Multimedia Weather Briefing for the Severe Weather Potential Thursday March 26th, 2026. Issued at 5:41 am EDT 3/26/2026. Read More >
Overview
Severe storms brought large hail, isolated damaging winds, heavy rain, and flooding to the Northern Indiana Forecast Area on Saturday June 1, 2019.Wind & Hail:
Here are the storm reports and photos we received for this event. Most of the reports were large hail, but there was isolated wind damage as well. Torrential rain led to flooding thanks to an already saturated ground. Individual reports are listed below the photos. If you have a report you'd like to give us, send it to our email address: w-iwx.webmaster@noaa.gov or contact us on Twitter (@NWSIWX)/Facebook (US National Weather Service Northern Indiana).
Hail
Summary
The largest hail reports we received were 1.25 to 2 inches in diameter! Thanks to those who submitted photos, videos, and reports. Your reports helped us to make better warning decisions during the event.
Marbles?
Notice how a lot of folks used a ruler or a coin when they sent in pictures. Others gave us the picture with a text description of the size. This is great! It's important for us to know the diameter of the hail to determine its severity. During this event, we received a lot of reports described as "marble sized" hail. Marbles come in all different shapes and sizes, so we prefer you use coins or sports balls. Watch this short training video on reporting hail to the NWS. You may even want to print this chart for reference.
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| Hail in Goshen (Photo via Timothy Hochstetler) | Hail in Fort Wayne, IN (Photo via Brent Giles) | Hail near Butler, IN (Photo via Matt Hook) | Hail in Merry Lake in Hillsdale Co, MI (Photo via Michael French) |
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| Wind damage near South Bend, IN (Photo via Weather Scoop LLC) | Hail near St. Joseph, IN (Photo via Nikki Mast) | Hail in northwest Goshen, IN (Photo via Michelle Blaum) | Hail in Fort Wayne, IN (Photo via Kyle Brown) |
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| Hail in Montpelier, OH (Katie Miller) | 'Hail Art' made from the NWS in NW Goshen, IN (thanks Michelle Blaum!) | Hail near Angola, IN (Photo via Eric Bryan) | Hail near Angola, IN (Photo via Scott Rowlison ) |
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1039 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1004 PM HAIL 5 N NEW HAVEN 41.14N 85.02W
06/01/2019 E0.75 INCH ALLEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA TO PENNY SIZED HAIL FROM 10 PM TO 1004
PM.
0956 PM HAIL 2 NE FORT WAYNE 41.10N 85.11W
06/01/2019 E0.70 INCH ALLEN IN PUBLIC
0952 PM FLOOD 1 N ANGOLA 41.66N 85.00W
06/01/2019 STEUBEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
4-5 INCHES OF STANDING WATER IN THE ROADWAY.
0952 PM HAIL FORT WAYNE 41.07N 85.14W
06/01/2019 E1.00 INCH ALLEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DIME TO QUARTER SIZED
HAIL FROM AROUND FORT WAYNE.
0948 PM HAIL 3 NNE FORT WAYNE 41.12N 85.13W
06/01/2019 M2.00 INCH ALLEN IN AMATEUR RADIO
0946 PM HAIL 3 NW FORT WAYNE 41.10N 85.18W
06/01/2019 E1.25 INCH ALLEN IN BROADCAST MEDIA
WPTA ABC 21 STATION. QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR
SIZED HAIL.
0944 PM HAIL 3 NNE ROLLING HILLS 41.07N 85.26W
06/01/2019 E0.88 INCH ALLEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0937 PM FLOOD GOSHEN 41.58N 85.84W
06/01/2019 ELKHART IN PUBLIC
LEAVES CLOGGING STORM DRAINS AND CAUSING
FLOODING IN AREAS NOT NORMALLY SEEN. AT
LEAST ONE CAR WAS STALLED IN THE WATERS.
ESTIMATED ABOUT 4 INCHES DEEP IN SOME SPOTS.
NEAR PLYMOUTH AND WILSON, THEN PLYMOUTH AND
8TH STREETS.
0935 PM HAIL 2 SSE ARCOLA 41.07N 85.27W
06/01/2019 E0.70 INCH ALLEN IN AMATEUR RADIO
NICKLE TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL OBSERVED.
