Hail in Crawford County, Indiana
Hail May 16, 2026 · Crawford County, Indiana
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Quarter sized hail was observed in several locations across northern Crawford County.
The wider storm
During the afternoon and early evening hours on May 16th, a Mesoscale Convective Vortex moved from west-southwest to east-northeast across the lower Ohio Valley, providing forcing for scattered showers and thunderstorms to develop. Thunderstorms were able to feed off of a seasonably high amount of instability, with around 2000 J/kg Mixed-Layer CAPE present in the pre-storm environment. While synoptic scale ridging over the southeast US meant that large scale flow was fairly weak, the MCV provided a mesoscale enhancement to the wind shear profile, with around 30-35 knots of effective shear supporting organized multicell clusters. Scattered strong to severe storms moved across southern Indiana, producing several reports of quarter sized hail and downed trees.
Began near Brownstown (38.3693, -86.4653).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1341770. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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