Hail — Fountain, Indiana

2023-05-06 · near Fountain, Fountain, Indiana

Event narrative

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Wider weather episode

During the late evening and early overnight hours of May 6th a few severe storms moved into Indiana producing large to significant sized hail. Instability parameters were less than usual for an event of this magnitude, but effective shear and a buoyant elevated area of instability was enough for a few storms to produce the large hail.

Additional strong, yet decaying thunderstorms crossed central Indiana through pre-dawn hours on the 7th. Lightning from one cell caused a fire in an Elementary School in Hendricks County, before a downburst damaged a barn in Daviess County around dawn.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1085992. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.