Hail, Bartholomew
- When
- June 2, 4:59 PM EST to 5:01 PM EST
- Where
- Bartholomew County, Ogilville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -86.020
Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 2, 2010
A line of thunderstorms developed across southeast and east-central Indiana during the late afternoon hours on the 2nd of June. These storms look to have formed on a boundary that pushed eastward into the area from previous convection.
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
- $10,000
- 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 IND wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms developed across southeast and east-central Indiana during the late afternoon hours on the 2nd of June. These storms look to have formed on a boundary that pushed eastward into the area from previous convection. Not only was hail and wind damage observed, but a rotating wall cloud was also reported northeast of Seymour.
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 Jun 2, 12:35 PM EST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 12:35 PM EST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 135 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATED EVERYTHING EXCEPT AVIATION PORTION. && .SYNOPSIS... FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...FAIRLY FAST WESTERLY FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER INDIANA. THIS WILL CAUSE A SERIES OF WEAK LOWS AND WEAK HIGHS TO CROSS THE STATE...WHICH WILL CAUSE INTERMITTENT THUNDERSTORMS SEPARATED BY DRY PERIODS OF A DAY OR SO. TEMPERATES SHOULD BE FAIRLY STABLE AT RECENT VALUES WITH NO BIG INTRUSIONS OF AIR FROM NORTH OR SOUTH. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... PROBLEM IS WHERE DO WE NEED FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT. BOUNDARY NOW APPROACHING SOUTHERN PART OF CWA ON SATELLITE. MODELS DISAGREE EXACTLY WHERE IT WILL END UP OVERNIGHT...BUT DO CONCUR ITS MAIN EFFECT SHOULD BE ON SOUTHERN OR CENTRAL COUNTIES AND NOT NORTH. ENORMOUS GFS QPF SOUTH OVERNIGHT. MIGHT BE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK AT LEAST IN PART...BUT HPB EXCESSIVE RAIN PROBABILITIES MAX IN SAME AREA. FLASH FLOOD WATCH NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED TO SOUTH...AND KEPT CENTRAL CONSIDERING BOUNDARY UNCERTAINTY. SHOULD BE ABLE TO DROP IT NORTH. MAV POPS SEEM TO CAPTURE THIS FAIRLY WELL AND GFS HAS BEEN HANDLING BOUNDARY A BIT BETTER. HOWEVER WILL UPGRADE TO CATEGORICAL POPS SOUTH SINCE RAIN THREAT GREATEST THERE. MAV MINS LOOK BEST SINCE TEMPS WONT DROP MUCH ON A HUMID NIGHT...BUT MAY BE PUSHED MID TO UPPER 60S AS OPPOSED TO UPPER 60S OR NEAR 70 BECAUSE OF RAIN EFFECTS. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... CHALLENGE REMAINS HEAVY RAIN THREAT OVER SHORTER TERM. FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE FOR SAME AREA MENTIONED IN NEAR TERM DISCUSSION BECAUSE MAY TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR RAIN TO TAPER OFF THURSDAY MORNING...AND SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THAT FOR FULL STREAM RESPONSE. MET POPS SEEM TO CATCH THIS BETTER...BUT WILL DROP TO CHANCE IN NORTHWEST WHERE MAV IS ONLY 1 PERCENT INTO LIKELY CATEGORY BUT MET IS MORE THAN 30 PERCENT BELOW. MASS FIELDS IN MODELS ARE NOT TOO DIFFERENT. TO EXTEND THEY DIFFER...LIKE SRF WHICH IS CLOSE TO GFS BUT HAS BENEFIT OF ENSEMBLE EFFECT. THAT DOES NOT CLARIFY FORECAST PROBLEM MUCH SINCE ALL MODELS AGREE ON A PATTERN OF WEAK BOUNDARIES IN AND OUT OVER THE FORECAST AREA. WITH THIS AND JUNE SUNSHINE WILL BE HARD TO GET RID OF AT LEAST CHANCE POPS. WILL USE HIGHEST OF GUIDANCE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE EXTREMELY DEPENDENT ON WHEN RAIN OCCURS. MAV SEEMS TO THINK IT WILL BE MOSTLY DRY AND WARM...MET WET AND COOLER. WILL TRY TO CAPTURE THESE ALTERNATE SCENARIOS WITH A CONSENSUS. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... FOCUS CONTINUES TO BE ON CHANCES FOR RAIN. THIS WILL BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO PIN DOWN IN ZONAL FLOW IN ALL MODELS AND STRONG JUNE HEATING. HPC FORECAST OF PERSISTENT SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE LOOKS REASONABLE. FOR TEMPS...GFS SYSTEM HAS HAD A STRONG COOL BIAS LATELY IN LATER PERIODS. PATTERN HAS NOT CHANGED THAT MUCH SINCE THEN...AND ECM 850 TEMPERATURES MUCH WARMER THAN GFS. WILL GO WITH WARM END MEN ENSEMBLE MOS FOR NOW. && .AVIATION.../DISCUSSION FOR 021800Z TAFS/... LATEST SATELLITE IMAGES SHOWS SOME MID TO HIGH CLOUDS LEFT ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA BRINGING MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOME OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MAKE IT INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS SHOW LOW PRESSURE OVER OKLAHOMA AT THIS TIME WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA LATER TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING THE OLD BOUNDARY NOW SOUTH OF INDIANA NORTHWARD AND PRODUCE MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TIMING OF THIS PRECIPITATION IS STILL SUSPECT AND MAY IMPACT AVIATION WEATHER ON THURSDAY MORNING. