Indiana storm reports for May 18, 2026

Name: NOAA storm reports, Indiana, May 18, 2026
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 1 hail report and 58 wind reports in Indiana on May 18, 2026.

in Indiana; 59
Storm reports: 1 E Lakes of the Four S, Porter County, IN; 1.0 in
Largest hail: 1 SSE Hobart, Lake County, IN; 65 mph
Highest gust: 0
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

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, preliminary storm reports. NOAA revises recent reports for several weeks. Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 18, 2026 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. 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

Hail1, most at 11 AM

Wind58, most at 12 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Size	Where
11:29 AM	1.0 in	1 E Lakes of the Four S, Porter County, IN

Time	Gust	Where
11:13 AM	58 mph	Gary Airport, Lake County, IN
11:21 AM	65 mph	1 SSE Hobart, Lake County, IN
11:40 AM	60 mph	2 N Kouts, Porter County, IN
11:44 AM	62 mph	4 NE Beverly Shores, LMZ745 County, IN
11:45 AM	Not measured	Wanatah, La Porte County, IN
12:00 PM	Not measured	2 NNE Union Mills, La Porte County, IN
12:05 PM	Not measured	1 SSE La Porte, La Porte County, IN
12:07 PM	Not measured	La Porte, La Porte County, IN
12:15 PM	Not measured	2 N Rockville, Parke County, IN
12:15 PM	Not measured	4 W Bloomingdale, Parke County, IN
12:16 PM	Not measured	New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, IN
12:18 PM	Not measured	1 E Mecca, Parke County, IN

Show all 58 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
12:23 PM	Not measured	Clay City, Clay County, IN
12:31 PM	Not measured	5 WSW Rochester, Fulton County, IN
12:31 PM	Not measured	2 E South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN
12:31 PM	Not measured	1 NE South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN
12:31 PM	Not measured	1 N South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN
12:34 PM	Not measured	3 N Cagles Mill Lake, Putnam County, IN
12:34 PM	Not measured	2 W Granger, St. Joseph County, IN
12:36 PM	Not measured	1 W Rochester, Fulton County, IN
12:37 PM	Not measured	2 NE Granger, St. Joseph County, IN
12:38 PM	Not measured	1 E Georgetown, St. Joseph County, IN
12:40 PM	Not measured	Granger, St. Joseph County, IN
12:40 PM	Not measured	2 WNW Granger, St. Joseph County, IN
12:43 PM	Not measured	Osceola, St. Joseph County, IN
12:43 PM	Not measured	2 E Georgetown, St. Joseph County, IN
12:43 PM	Not measured	2 ENE Georgetown, St. Joseph County, IN
12:45 PM	Not measured	2 SW Cagles Mill Lake, Owen County, IN
12:50 PM	Not measured	1 NNW Mentone, Kosciusko County, IN
12:50 PM	Not measured	Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN
12:50 PM	Not measured	1 NE Osceola, Elkhart County, IN
1:13 PM	Not measured	1 NW Wabash, Wabash County, IN
1:16 PM	Not measured	Wabash, Wabash County, IN
1:18 PM	Not measured	3 ENE Little Point, Morgan County, IN
1:19 PM	Not measured	Wabash, Wabash County, IN
1:25 PM	Not measured	5 W Scott, Lagrange County, IN
1:29 PM	Not measured	2 WNW Zionsville, Boone County, IN
1:35 PM	61 mph	6 ENE Whitestown, Boone County, IN
1:45 PM	60 mph	1 WSW Huntington, Huntington County, IN
1:45 PM	61 mph	2 SSW Blue Lake, Whitley County, IN
1:47 PM	Not measured	1 NE Carmel, Hamilton County, IN
1:47 PM	Not measured	2 NNE Coesse, Whitley County, IN
2:15 PM	Not measured	Hamilton, Steuben County, IN
2:22 PM	Not measured	1 N Metz, Steuben County, IN
3:59 PM	Not measured	2 SSE Darmstadt, Vanderburgh County, IN
4:45 PM	Not measured	4 ENE Celestine, Dubois County, IN
5:00 PM	Not measured	3 NNE Ferdinand, Dubois County, IN
5:50 PM	Not measured	2 ESE Salem, Washington County, IN
6:00 PM	Not measured	2 W Henryville, Clark County, IN
6:00 PM	Not measured	1 NE Underwood, Clark County, IN
6:10 PM	Not measured	2 ESE South Boston, Washington County, IN
6:11 PM	Not measured	1 E Celestine, Dubois County, IN
6:31 PM	Not measured	1 ESE New Liberty, Clark County, IN
6:39 PM	Not measured	Blue River, Washington County, IN
6:40 PM	Not measured	2 NNW Aurora, Dearborn County, IN
6:50 PM	Not measured	1 NE North Madison, Jefferson County, IN
6:54 PM	Not measured	2 N Little York, Washington County, IN
7:05 PM	Not measured	2 NNE New Pekin, Washington County, IN

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Evansville, IN	None	None
Fort Wayne, IN	None	61 mph
Indianapolis, IN	None	None
South Bend, IN	None	None

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