Indiana, 2001

Flooding in Indiana, February 9 to 11, 2001

February 9 to 11, 2001 · NWS IND · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Around an inch of rain on the 9th caused minor flooding along Mill Creek at Cataract. 66 feet above flood stage.

Where it happened

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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.

Around an inch of rain on the 9th caused minor flooding along Mill Creek at Cataract. The creek crested at 11.66 feet or 1.66 feet above flood stage.

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 Feb 9, 3:15 PM EST, 7 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 3:15 PM EST, 7 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
315 PM EST FRI FEB 9 2001

A LITTLE LESS TO WORK WITH THAN YESTERDAY...WEATHER AND GUIDANCE.
ONLY REAL WEATHER CONDITION TO WORK WITH ARE THE TEMPERATURES.
CLOUDS ARE SLOW TO MOVE OUT OF AREA. GUID DOES SHOW GOOD DRYING.
CLOUDS SHOULD MOVE OUT DURING THE MORNING. THE CLOUDS DID HOLD TEMPS
UP OVERNIGHT. EVEN WITH SUNSHINE STRONG CAA WILL ONLY ALLOW FOR A
COUPLE OF DEGREE INCREASE. TEMPS NEAR GUID VALUES LOOK OK.

CROSS SECTIONS SHOW ONLY SOME CI MOVING IN LATE. AND THIS WILL BE
THIN AND NOT HAVE MUCH EFFECT ON TEMPS. WITH WINDS FROM N TO NE COLD
AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN. WILL GO SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW GUID.

NEXT SYSTM MOVS TOWARD INDIANA ON SUNDAY. MOISTURE IS LIMITED AT
THIS TIME. ONLY LIMITED AMOUNT OF MID TO HIGH CLOUDS. WILL GO PRTLY
SUNNY. WILL NOT WARM UP QUITE AS FAST AS GUID DOES.

.IND...NONE.
HAINES

The radar

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Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Putnam

When
February 9, 11:00 PM EST to February 11, 7:00 AM EST
Where
Putnam forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.666, -86.845 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Owen

When
February 9, 11:00 PM EST to February 11, 7:00 AM EST
Where
Owen forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.313, -86.838 (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

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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: 5228644, 5228645.