TornadoLookup

Home / Indiana / Vermillion

Hail in Vermillion County, Indiana

Hail May 16, 2019 · Vermillion County, Indiana

2.5 in
Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

This event was described as occurring west of Clinton.

The wider storm

An area of thunderstorms across Wisconsin the early morning hours of May 16 moved south during the morning toward Indiana. Although the storms were initially though to weaken and dissipate, they were able to tap into instability to the west. The storms strengthened and increased in coverage, bringing the severe weather to the area during the afternoon and early evening. The storms moved along a gradient in instability, aided by a mid-level jet. Stronger shear and instability near the Illinois border lead to the development of a supercell thunderstorm, which produced 2.5 diameter hail. The storms produced mainly damaging winds, but the one aforementioned storm produced large hail.

Began near Klondyke (39.6600, -87.4300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 830180. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.