Flood, Jennings
- When
- December 15, 12:00 PM EST to December 20, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jennings forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.997, -85.628 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Indiana, December 15 to 20, 2001
Heavy rain from the 14th through the 17th resulted in the highest levels at some spots along the Muscatuck River since May 1996. Flooding affected extensive agricultural areas and closed numerous state and local roads.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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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.
Heavy rain from the 14th through the 17th resulted in the highest levels at some spots along the Muscatuck River since May 1996. Flooding affected extensive agricultural areas and closed numerous state and local roads. The river crested at 25.6 feet (FS = 15 feet) near Deputy on the 17th, 19.6 feet (FS = 17 feet) near Vernon on the 17th and 23.5 feet (FS = 16 feet) at Wheeler Hollow on the 19th.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 15, 3:10 AM EST, 8 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 3:10 AM EST, 8 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 310 AM EST SAT DEC 15 2001 AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON IF ANY IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN TODAY. THEN TIMING OF RAIN AND HOW MUCH RAIN IS THE NEXT MAIN PROBLEM IN FOLLOWING PERIODS. SATELLITE SHOWS QUITE A BIT OF LOW CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE QUITE A FEW HOLES ESPECIALLY AROUND NW INDIANA AND LAKE MICHIGAN. MODELS SHOW GOOD SUBSIDENCE TODAY AS HIGH PRES RDG OVER INDIANA CONTINUES EASTWARD. OLD FWC AND MAV GUIDANCE INDICATES CLOUDS TO BREAK UP DURING DAY. HOWEVER WET GROUND AND LOW LEVEL INVERSION MAY KEEP CLOUDS FROM CLEARING. SINCE THERE ARE SOME HOLES WILL DECREASE CLOUD COVER TO ABOUT 70-80 PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON. BY THAT TIME MODELS ARE STARTING TO MOVE IN HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE. MODELS THIS RUN ARE A LITTLE SLOWER WITH NEXT SHORT WAVE TROUGH. AVN DEVELOPS SFC LOW OVER ARKANSAS BY 48 HOURS AND TRACKS IT ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY BY MONDAY. ALL MODELS PRODUCE PRETTY GOOD QPF AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WILL GO WITH A BLEND OF FWC/MAV TEMPS TODAY AND SUNDAY. OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE TO THEIR NUMBERS. .IND...NONE. HENDRICKSON
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
- High Wind in Washington, December 15 to 16, 2001
- High Wind in California, December 15, 2001
- Flooding in Indiana, December 15 to 23, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 15 to 17, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 15 to 17, 2001
- High Wind in Oregon, December 15 to 16, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 15 to 17, 2001
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 15 to 16, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 15 to 17, 2001
- High Wind in Montana, December 15, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 15, 2001
- High Wind in Nevada, December 15, 2001
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, December 2001
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: 5274995.