12 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 17, 2:30 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
230 AM EST MON DEC 17 2001
MODELS HAVE COME INTO PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT ON TRACK OF SURFACE
LOW. SURFACE LOW OVER SE ARKANSAS WILL LIFT NORTHEAST TO NEAR SDF
BY 18Z AND CKB BY 00Z TONIGHT.
LATEST LOOK AT RADAR LOOP IS SHOWING A SIGNIFICANT NORTHWARD PUSH OF
THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS INDIANA. THIS IS ALLOWING THE SW
QUARTER OF FA...WHERE FFA IS OUT...TO GET DRY SLOTTED. ISENTROPIC
LIFT AT 395K AND 300K IS SHOWING GOOD LIFT ACROSS SRN IN/KY FOR 6
HOURS ENDING AT 06Z. THIS LINES UP WELL WITH CURRENT POSITION OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. THIS LIFT WORKS EASTWARD INTO SW OH BY
12Z. EXPECT THE PCPN TO MOVE BACK INTO THE FA BY SUNRISE AS LIFT
INCREASES. WONT EXPAND FLOOD WATCH AREA. BEST ISENTROPIC LIFT
SWINGS FROM SW OH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL OH. SINCE SOUTH CENTRAL
OHIO/NE KY HASNT RECEIVED A LOT OF RAIN WITH THE SYSTEM SO
FAR...FEEL THAT THEY CAN HANDLE THE EXPECTED QPF AND FFG CONCURS.
AS SURFACE LOW PUSHES EAST OVERNIGHT...RAIN WILL COME TO AN END AND
EXPECT SOME CLEARING IN THE NORTHWEST BY TUESDAY MORNING. WEAK
UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN ON TUESDAY...BUT HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WILL MAKE
FOR A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY.
WONT MAKE MAJOR CHANGES TO CURRENT TEMPERATURES FORECAST. ONLY A
TWEAK A DEGREE HERE OR THERE.
CLEMISILN OUT LATER.
.ILN...FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR SW OHIO...SE INDIANA AND N
CNTRL KENTUCKY.
SITESThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
12 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A woman attempted to cross a flooded slab bridge on the Yellow Bank Creek. The automobile stalled and the woman was killed when she exited the vehicle and was swept downstream. Two children in the car were rescued by emergency personnel.
Numerous roads were closed due to high water.
High water was reported on State Route 129.
High water was reported on county roadways.
High water was reported on county roads.
High water was reported on county roadways.
Several county roads were closed by high water.
Several creeks overflowed and flooded county roads.
High water was reported on several roads. One road was closed due to the high water.
High water forced numerous road closures.
Several roads were closed due to high water.
There were several reports of high water on roadways and creeks overflowing their banks throughout southeast Indiana and the Whitewater Valley. A woman attempted to cross a flooded slab bridge on Yellow Bank Creek. The automobile stalled and the woman was killed when she exited the vehicle and was swept downstream. Two children in the car were rescued by emergency personnel.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, December 2001
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: 5274059, 5274051, 5274054, 5274048, 5274049, 5274050, 5274052, 5274053, 5274055, 5274056, 5274057, 5274058.