0929 PM HAIL ANGOLA 41.64N 85.00W
06/01/2019 E0.70 INCH STEUBEN IN PUBLIC
0920 PM HAIL SHERWOOD 41.29N 84.55W
06/01/2019 E0.88 INCH DEFIANCE OH TRAINED SPOTTER
0920 PM HAIL DEFIANCE 41.28N 84.36W
06/01/2019 E0.70 INCH DEFIANCE OH PUBLIC
0847 PM HAIL 2 NW SHERWOOD 41.32N 84.57W
06/01/2019 E0.25 INCH DEFIANCE OH PUBLIC
0847 PM HAIL SHERWOOD 41.29N 84.55W
06/01/2019 E0.88 INCH DEFIANCE OH AMATEUR RADIO
0843 PM HAIL STURGIS 41.80N 85.42W
06/01/2019 E1.00 INCH ST. JOSEPH MI TRAINED SPOTTER
HALF TO 1 INCH HAIL OBSERVED.
0840 PM HAIL 2 N ANTWERP 41.21N 84.74W
06/01/2019 E0.75 INCH PAULDING OH PUBLIC
0839 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NW BENTON 41.53N 85.79W
06/01/2019 M47 MPH ELKHART IN ASOS
0835 PM HAIL GOSHEN 41.58N 85.84W
06/01/2019 E2.00 INCH ELKHART IN TRAINED SPOTTER
1 TO 2 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY SEVERAL
SPOTTERS.
0829 PM HAIL 2 E JIMTOWN 41.62N 85.99W
06/01/2019 M0.70 INCH ELKHART IN PUBLIC
0822 PM HAIL MENDON 42.01N 85.45W
06/01/2019 E1.00 INCH ST. JOSEPH MI FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
0821 PM HAIL MISHAWAKA 41.67N 86.18W
06/01/2019 E0.70 INCH ST. JOSEPH IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0821 PM HAIL HICKSVILLE 41.29N 84.77W
06/01/2019 E1.50 INCH DEFIANCE OH AMATEUR RADIO
0820 PM HAIL HICKSVILLE 41.29N 84.77W
06/01/2019 E0.70 INCH DEFIANCE OH TRAINED SPOTTER
0819 PM HAIL 1 NE MOSCOW 42.06N 84.50W
06/01/2019 E1.00 INCH HILLSDALE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL REPORTS OF DIME TO QUARTER SIZED
HAIL.
0758 PM HAIL MONTPELIER 41.58N 84.60W
06/01/2019 E0.70 INCH WILLIAMS OH PUBLIC
0.5 INCH HAIL REPORTED.
0755 PM HAIL 4 SSW RANSOM 41.72N 84.55W
06/01/2019 E1.00 INCH HILLSDALE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
0747 PM HAIL 3 NNE CONCORD 41.36N 84.92W
06/01/2019 E0.70 INCH DE KALB IN PUBLIC
0733 PM HAIL 2 NE OTTAWA 41.04N 84.01W
06/01/2019 E0.88 INCH PUTNAM OH TRAINED SPOTTER
0716 PM HAIL 1 E CHURUBUSCO 41.23N 85.31W
06/01/2019 E0.70 INCH ALLEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0703 PM HAIL BUTLER 41.43N 84.87W
06/01/2019 E1.75 INCH DE KALB IN TRAINED SPOTTER
PING PONG TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL OBSERVED.
0703 PM HAIL NAPOLEON 41.39N 84.13W
06/01/2019 E0.75 INCH HENRY OH EMERGENCY MNGR
0652 PM HAIL 2 E BUTLER 41.43N 84.83W
06/01/2019 E1.00 INCH DE KALB IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0648 PM HAIL ELMIRA 41.58N 84.31W
06/01/2019 E1.00 INCH FULTON OH PUBLIC
0645 PM HAIL WOLCOTTVILLE 41.53N 85.38W
06/01/2019 E0.88 INCH NOBLE IN PUBLIC
DIME TO NICKLE SIZED HAIL.
0635 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 WSW TEXAS 41.42N 83.97W
06/01/2019 HENRY OH TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL REPORTS OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE
ROAD BETWEEN GRAND RAPIDS OHIO AND NAPOLEON
OHIO ALONG OLD US 24 NEAR CR 110.
