS MID-MORNING AS THE COMPLEX WEAKENS AS IT MOVES
EAST.

NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDER WILL THEN BE THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A
WARM FRONT THAT WILL BE MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE REGION AROUND
MIDNIGHT. BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS APPEAR TO BE APPROXIMATELY
03Z-06Z...BUT WITH IT STILL 15 HOURS AWAY WILL HOLD OFF LOCKING IN
TO THAT QUITE YET.
&&

.SHORT TERM...
NGM VERIFIED THE BEST AT 06Z WITH PLACEMENT OF SURFACE
BOUNDARY...WHICH AT 07Z STRETCHED FROM SOUTH OF TOLEDO TO FORT WAYNE
TO KANKAKEE. NGM ALSO HAD THE BEST HANDLE ON THE 00Z-06Z QPF FIELDS.
HOWEVER MODELS AGREE ON DROPPING THE COLD FRONT SOUTH TO THE OHIO
RIVER BY MIDDAY THEN STARTING IT BACK NORTH THIS EVENING...ENTERING
THE CWFA FROM THE SOUTH AROUND MIDNIGHT. BAND OF BETTER RH WILL
EXIST ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT WHERE SCATTERED ELEVATED
CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE.

GOOD PUNCH OF DRY AIR AT 700MB THIS EVENING AND WET BULB ZEROES
AROUND 10K FEET. ISENTROPIC LIFT MAXIMIZES AS THE WARM FRONT PUSHES
THROUGH THIS EVENING AND AS A SMALL SHORTWAVE TROF SWINGS IN TO THE
GREAT LAKES FROM THE WEST. AS A RESULT BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS
APPEARS TO BE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. ENTIRE CWFA IN SPC SLIGHT
RISK AREA...MAIN THREAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE HAIL IN ELEVATED STORMS
ABOVE SIGNIFCANT INVERSION.

TEMPS FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST APPEAR TO BE ON TRACK PROVIDED COOLER
AIR IS ABLE TO PUSH ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES BY DAYBREAK.

&&

.LONG TERM...
FEW CHANGES TO GOING GRIDS. HAVE BUMPED TEMPS A FEW THROUGH THE
FORECAST PERIOD WITH LATEST GFS TRENDING A BIT FURTHER NORTH WITH
THE BOUNDARY...BUT NOT NEARLY AS MUCH AS ETA HAS BEEN. UNFORTUNATELY
LONG PERIOD OF CHANCE TSRA ABOUT THE ONLY WAY TO GO FOR NOW WITH
TIMING OF INDIVIDUAL SHORTWAVES/CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES IMPOSSIBLE.
CONTINUE TO HOLD ONTO DRY FORECAST WEDNESDAY AS TRANSITION FROM
CURRENT ZONAL PATTERN TO SHARP LONGWAVE TROF IN THE WEST MAY CAP US
IN THE WARM SECTOR. THEN TSRA CHANCES HOLD UNTIL COLD FRONT NEARS
DAY7.
&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 5:08 AM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
508 AM EST FRI MAY 7 2004

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-081007-
ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN MI-BLACKFORD IN-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-
CASS IN-DE KALB IN-DEFIANCE OH-ELKHART IN-FULTON OH-FULTON IN-
GRANT IN-HENRY OH-HILLSDALE MI-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-
LA PORTE IN-LAGRANGE IN-MARSHALL IN-MIAMI IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH-
PULASKI IN-PUTNAM OH-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE IN-
STEUBEN IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN-WHITLEY IN-
WILLIAMS OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...ARCHBOLD...AUBURN...
BENTON HARBOR...BENTON HEIGHTS...BERNE...BLUFFTON...BREMEN...BRYAN...
BUCHANAN...BUTLER...COLDWATER...COLUMBIA CITY...DECATUR...DEFIANCE...
DELPHOS...DOWAGIAC...DUNKIRK...DUNLAP...ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN...
FAIRMOUNT...FORT SHAWNEE...FORT WAYNE...GARRETT...GAS CITY...
GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER...GRISSOM AFB...GULIVOIRE PARK...
HARTFORD CITY...HICKSVILLE...HILLSDALE...HUNTINGTON...KENDALLVILLE...
KNOX...LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...LIGONIER...LIMA...LOGANSPORT...MARION...
MICHIGAN CITY...MISHAWAKA...MONTICELLO...MONTPELIER...NAPOLEON...
NAPPANEE...NEW HAVEN...NILES...NORTH MANCHESTER...OSSIAN...OTTAWA...
PERU...PLYMOUTH...PORTLAND...ROCHESTER...SIMONTON LAKE...
SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...SWANTON...SYRACUSE...
THREE RIVERS...TRAIL CREEK...TRI-LAKES...UPLAND...VAN WERT...
WABASH...WARSAW...WAUSEON...WESTVILLE...WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE
508 AM EST FRI MAY 7 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST
OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STORMS
LATER THIS EVENING INTO EARLY TONIGHT MAY BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL
THE PRIMARY HAZARD. ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES, OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IWX

