Flood, Jackson
- When
- April 8, 7:00 AM EST to April 12, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.906, -86.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Indiana, April 8 to 13, 2000
1 to 4 inches of rainfall from the 7th caused the most significant flooding along the East Fork of the White River near Seymour since February 1999. 8 feet (flood stage is 12 feet) on the 9th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
1 to 4 inches of rainfall from the 7th caused the most significant flooding along the East Fork of the White River near Seymour since February 1999. Seymour crested at 15.8 feet (flood stage is 12 feet) on the 9th. Also, minor flooding was reported downstream at Bedford where the gauge reached 20.45 feet (flood stage is 20 feet) on the 13th. May county roads and agricultural bottomland was water covered along the East Fork of the White.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Lawrence
- When
- April 11, 11:00 PM EST to April 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.841, -86.483 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Avalanche in Alaska, April 8, 2000
- High Wind in Alabama, April 8, 2000
- Avalanche in Alaska, April 8 to 9, 2000
- Strong Wind in Georgia, April 8, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, April 8, 2000
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, April 8, 2000
- High Wind in New York, April 8, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Virginia, April 8 to 9, 2000
- High Wind in North Carolina, April 8, 2000
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Pennsylvania, April 8 to 9, 2000
- High Wind in New Jersey, April 8, 2000
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, April 8, 2000
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, April 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5137112, 5137113.