0623 PM HAIL 2 N LOCKE 41.50N 86.01W
06/01/2019 E0.75 INCH ELKHART IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0605 PM HAIL 1 WNW NAPOLEON 41.40N 84.14W
06/01/2019 E1.00 INCH HENRY OH TRAINED SPOTTER
0604 PM HAIL NAPOLEON 41.39N 84.13W
06/01/2019 E0.75 INCH HENRY OH EMERGENCY MNGR
0553 PM HAIL 2 NE BRYAN 41.49N 84.53W
06/01/2019 E1.00 INCH WILLIAMS OH PUBLIC
0548 PM HAIL LIBERTY CENTER 41.44N 84.01W
06/01/2019 E0.70 INCH HENRY OH AMATEUR RADIO
0542 PM HAIL LAGRANGE 41.64N 85.42W
06/01/2019 E0.75 INCH LAGRANGE IN AMATEUR RADIO
0541 PM HAIL 1 W LAGRANGE 41.64N 85.44W
06/01/2019 E1.00 INCH LAGRANGE IN PUBLIC
0540 PM HAIL 2 N NAPOLEON 41.42N 84.13W
06/01/2019 E1.00 INCH HENRY OH EMERGENCY MNGR
0528 PM HAIL 2 N PULASKI 41.54N 84.51W
06/01/2019 E1.50 INCH WILLIAMS OH TRAINED SPOTTER
0523 PM HAIL 3 NW GOSHEN 41.60N 85.88W
06/01/2019 M1.00 INCH ELKHART IN PUBLIC
0514 PM HAIL 1 NW MONTPELIER 41.59N 84.61W
06/01/2019 M1.00 INCH WILLIAMS OH PUBLIC
0514 PM HAIL MONTPELIER 41.58N 84.60W
06/01/2019 E1.75 INCH WILLIAMS OH TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKLE TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL
OBSERVED-SEVERAL REPORTS.
0512 PM HAIL 3 N GOSHEN 41.62N 85.83W
06/01/2019 E1.00 INCH ELKHART IN PUBLIC
0507 PM HAIL 3 SE DUNLAP 41.61N 85.88W
06/01/2019 E0.75 INCH ELKHART IN TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME TO PENNY SIZED HAIL OBSERVED.
0456 PM HAIL COLUMBIA 41.63N 84.79W
06/01/2019 E1.75 INCH WILLIAMS OH 911 CALL CENTER
0456 PM HAIL JIMTOWN 41.64N 86.02W
06/01/2019 E0.70 INCH ELKHART IN TRAINED SPOTTER
UP TO HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL OBSERVED WITH
PEA SIZED HAIL.
0455 PM HAIL 2 SSE MISHAWAKA 41.64N 86.16W
06/01/2019 E0.88 INCH ST. JOSEPH IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0445 PM HAIL PLEASANT LAKE 41.57N 85.01W
06/01/2019 M0.88 INCH STEUBEN IN PUBLIC
0445 PM HAIL 3 WNW SILVER LAKE 41.64N 85.12W
06/01/2019 E0.75 INCH STEUBEN IN AMATEUR RADIO
0443 PM HAIL 3 W GULIVOIRE PARK 41.62N 86.31W
06/01/2019 E1.25 INCH ST. JOSEPH IN PUBLIC
0440 PM HAIL 3 SW GULIVOIRE PARK 41.59N 86.28W
06/01/2019 E1.00 INCH ST. JOSEPH IN PUBLIC
0436 PM HAIL SOUTH BEND 41.68N 86.27W
06/01/2019 E1.00 INCH ST. JOSEPH IN PUBLIC
0436 PM HAIL 1 SE GOLDEN LAKE 41.59N 85.05W
06/01/2019 E1.50 INCH STEUBEN IN NWS EMPLOYEE
0436 PM HAIL 1 SSW ANGOLA 41.63N 85.00W
06/01/2019 E1.50 INCH STEUBEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL REPORTS OF DIME TO PING PONG SIZED
HAIL AROUND ANGOLA.
0435 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 ESE CRUMSTOWN 41.61N 86.33W
06/01/2019 ST. JOSEPH IN TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE LIMB, AROUND 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER
DOWNED.
