Hail — Hendricks, Indiana

2023-07-17 · near Danville, Hendricks, Indiana

Event narrative

Hail near Danville as large as 1.55 inches. CoCoRaHS observer (Danville 1.6 NE) reported 1.00 inch hail that shredded leaves. Widespread crop damage to Beasley Orchard (2.6 miles east of Danville), with the entire apple and sunflower crop destroyed and additional damage noted to tomato, pumpkin, and sweet corn crops. Several additional reports of 0.75-0.88 inch hail between Danville and Avon.

Wider weather episode

Numerous to widespread strong and severe thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon amid a favorable environment of up to 3000 J/kg of CAPE and 30 knots of deep shear, while lift was initiated by an upper wave and associated low-level boundary across northern central Indiana. Scattered large hail was focused over the western and northern portions of the Indianapolis Metro and near Bloomington. Several storms produced damaging winds near the Interstate 69 corridor, and eventually in southeastern central Indiana as the episode continued into the evening. Greatest damage ranged from several trees downed in both southeastern Hamilton County and Jackson County to damaged orchard crops amid several reports of up to 2.00 inch hail in Hendricks County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1105924. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.