Hail, Franklin
- When
- April 7, 2:23 PM EST to 2:27 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, Laurel
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -85.183
Flash Flood and Hail in Indiana, April 7, 2006
10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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
- $16,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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 Apr 7, 2:06 PM EST, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 2:06 PM EST, 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 306 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN INDIANA. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CONVECTION DEVELOPING IN THE WARM SECTOR ALONG DEW POINT POINT BOUNDARY OVER CENTRAL INDIANA. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS JET STREAK FROM SRN MISSOURI INTO NORTHERN INDIANA WHICH IS AIDING IN CONVECTIVE INITIATION. 18Z ILN SOUNDING SHOWING 300 J/KG ALONG WITH A CAP JUST ABOVE 800 MB. FORECAST CONCERN IS SEVERE CONVECTION THIS AFT/EVE. EXPECT GOOD THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY (1500 TO 2000 J/KG BYLR) AND 0-6KM SHEAR OF 40 TO 50M/S PROGGED. THINK WIND AND HAIL WILL BE THE LARGEST THREAT AS DELTA THETA-E IS AROUND 25 AND WET BULB ZERO 6 TO 7 KFT. HOWEVER THERE IS SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR FOR ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS. ONCE FRONT MAKES IT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT THEN WE WILL DRY FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST. MAV TEMPS LOOK GOOD. TIPTON && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... LONG TERM PERIOD WILL BEGIN WITH HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA. WEAK SHORT WAVE FORECAST TO PASS THROUGH REGION LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY SO WILL CARRY LOW CHANCE POPS WITH IT. OTHERWISE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK IN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD. GIVEN GENERAL SOUTHERLY FLOW AND FAIR AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE...WILL TREND FORECAST HIGHS WARMER THAN GUIDANCE FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /18Z-18Z/... TAF SITES IN THE WARM SECTOR WITH SUNSHINE CAUSING TEMPS TO RISE INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 70S. THIS COMBINED WITH THE ADVCTN OF LO LVL MSTR WAS RESULTING IN MUCAPES ARND 1500 J/KG OVER THE SW TAF SITES. EXPECT CONTINUED DESTABILIZATION WITH CAPES BTWN 2000- 2500 J/KG AT PEAK HEATING TIME WITH LITTLE CAP. FRONT DRAPED ACROSS NRN OH TO DROP S THRU TAF SITES THIS EVENING. EXPECT ORGANIZED DEEP CONVECTION TO DEVELOP AND AFFECT ALL TAF SITES THRU EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT EXPECT IFR CIGS TO DEVELOP TNGT. IMPROVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AS DRIER AIR ADVCTS INTO THE REGION. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 11:43 AM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1243 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006 INZ050-058-059-066-073-074-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065- 070>074-077>082-088-081645- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-HARDIN- MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI- CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY- GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS- HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 1243 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAYTIME HEATING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN 3 PM AND 10 PM. THEREFORE THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE REGION UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. INZ075-080-KYZ089>100-081645- OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN- GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS- 1243 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAYTIME HEATING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN 3 PM AND 10 PM. THEREFORE THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE REGION UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 9:39 AM EST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1039 AM EDT FRI APR 7 2006 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-080445- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE- DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK- MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH- PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON- CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY... BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...RISING SUN...VEVAY... CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA... OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET... MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA... GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE... PIQUA...URBANA...SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK... EATON...DAYTON...XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE... LANCASTER...HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE... LOGAN...CINCINNATI...MILFORD...GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO... WEST UNION...PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH 1039 AM EDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAYTIME HEATING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WITH THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN 3 PM AND 10 PM. THEREFORE THE STORM PREDICATION CENTER HAS PLACED THE REGION UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED. AR
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 11:51 AM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1251 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-071900- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE- DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK- MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH- PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON- CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY... BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...RISING SUN...VEVAY... CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA... OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET... MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA... GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE... PIQUA...URBANA...SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK... EATON...DAYTON...XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE... LANCASTER...HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE... LOGAN...CINCINNATI...MILFORD...GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO... WEST UNION...PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH 1251 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... SUNSHINE ALONG WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WAS CAUSING THE ATMOSPHERE TO DESTABILIZE. A COLD FRONT ORIENTED ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO WILL DROP SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HELPING TO TRIGGER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THERMAL AND WIND PROFILES ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN 3 PM AND 10 PM. THEREFORE THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED AREAS SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER IN A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. AR
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:24 UTC.
Event by event
10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dearborn
- When
- April 7, 2:29 PM EST to 2:33 PM EST
- Where
- Dearborn County, St Leon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -84.967
Hail, Dearborn
- When
- April 7, 2:30 PM EST to 2:34 PM EST
- Where
- Dearborn County, 5 mi NE of Lawrenceburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -84.783
Hail, Switzerland
- When
- April 7, 3:18 PM EST to 3:22 PM EST
- Where
- Switzerland County, 3 mi SE of East Enterprise
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.833, -84.950
Hail, Wayne
- When
- April 7, 3:30 PM EST to 3:34 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Hagerstown
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.917, -85.167
Thunderstorm Wind, Switzerland
- When
- April 7, 3:45 PM EST to 3:48 PM EST
- Where
- Switzerland County, East Enterprise
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.867, -84.983
A tree was downed in town.
Hail, Union
- When
- April 7, 4:10 PM EST to 4:14 PM EST
- Where
- Union County, Liberty
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.633, -84.933
Hail, Fayette
- When
- April 7, 4:21 PM EST to 4:24 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette County, 6 mi SSE of Connersville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.567, -85.083
Hail, Franklin
- When
- April 7, 4:50 PM EST to 4:54 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, 2 mi S of Oldenburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -85.200
Hail, Ripley
- When
- April 7, 4:55 PM EST to 4:59 PM EST
- Where
- Ripley County, 1 mi N of Napoleon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 39.217, -85.333
Thunderstorm Wind, Dearborn
- When
- April 7, 4:58 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dearborn County, St Leon
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -84.967
Large tree limbs were downed.
Flash Flood, Dearborn
- When
- April 7, 5:09 PM EST to 5:13 PM EST
- Where
- Dearborn County, 3 mi NE of Bright
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -84.817
Several roads in West Harrison had high water flowing across them.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dearborn
- When
- April 7, 5:15 PM EST to 5:18 PM EST
- Where
- Dearborn County, Bright
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.217, -84.850
Large tree limbs were knocked down.
Hail, Switzerland
- When
- April 7, 6:09 PM EST to 6:13 PM EST
- Where
- Switzerland County, Vevay
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.750, -85.067
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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5499241, 5499240, 5499239, 5499243, 5499242, 5499244, 5499245, 5499251, 5499248, 5499249, 5499246, 5499306, 5499247, 5499250.