0435 PM HAIL 4 ESE CRUMSTOWN 41.61N 86.33W
06/01/2019 E1.25 INCH ST. JOSEPH IN PUBLIC
0432 PM HAIL BIG TURKEY LAKE 41.58N 85.19W
06/01/2019 E0.25 INCH STEUBEN IN PUBLIC
0417 PM HAIL 2 N ORLAND 41.76N 85.17W
06/01/2019 E0.25 INCH STEUBEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0356 PM HAIL STURGIS 41.80N 85.42W
06/01/2019 E0.75 INCH ST. JOSEPH MI TRAINED SPOTTER
0355 PM HAIL STURGIS 41.80N 85.42W
06/01/2019 E0.70 INCH ST. JOSEPH MI PUBLIC
0.5 INCH TO 0.7 INCH.
0340 PM HAIL 2 W LA PORTE 41.61N 86.75W
06/01/2019 E0.70 INCH LA PORTE IN PUBLIC
HAIL SIZE 0.5 INCH TO 0.7 INCH.
0317 PM HAIL MALINTA 41.32N 84.04W
06/01/2019 M0.25 INCH HENRY OH BROADCAST MEDIA
0313 PM HAIL 4 WSW EDWARDSBURG 41.78N 86.15W
06/01/2019 M0.70 INCH CASS MI PUBLIC
0624 AM HEAVY RAIN OTTAWA 41.02N 84.05W
06/02/2019 M1.35 INCH PUTNAM OH TRAINED SPOTTER
RAINFALL TOTAL FROM SATURDAY EVENING.
0124 AM FLOOD NAPOLEON 41.39N 84.13W
06/02/2019 HENRY OH EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED ACROSS HENRY COUNTY
DUE TO FLOODING.
1045 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 N NEW HAVEN 41.12N 85.03W
06/01/2019 M1.70 INCH ALLEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
1042 PM HAIL JEWELL 41.33N 84.29W
06/01/2019 E0.70 INCH DEFIANCE OH PUBLIC
1030 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N MAJENICA 40.82N 85.45W
06/01/2019 HUNTINGTON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN AND BLOCKING ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED
BY RADAR.
1025 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SSW HUNTINGTON 40.85N 85.52W
06/01/2019 HUNTINGTON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN AND DAMAGED A HOUSE. TIME
ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
1024 PM HAIL 1 S DUNFEE 41.07N 85.34W
06/01/2019 E0.88 INCH ALLEN IN PUBLIC
1017 PM HAIL 5 N NEW HAVEN 41.14N 85.02W
06/01/2019 E1.00 INCH ALLEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
1015 PM HAIL 4 NNW NEW HAVEN 41.12N 85.05W
06/01/2019 M0.88 INCH ALLEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
1015 PM HAIL 5 SSW LEO-CEDARVILLE 41.15N 85.06W
06/01/2019 E1.00 INCH ALLEN IN PUBLIC
1013 PM HAIL 4 NE FORT WAYNE 41.12N 85.09W
06/01/2019 M1.00 INCH ALLEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
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Radar
Select radar images and cross sections from the event.
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| Storm in Goshen that produced 1-2 inch hail around 8:35 pm EDT (IWX Radar, GR2 Analyst) | Storm near South Bend, IN that produced 1-1.25 inch hail around 4:35 PM EDT (IWX Radar, GR2 Analyst) | Storm in Fort Wayne that produced 1-2 inch hail around 9:40 PM EDT (IWX Radar, GR2 Analyst) | Cross Section of the previous image from Fort Wayne, IN-showing high reflectivity aloft, indicating large hail (IWX Radar, GR2 Analyst) |