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 7, 7:41 AM EST, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
741 AM EST FRI MAY 07 2004

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

0740 AM     HAIL             FORT WAYNE              41.07N 85.14W
05/07/2004  1.00 INCH        ALLEN              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0734 AM     HAIL             1 S FORT WAYNE          41.06N 85.14W
05/07/2004  1.00 INCH        ALLEN              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0732 AM     HAIL             2 NW COLUMBIA CITY      41.18N 85.51W
05/07/2004  0.75 INCH        WHITLEY            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0732 AM     HAIL             1 N FORT WAYNE          41.09N 85.14W
05/07/2004  1.00 INCH        ALLEN              IN   AMATEUR RADIO

0720 AM     HAIL             2 NE COLUMBIA CITY      41.18N 85.46W
05/07/2004  1.00 INCH        WHITLEY            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

WAMSLEY

Local storm report, May 7, 7:45 AM EST, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
745 AM EST FRI MAY 07 2004

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

0743 AM     HAIL             1 NW FORT WAYNE         41.08N 85.15W
05/07/2004  1.00 INCH        ALLEN              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND. DURATION OF 15
            MINUTES.

&&

WAMSLEY

Local storm report, May 7, 7:49 AM EST, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
749 AM EST FRI MAY 07 2004

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

0745 AM     HAIL             1 NW FORT WAYNE         41.08N 85.15W
05/07/2004  0.75 INCH        ALLEN              IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

WAMSLEY

Local storm report, May 7, 8:13 AM EST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
813 AM EST FRI MAY 07 2004

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

0750 AM     HAIL             COLUMBIA CITY           41.16N 85.48W
05/07/2004  0.75 INCH        WHITLEY            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

WAMSLEY

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:13 UTC.

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Event by event

11 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Van Wert

When: May 7, 8:13 AM EST
Where: Van Wert County, 2 mi S of Scott
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.950, -84.567

Hail, Van Wert

When: May 7, 8:18 AM EST
Where: Van Wert County, 4 mi N of Van Wert
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.917, -84.567

Hail, Putnam

When: May 7, 8:36 AM EST
Where: Putnam County, 2 mi SW of Ft Jennings
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.883, -84.317

Hail, Allen

When: May 7, 8:50 AM EST
Where: Allen County, 3 mi E of Delphos
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.833, -84.283

Hail, Van Wert

When: May 7, 9:40 AM EST
Where: Van Wert County, 1 mi N of Convoy
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 40.933, -84.700

Hail, Allen

When: May 7, 9:40 AM EST
Where: Allen County, 2 mi SE of Delphos
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 40.817, -84.300

Hail, Allen

When: May 7, 9:40 AM EST
Where: Allen County, 2 mi E of Lima
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.750, -84.067

Hail, Van Wert

When: May 7, 9:43 AM EST
Where: Van Wert County, Van Wert
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.867, -84.567

Hail, Allen

When: May 7, 10:40 AM EST
Where: Allen County, Ft Shawnee
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.683, -84.117

Hail, Allen

When: May 7, 10:46 AM EST
Where: Allen County, Lima
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.750, -84.100

Hail, Allen

When: May 7, 10:48 AM EST
Where: Allen County, Lima
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 40.750, -84.100

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

Every storm in Ohio in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, 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: 5397276, 5397277, 5397286, 5397278, 5397279, 5397280, 5397281, 5397282, 5397283, 5397284, 5397285.