Hail, Wayne
- When
- June 16, 4:38 PM EST to 4:42 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, 2 mi W of Cambridge City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -85.208
Hail in Indiana, June 16, 2012
Thunderstorms developed ahead of a shortwave trough during the afternoon. Conditions were favorable for large hail and damaging winds.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Thunderstorms developed ahead of a shortwave trough during the afternoon. Conditions were favorable for large hail and damaging winds. However, only sub severe hail occurred in southeastern Indiana.
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 Jun 16, 3:09 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 3:09 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 409 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ENTER THE OHIO VALLEY FROM THE MIDWEST TONIGHT...BREAKING DOWN AN ESTABLISHED UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL QUICKLY REESTABLISH THIS RIDGE LATER ON MONDAY AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL THROUGH AT LEAST MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... GFS IS THE ONLY MODEL EVEN REMOTELY HANDLING THE EARLIER PRECIP OVER KY THAT HAS BLOSSOMED IN MUCH OF THE REST OF OHIO VALLEY. ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL S/W APPROACHING FROM THE MIDWEST PRIMES ITSELF WITH A LARGE SWATH OF UVV NOTED AT H7 OVER WRN OH AND SRN IN AT 6Z. H5 RIDGE IS STILL BEING BEATEN DOWN AT THIS TIME OVER THE AREA BUT HAS ENOUGH OF A LID OVER THE REGION THAT THE SHOWERS THAT DO POP IN IT TONIGHT HAVE A MINIMAL CHANCE FOR BECOMING SEVERE. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY/... BY DAYBREAK...THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH CLOUD COVER OVER CWA AND OHIO VALLEY TO REMOVE THE ADDED KICK OF DIURNAL HEATING. WHILE STORMS WILL BE PRESENT FROM THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...THERE MAY BE A MARKED LACK OF ORGANIZED CONVECTION. THE H5 RIDGE IS SUFFICIENTLY BEATEN DOWN BY THE EVENING AND THE SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SURFACE FLOW NEVER SWITCHES FROM SOUTHWEST AND THERE MAY BE ENOUGH CONVERGENCE IN THE LOWER LEVELS TO KEEP A SHOWER THREAT GOING THROUGH DAYBREAK. THE CONVERGENT AREA WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ON MONDAY IN THE MEAN FLOW AND A LINGERING SHOWER EARLY IN THE DAY CANNOT BE RULED OUT...PRIMARILY IN NERN CWA. WHILE LIKELY POPS ARE EXPRESSED IN THE FORECAST AT 18Z SUNDAY...I WAS NOT CONVINCED OF THAT AT THAT HOUR...BUT I HAVE LITTLE DOUBT THAT AN AREA OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE FROM NW TO SE OVER CWA DURING THE DAY AND I AM KEEPING THE GRID UNCHANGED. TEMPERATURES WERE NOT CHANGED MUCH FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... EXTENDED PERIOD BEGINS WITH REGION UNDER H5 RIDGE AND ON WRN EDGE OF SFC HIGH PRESSURE. THIS PATTERN HOLDS FOR THE FIRST FEW COUPLE OF DAYS OF THE FORECAST. THE GFS THEN TRIES TO BRING SOME ENERGY UP FROM THE S AROUND THE CENTER OF RIDGE AND PRODUCES SOME QPF WED NIGHT INTO THU. NEITHER ECMWF AND CMC SHOWS THIS...SO WILL DISCOUNT THE GFS PCPN. A CDFNT THEN PUSHES THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES AND ACROSS THE FA THU NGT INTO FRIDAY. THE 12Z ECMWF HAS BECOME MORE MUTED WITH THIS THAN THE GFS OR CMC. WILL THEN TOWARDS THE MAJORITY FORECAST...AND WILL BRING CHC POPS ACROSS THE FA WITH THE FRONT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NW FOR FRI NGT INTO SATURDAY. RAN A BLEND OF PREVIOUS AND HPC TEMPERATURES FOR TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE FORECAST. && .AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... QUITE A BIT OF CU HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE WESTERN TAF SITES. LESS CU HAS DEVELOPED AROUND THE KCMH AND KLCK AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...AND WESTERN OHIO. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AT THIS POINT HAVE LIMITED PRECIPITATION MENTION TO MAINLY VCSH HOWEVER ADDED VCTS MENTION TO KCVG FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO DECREASE FOR A FEW HOURS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY AS A DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA. ALTHOUGH ISOLATED THUNDER WILL BE POSSIBLE AT ANY POINT DURING THIS TIME...LIMITED MENTION OF THUNDER IN THE TAFS TO THE TIME FRAME THAT WILL HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF THE MOST THUNDER ACTIVITY. AT THIS POINT IN TIME IT APPEARS THAT THIS WILL BE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SUNDAY. DUE TO THIS HAVE ADDED A VCTS AND CB MENTION IN DURING THIS TIME. OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...FRANKS NEAR TERM...FRANKS SHORT TERM...FRANKS LONG TERM...SITES AVIATION...NOVAK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 3:43 AM EST, 12 