Hail in Indiana, July 1, 2012

Name: Hail in Indiana, July 1, 2012
Start: 2012-07-01T17:48
End: 2012-07-01T18:24
Location: Indiana

July 1, 2012 · NWS ILN · 2 events in 1 county or zone

An upper level disturbance combined with an unstable airmass to produce numerous thunderstorms during the evening. The main threat from these storms was large hail.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 ILN wrote it up.

An upper level disturbance combined with an unstable airmass to produce numerous thunderstorms during the evening. The main threat from these storms was large hail.

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 Jul 1, 3:08 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:08 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
408 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
DISTURBANCES TRAVELING ALONG A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE
TO INTERACT WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND A VERY WARM AND HUMID
AIRMASS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS WEATHER REGIME WILL
RESULT IN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...WHILE THE PERIOD OF
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES PERSISTS.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THAT DEVELOPED IN A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS
ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH A MODERATELY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT IS
MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE FA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH 443 IS IN EFFECT THERE UNTIL 8 PM. WENT WITH CAT POPS IN THE
WATCH AREA. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS
EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF THE WATCH AREA SO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP
OUTSIDE OF THE CURRENT WATCH.

AFTER WIDESPREAD CONVECTION MOVES EAST AND DIMINISHES WITH LOSS OF
DAYTIME HEATING...THERE WILL STILL BE A LOW CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO AROUND 70 FOR
LOWS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
WITH THE NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY PARALLEL TO THE
NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW...A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ON
MONDAY. WITH MODELS INDICATING LOWER INSTABILITY...PERHAPS THE
CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DIMINISHED COMPARED TO
SUNDAY.

HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL LINGER WITH HIGHS REACHING THE 9OS AND HEAT
INDICES 100. ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR DAYTON AND
CINCINNATI WITH A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE REST OF THE AREA EXCEPT
FAR NORTH AND EAST COUNTIES.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
STRONG MID/UPR LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE NATIONS MID SECTION
PLACING THE OHIO VALLEY AROUND ITS PERIPHERY IN NORTHWESTERLY FLOW
TO BEGIN THE LONG TERM PERIOD. DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW
WILL BRING CHANCES FOR CONVECTION THRU THURSDAY. THE MID RIDGE
BUILDS A LTL EAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES LATE THIS WEEK INTO NEXT
WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH CAN NOT RULE OUT ISOLD PRECIP DURG THIS PERIOD
DUE TO LACK OF SIGNIFICANT FORCING AND BUILDING CAP IN THE FORM OF
WARM AIR ALOFT HAVE KEPT THE REGION DRY. WITH THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
BUILDING FURTHER EAST AND ASSOCIATED HEIGHT/THICKNESS RISES HAVE
INDICATED A RETURN TO THE EXTREME HEAT WITH HIGHS AROUND 100.

FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOOKS TO PUSH SOUTH INTO THE REGION LATER SUNDAY
INTO NEXT MONDAY.

HAVE TRENDED HIGH TEMPERATURES WARMER THAN MEX GUIDANCE ESPECIALLY
LATE IN THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE
TAFS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING...IN A HOT AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS
OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. THERE IS NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF ORGANIZED
FORCING FOR THESE STORMS...SO OVERALL COVERAGE IS UNCERTAIN AND
THE STORMS MAY BE DISORGANIZED. HOWEVER...SOME STRONG STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE GIVEN THE INSTABILITY.

HAVE INCLUDED TIMING FOR VCTS OR VCSH AT THE TAF SITES...FOCUSED
PRIMARILY ON THE DIURNAL CYCLE (AND SLIGHTLY LATER IN TIMING FOR
COLUMBUS). THERE AT LEAST SEEMS TO BE ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO PUT
THIS IN THE FORECAST FOR NOW...AND EVENTUALLY MORE CONCRETE TIMING
WILL BE ABLE TO BE ADDED.

ISOLATED CONVECTION MAY ALSO PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...BUT CONFIDENCE IS MUCH LOWER FOR THIS PERIOD.

ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY...AGAIN FAVORING THE
DIURNAL CYCLE.

OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR OHZ042-051>055-
     060-062>064-070>073-078>082-088.
     HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY FOR OHZ042-051>055-
     060-062>064-070>073-078>082-088.
     EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR OHZ061-
     077.
     EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY FOR OHZ061-
     077.
KY...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR KYZ089>100.
     HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY FOR KYZ089>100.
IN...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR INZ050-058-059-
     066-073>075-080.
     HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY FOR INZ050-058-059-
     066-073>075-080.

&&

SYNOPSIS...CONIGLIO
NEAR TERM...CONIGLIO
SHORT TERM...CONIGLIO
LONG TERM...AR
AVIATION...HATZOS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 5:03 PM EST, 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
603 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

INZ050-058-059-OHZ042-051>053-060-062-022215-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-DARKE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-PREBLE-GREENE-
603 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 443 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND
MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

OHZ026-034-035-043-044-022215-
HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-SHELBY-LOGAN-
603 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 443 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO AND WEST
CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

HEAT INDICES WILL REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S THROUGH MUCH OF
THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

INZ066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ054-055-063-064-070>073-078>082-088-
022215-
FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-
KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-
MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-
CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
603 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 448 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
AND SOUTHWEST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

OHZ045-046-056-065-074-022215-
UNION OH-DELAWARE-LICKING-FAIRFIELD-HOCKING-
603 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 446 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

HEAT INDICES WILL REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S THROUGH MUCH OF
THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

OHZ077-022215-
HAMILTON-
603 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 448 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

OHZ061-022215-
MONTGOMERY-
603 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 443 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:37 PM EST, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
637 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

OHZ070>072-077-078-012330-
BUTLER OH-CLINTON OH-HAMILTON OH-WARREN OH-CLERMONT OH-
637 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CLERMONT...SOUTHERN
WARREN...EASTERN HAMILTON...SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON AND SOUTHERN BUTLER
COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...

AT 634 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
FAIRFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...FINNEYTOWN...
SPRINGDALE...WYOMING...SHARONVILLE...READING...NORWOOD...BLUE ASH...
DEER PARK...MASON...MONTGOMERY...MADEIRA AND MARIEMONT.

ALSO...GREENHILLS...MAUSTOWN...BECKETT RIDGE...WOODLAWN...HUGHES...
GLENDALE...ELMWOOD PLACE AND LINCOLN HEIGHTS ARE NEAR THE PATH OF
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

LAT...LON 3936 8480 3949 8450 3928 8393 3906 8429

Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:38 PM EST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
638 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

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

0540 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 W SPRINGFIELD         39.93N 83.95W
07/01/2012                   CLARK              OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN OR UPROOTED IN THE AREA OF NORTH
            HANSEN ROAD. SOME OF THESE TREES WERE ON HOUSES.

&&

ASL

Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:40 PM EST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
640 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

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

0636 PM     HAIL             CHILLICOTHE             39.34N 82.99W
07/01/2012  E1.00 INCH       ROSS               OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ASL

Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:41 PM EST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
641 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

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

0638 PM     HAIL             CHILLICOTHE             39.34N 82.99W
07/01/2012  M2.00 INCH       ROSS               OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ASL

Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:42 PM EST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
642 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

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

0635 PM     TSTM WND GST     KLCK RICKENBACKER APT   39.81N 82.93W
07/01/2012  M58 MPH          FRANKLIN           OH   AWOS

&&

ASL

Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:48 PM EST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
648 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

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

0631 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OBETZ                   39.88N 82.94W
07/01/2012                   FRANKLIN           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL BRANCHES DOWN.

&&

KURZ

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:49 UTC.

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2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Ripley

When: July 1, 5:48 PM EST to 5:55 PM EST
Where: Ripley County, 6 mi N of Holton to 2 mi N of Holton
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.157, -85.380

Hail, Ripley

When: July 1, 6:20 PM EST to 6:24 PM EST
Where: Ripley County, 2.82 mi SW of Napoleon
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.171, -85.367

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 Indiana in 2012 Every state in 2012 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, July 2012

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: 403070, 403069.