Flood, Jackson
- When
- October 5, 8:15 PM EST to October 9, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.906, -86.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Indiana, October 5 to 9, 2000
4 to 6 inches of rain fell during the evening of the 4th and morning of the 5th across South Central Indiana causing moderate agricultural bottomland flooding and the closing of numerous county roads. In addition, many recreational cabins were isolated by water.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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.
4 to 6 inches of rain fell during the evening of the 4th and morning of the 5th across South Central Indiana causing moderate agricultural bottomland flooding and the closing of numerous county roads. In addition, many recreational cabins were isolated by water. The river crested at 16.9 feet on the early morning of October 7. Flood stage is 12 feet.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flood in Indiana, October 5, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 5, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, October 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, October 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, October 5, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, October 5, 2000
- Flooding in Indiana, October 5 to 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, October 5, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, October 5, 2000
- Flooding in Indiana, October 5 to 14, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, October 5 to 6, 2000
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, October 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: 5174218.