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 443 AM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-170845- 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- 443 AM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 2:35 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 335 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012 OHZ053-062-162000- CLARK OH-GREENE OH- 335 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREENE AND CLARK COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 336 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR YELLOW SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...YELLOW SPRINGS... ENON...CEDARVILLE...SPRINGFIELD AND SOUTH CHARLESTON. ALSO...GREEN MEADOWS...JOHN BRYAN STATE PARK...DONNELSVILLE...BUCK CREEK STATE PARK...SPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...LISBON...HARMONY AND PITCHIN ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM. WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. LAT...LON 3983 8360 3968 8394 3982 8408 4003 8379
Local storm report, Jun 16, 2:48 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
348 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 PM TSTM WND DMG BOWERSVILLE 39.58N 83.72W
06/16/2012 GREENE OH PUBLIC
TREE DOWNED...HOUSE SIDING DAMAGED...CHIMNEY KNOCKED
OVER...CHICKEN COOP DAMAGED.
&&
MYRONPSpecial weather statement, Jun 16, 3:11 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
411 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
OHZ043-162045-
SHELBY OH-
411 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY
THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 406 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ANNA...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ANNA AND JACKSON
CENTER.
ALSO...PORT JEFFERSON...MONTRA AND MAPLEWOOD 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 4041 8400 4031 8400 4031 8402 4030 8426
4044 8428 4048 8405 4048 8400Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:58 PM EST, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 458 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012 OHZ035-043-044-162130- AUGLAIZE OH-LOGAN OH-SHELBY OH- 458 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN SHELBY... NORTHWESTERN LOGAN AND EASTERN AUGLAIZE COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 453 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MAPLEWOOD...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...RUSSELLS POINT... LAKEVIEW AND JACKSON CENTER. ALSO...LOGANSVILLE...MAPLEWOOD...MONTRA...LEWISTOWN AND BLOOM CENTER ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THE STORMS BECOME STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. LAT...LON 4056 8411 4048 8381 4027 8398 4032 8418
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:06 PM EST, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
506 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
KYZ099-100-OHZ079-162200-
LEWIS KY-MASON KY-BROWN OH-
506 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BROWN...
EASTERN MASON AND WESTERN LEWIS COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
AT 501 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ORANGEBURG...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL.
IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...IN
EXCESS OF ONE INCH IN ABOUT A HALF HOURS TIME.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN
MASON...SOUTHEASTERN BROWN AND WESTERN LEWIS COUNTIES...INCLUDING
RECTORVILLE.
WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.
LAT...LON 3870 8383 3869 8370 3864 8371 3863 8367
3863 8365 3852 8356 3850 8363 3852 8364
3849 8376Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:28 PM EST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
528 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0527 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 ENE SIDNEY 40.30N 84.13W
06/16/2012 M2.61 INCH SHELBY OH COCORAHS
2.61 INCHES IN 40 MINUTES
&&
JOHNFThe radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:39 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heat in Wisconsin, June 16 to 20, 2012
- Rip Current in Virginia, June 16, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, June 16, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 16, 2012
- Flood in Texas, June 16, 2012
- Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, June 16 to 17, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 16, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 16, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 16, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 16, 2012
- Rip Current in Georgia, June 16, 2012
- Rip Currents in Georgia, June 16, 2012
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 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: 387426.