Hail in Indianapolis on Friday, June 18, 2021
The Storm Prediction Center logged 32 hail reports in Indianapolis on Friday, June 18, 2021, between 6:42 pm and 9:28 pm EDT, in 5 of the metro's 9 counties. The largest was 3.25 inches at New Palestine (Hancock County) at 7:55 pm. NOAA radar flagged 1,257 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 482 rated a 100% chance of hail and 428 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 15 places in Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion and Morgan counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Castleton 8 reports, up to 2.00 in
- New Palestine 6 reports, up to 3.25 in
- Nora 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Carmel 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- McCordsville 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Warren Park 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Cumberland 1 report, up to 3.25 in
- Fishers 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Geist Reservoir 1 report, up to 2.00 in
- Greenfield 1 report, up to 2.00 in
- Lawrence 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Markleville 1 report, up to 2.00 in
- Martinsville 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Monrovia 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Morgantown 1 report, up to 1.75 in
Every hail report logged that day
Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Sizes are in inches, as reported. The comment is the National Weather Service's text as published in the Storm Prediction Center's daily log.
| Time | Size | Place | County | NWS comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:42 pm | 1.00 | 2 NNW Nora | Hamilton | (IND) |
| 6:44 pm | 1.25 | 2 S Carmel | Hamilton | (IND) |
| 6:45 pm | 1.00 | Fishers | Hamilton | 1.00 INCH HAIL IN FISHERS. SIZE ESTIMATED FROM PHOTO. (IND) |
| 6:47 pm | 1.00 | 1 SE Carmel | Hamilton | (IND) |
| 6:48 pm | 1.00 | 1 W Castleton | Marion | (IND) |
| 6:50 pm | 1.00 | 1 S Castleton | Marion | (IND) |
| 6:50 pm | 1.50 | 1 SSW Castleton | Marion | (IND) |
| 6:51 pm | 1.25 | 1 N Nora | Hamilton | (IND) |
| 6:55 pm | 2.00 | Castleton | Marion | (IND) |
| 6:55 pm | 1.75 | 2 NE Nora | Hamilton | (IND) |
| 6:56 pm | 1.25 | 2 S Castleton | Marion | (IND) |
| 6:58 pm | 1.00 | 2 SW Castleton | Marion | (IND) |
| 6:58 pm | 1.75 | 1 W Castleton | Marion | ANOTHER CORRECTION TO PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 1 W CASTLETON. NOW ADDING THAT CARS DAMAGED IN CASTLETON SQUARE MALL. (IND) |
| 7:00 pm | 2.00 | 1 SSE Castleton | Marion | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (IND) |
| 7:00 pm | 1.00 | 2 N McCordsville | Hamilton | (IND) |
| 7:02 pm | 1.00 | McCordsville | Hancock | (IND) |
| 7:07 pm | 2.00 | 1 SSE Geist Reservoir | Marion | (IND) |
| 7:10 pm | 1.75 | Lawrence | Marion | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. SOCIAL MEDIA POST FROM LAWRENCE. PHOTO WITH TWO 1.75 INCH STONES NEXT TO A QUARTER. SEVERAL OTHER STONES 1.00 TO 1.50 INCHES. (IND) |
| 7:20 pm | 1.75 | 3 ENE Warren Park | Marion | (IND) |
| 7:20 pm | 2.00 | 1 W Markleville | Madison | SEVERAL TREES DOWN AS WELL. (IND) |
| 7:21 pm | 1.00 | 3 NE Monrovia | Morgan | (IND) |
| 7:30 pm | 1.75 | 3 SSE Warren Park | Marion | (IND) |
| 7:40 pm | 1.00 | 1 WNW New Palestine | Hancock | (IND) |
| 7:40 pm | 2.00 | 2 NNE New Palestine | Hancock | (IND) |
| 7:40 pm | 3.25 | 1 E Cumberland | Hancock | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (IND) |
| 7:45 pm | 2.00 | Greenfield | Hancock | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (IND) |
| 7:47 pm | 1.00 | 5 WSW New Palestine | Marion | (IND) |
| 7:50 pm | 2.50 | New Palestine | Hancock | (IND) |
| 7:54 pm | 1.75 | 1 NNE New Palestine | Hancock | (IND) |
| 7:55 pm | 3.25 | New Palestine | Hancock | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (IND) |
| 9:17 pm | 1.75 | 2 NW Martinsville | Morgan | (IND) |
| 9:28 pm | 1.75 | 4 NW Morgantown | Morgan | (IND) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
1,257 signatures from 8 radars fell inside the metro's counties on this local date, counting every cell the algorithm rated from a 10% to a 100% chance of hail; 482 were rated 100% and 97 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.
| Radar | Signatures | Rated 100% | 1 in or more | 2 in or more | Largest expected | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIDS | 422 | 136 | 134 | 4 | 2.00 in | 8:30 am | 11:59 pm |
| KIWX | 264 | 89 | 78 | 31 | 4.00 in | 8:07 am | 11:57 pm |
| KILN | 162 | 73 | 62 | 15 | 3.00 in | 8:06 am | 11:56 pm |
| KIND | 136 | 59 | 55 | 17 | 3.25 in | 8:26 am | 11:57 pm |
| KLVX | 130 | 70 | 55 | 16 | 3.00 in | 9:23 am | 11:58 pm |
| KVWX | 119 | 55 | 43 | 14 | 3.50 in | 6:17 pm | 11:59 pm |
| KLOT | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 in | 8:24 am | 11:56 pm |
| KILX | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in | 11:32 pm | 11:53 pm |
Each radar that scans a storm writes its own signature about every 4 to 6 minutes, so one storm produces many rows and overlapping radars count it more than once. The raw rows for this day are in NOAA's Severe Weather Data Inventory.
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