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| Storm in Butler, IN that produced 1-1.75 inch hail around 7:00 PM EDT (IWX Radar, GR2 Analyst) | Cross Section of the previous image from Butler, IN-showing high reflectivity aloft, indicating large hail (IWX Radar, GR2 Analyst) | Storm near Angola, IN that produced 1-1.50 inch hail and tree damage around 4:40 PM EDT. Cross section on the bottom right, showing high reflectivity aloft, indicating large hail (IWX Radar, GR2 Analyst) |
Rain Reports
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 928 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2019 ...24 HOUR PRECIPITATION REPORTS ENDING 930 AM EDT 2 JUNE 2019... LOCATION AMOUNT TIME/DATE LAT/LON ...INDIANA... ...ALLEN COUNTY... FORT WAYNE 4.1 NE 1.97 IN 0700 AM 06/02 41.12N/85.09W WOODBURN 2.8 WSW 1.72 IN 0700 AM 06/02 41.12N/84.91W WOODBURN 1.39 IN 0915 AM 06/02 41.14N/84.86W HARLAN 2.2 ENE 1.17 IN 0731 AM 06/02 41.20N/84.88W FORT WAYNE 2.6 NW 1.15 IN 0700 AM 06/02 41.10N/85.18W FORT WAYNE 1.11 IN 0915 AM 06/02 41.13N/85.03W FORT WAYNE 1.3 NNW 1.00 IN 0700 AM 06/02 41.09N/85.15W ...DE KALB COUNTY... BUTLER 1SE 0.51 IN 0745 AM 06/02 41.41N/84.85W ...ELKHART COUNTY... GOSHEN 1.4 SSE 1.41 IN 0600 AM 06/02 41.56N/85.83W GOSHEN 3.0 WSW 1.20 IN 0700 AM 06/02 41.56N/85.88W GOSHEN 2.8 NW 1.03 IN 0900 AM 06/02 41.60N/85.88W GOSHEN 6.8 NE 0.66 IN 0700 AM 06/02 41.65N/85.75W ELKHART 3.0 SSE 0.63 IN 0730 AM 06/02 41.65N/85.94W MIDDLEBURY 2.6 WSW 0.50 IN 0700 AM 06/02 41.66N/85.76W ...LAGRANGE COUNTY... LAGRANGE 9.9 E 1.20 IN 0600 AM 06/02 41.65N/85.23W ...STEUBEN COUNTY... ANGOLA 1.2 S 3.28 IN 0600 AM 06/02 41.62N/85.00W ANGOLA 2.24 IN 0915 AM 06/02 41.63N/85.08W ANGOLA 2.21 IN 0903 AM 06/02 41.66N/85.02W ANGOLA 8.7 ESE 1.71 IN 0700 AM 06/02 41.61N/84.84W ANGOLA 4.1 N 1.01 IN 0615 AM 06/02 41.70N/84.99W HAMILTON 1.7 E 0.70 IN 0700 AM 06/02 41.53N/84.89W ...WABASH COUNTY... LA FONTAINE 1.1 NW 0.62 IN 0700 AM 06/02 40.68N/85.74W ...MICHIGAN... ...HILLSDALE COUNTY... CEMENT CITY 0.85 IN 0919 AM 06/02 42.05N/84.37W JONESVILLE 5.9 ENE 0.69 IN 0730 AM 06/02 42.01N/84.56W LITCHFIELD 0.3 ENE 0.54 IN 0630 AM 06/02 42.05N/84.75W JEROME 0.51 IN 0917 AM 06/02 42.02N/84.46W ...OHIO... ...ALLEN COUNTY... BLUFFTON 0.62 IN 0915 AM 06/02 40.89N/83.89W ...DEFIANCE COUNTY... DEFIANCE 9.4 NE 2.20 IN 0600 AM 06/02 41.38N/84.24W ...FULTON COUNTY... WAUSEON 1.8 S 2.40 IN 0700 AM 06/02 41.53N/84.14W FAYETTE 4.3 ESE 1.64 IN 0700 AM 06/02 41.65N/84.25W TEDROW 1.57 IN 0913 AM 06/02 41.62N/84.19W ...HENRY COUNTY... NAPOLEON 4.5 NNW 3.18 IN 0700 AM 06/02 41.46N/84.15W NAPOLEON 0.6 WSW 2.73 IN 0800 AM 06/02 41.39N/84.14W MCCLURE 3.4 SSE 2.14 IN 0700 AM 06/02 41.33N/83.91W ...PUTNAM COUNTY... OTTAWA 1.0 N 1.35 IN 0700 AM 06/02 41.04N/84.04W KALIDA 1.26 IN 0915 AM 06/02 40.98N/84.20W ...WILLIAMS COUNTY... ALVORDTON 0.5 E 1.95 IN 0700 AM 06/02 41.67N/84.42W BRYAN 2SE 1.67 IN 0800 AM 06/02 41.46N/84.53W WEST UNITY 1.53 IN 0920 AM 06/02 41.59N/84.44W BRYAN 1.29 IN 0915 AM 06/02 41.46N/84.57W PIONEER 2.3 S 1.22 IN 0600 AM 06/02 41.65N/84.55W OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURES. WE THANK ALL VOLUNTEER WEATHER OBSERVERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION. NOT ALL DATA LISTED ARE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL. $$
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