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 2/3 AREA. && SYNOPSIS...KWIATKOWSKI NEAR TERM...KWIATKOWSKI SHORT TERM...KWIATKOWSKI LONG TERM....KWIATKOWSKI AVIATION...DWM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 3:11 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 411 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 INZ021-028>031-035>042-031000- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH- 411 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THE PRIMARY THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON AND OFF THROUGH TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT IT WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO KEEP TRACK OF LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL WITH REPORTS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ043>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-031000- VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY- OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN- BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 411 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THE PRIMARY THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN CAUSING FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. OTHERWISE... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON AND OFF THROUGH TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT IT WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO KEEP TRACK OF LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL WITH REPORTS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) RYAN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:08 PM EST, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
508 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010
INZ063-064-022145-
BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-
508 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL BROWN AND BARTHOLOMEW
COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT...
AT 505 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF NASHVILLE...OR 11 MILES WEST OF
COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
COLUMBUS AROUND 535 PM EDT...
CLIFFORD AROUND 540 PM EDT...
ELIZABETHTOWN AROUND 545 PM EDT...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.
LAT...LON 3915 8638 3918 8638 3930 8615 3929 8573
3904 8587 3904 8597
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 280DEG 19KT 3924 8609
MRD/RYANThe radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:58 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Bartholomew
- When
- June 2, 5:05 PM EST to 5:07 PM EST
- Where
- Bartholomew County, 3.55 mi SSW of Columbus Arpt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -85.945
An off-duty NWS employee observed quarter-sized hail at mile marker 62 on Interstate 65.
Funnel Cloud, Jennings
- When
- June 2, 5:10 PM EST to 5:12 PM EST
- Where
- Jennings County, 4.24 mi SW of Scipio
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 39.040, -85.780
A wall cloud with rotation was observed near the intersection of County Road 300 N and 900 W.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jennings
- When
- June 2, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Jennings County, 0.69 mi N of North Vernon
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 39.010, -85.630
Trees and power lines were reported down across Jennings County. A few observations of pea sized hail were reported as well.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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
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- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, June 2, 2010
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Ohio, June 2 to 3, 2010
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, June 2, 2010
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 2 to 3, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 2, 2010
- Flooding and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 2 to 3, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 2010
- Flooding in Iowa, June 2 to 7, 2010
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 2, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 2 to 3, 2010
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 2010
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: 238031, 238032, 238033, 238034.