Indiana storm reports for May 16, 2025

Name: NOAA storm reports, Indiana, May 16, 2025
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 18 hail reports, 61 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in Indiana on May 16, 2025.

in Indiana; 84
Storm reports: Near 39.11, -87.38, IN; 4.0 in
Largest hail: About 34 miles from Indianapolis, IN; 83 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, near 39.05, -87.23, IN; 5
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 16, 2025 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail18, most at 6 PM

Wind61, most at 6 PM

Tornado5, most at 6 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
5:44 PM	EF2	Near 39.05, -87.23, IN	14.04 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:15 PM	EF1	Near 39.08, -86.86, IN	1.82 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:27 PM	EF2	About 54 miles from Indianapolis, IN	35.27 mi long, 350 yd wide
6:58 PM	EF0	About 47 miles from Indianapolis, IN	0.43 mi long, 20 yd wide
7:02 PM	EF1	About 34 miles from Cincinnati, OH	6.33 mi long, 250 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
5:29 PM	2.75 in	Near 39.10, -87.41, IN
5:32 PM	4.0 in	Near 39.11, -87.38, IN
6:08 PM	1.0 in	About 14 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:12 PM	2.75 in	About 52 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:14 PM	0.88 in	About 47 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:26 PM	1.75 in	About 47 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:33 PM	1.0 in	About 46 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:42 PM	1.0 in	About 40 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:47 PM	0.75 in	About 54 miles from Louisville, KY
6:54 PM	0.88 in	About 32 miles from Indianapolis, IN
7:12 PM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from Indianapolis, IN
7:16 PM	1.25 in	About 42 miles from Indianapolis, IN

Show all 18 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
7:16 PM	1.0 in	About 45 miles from Indianapolis, IN
7:19 PM	0.75 in	About 27 miles from Evansville, IN
7:39 PM	0.75 in	About 15 miles from Indianapolis, IN
9:05 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Dayton, OH
9:09 PM	1.0 in	About 42 miles from Dayton, OH
9:14 PM	1.75 in	About 37 miles from Dayton, OH

Time	Gust	Where
5:20 PM	64 mph	Near 40.49, -87.52, IN
5:21 PM	70 mph	Near 40.56, -87.49, IN
5:27 PM	60 mph	Near 40.29, -87.25, IN
5:35 PM	60 mph	About 41 miles from Indianapolis, IN
5:35 PM	63 mph	Near 40.52, -87.25, IN
5:40 PM	69 mph	Near 40.62, -87.38, IN
5:40 PM	75 mph	Near 40.56, -87.24, IN
5:40 PM	58 mph	Near 40.49, -86.96, IN
5:43 PM	70 mph	Near 40.65, -86.27, IN
5:45 PM	70 mph	Near 40.74, -86.37, IN
5:45 PM	60 mph	Near 40.66, -86.22, IN
5:46 PM	70 mph	Near 40.72, -86.39, IN

Show all 61 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
5:48 PM	70 mph	Near 40.76, -86.50, IN
5:48 PM	70 mph	About 59 miles from Indianapolis, IN
5:52 PM	75 mph	About 9 miles from Indianapolis, IN
5:55 PM	81 mph	Near 40.75, -86.76, IN
5:56 PM	60 mph	About 14 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:00 PM	81 mph	About 7 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:07 PM	70 mph	About 7 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:10 PM	60 mph	About 13 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:11 PM	63 mph	About 23 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:15 PM	75 mph	About 58 miles from South Bend, IN
6:16 PM	63 mph	About 14 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:20 PM	60 mph	About 42 miles from South Bend, IN
6:22 PM	60 mph	About 22 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:23 PM	83 mph	About 34 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:25 PM	71 mph	About 37 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:29 PM	70 mph	About 52 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:29 PM	70 mph	About 39 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
6:30 PM	60 mph	About 44 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:32 PM	70 mph	About 52 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
6:33 PM	70 mph	About 29 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
6:34 PM	70 mph	About 35 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
6:35 PM	70 mph	About 33 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
6:41 PM	70 mph	About 43 miles from South Bend, IN
6:45 PM	70 mph	About 35 miles from South Bend, IN
6:45 PM	70 mph	About 32 miles from South Bend, IN
6:46 PM	70 mph	About 32 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
6:46 PM	68 mph	About 34 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
6:46 PM	81 mph	About 18 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
6:46 PM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:46 PM	70 mph	About 34 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
6:48 PM	66 mph	About 27 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
6:50 PM	70 mph	About 49 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
6:51 PM	70 mph	About 18 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
6:51 PM	63 mph	About 46 miles from Cincinnati, OH
6:52 PM	60 mph	About 57 miles from Indianapolis, IN
6:55 PM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Cincinnati, OH
6:56 PM	66 mph	About 8 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
6:56 PM	70 mph	About 4 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
6:57 PM	64 mph	About 16 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
6:58 PM	70 mph	About 15 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
6:58 PM	58 mph	About 33 miles from Cincinnati, OH
7:01 PM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Cincinnati, OH
7:03 PM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Cincinnati, OH
7:10 PM	71 mph	About 6 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
7:15 PM	58 mph	About 26 miles from Cincinnati, OH
7:24 PM	58 mph	About 15 miles from Indianapolis, IN
8:13 PM	63 mph	About 36 miles from Evansville, IN
8:16 PM	58 mph	About 44 miles from Evansville, IN
8:16 PM	58 mph	About 41 miles from Evansville, IN

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Indianapolis, IN	1.0 in	81 mph	0
Fort Wayne, IN	None	71 mph	0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.