Flood, Putnam
- When
- January 30, 7:00 PM EST to January 31, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.666, -86.845 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Indiana, January 30 to 31, 2001
Heavy rain toward the end of the month caused minor flooding of agricultural bottomland along Mill Creek near Cataract. 6 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.
Heavy rain toward the end of the month caused minor flooding of agricultural bottomland along Mill Creek near Cataract. The creek crested at 10.6 feet on the 31st 0.6 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 Jan 30, 2:30 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 2:30 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 230 PM EST TUE JAN 30 2001 SFC ANALYSIS THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS BROAD LOW PRESSURE OVR THE WRN GRT LKS. H2O IMAGERY SHOWS UPPER LOW SPINNING IN E IA. 88D SHOWS -SHRA ACRS THE ERN 1/2 OF THE FA EXITING. FCST CHALLENGE TDY WL BE POPS IN THE FIRST PD. MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH UPPER LOW SHIFTING IT TO S ONTARIO BY WED MORN. MEANWHILE WEAK VORT LOBES SPIN ACRS IN AROUND THE SYS...AND BOTH MODELS BRING WEAK S/W ACRS THE AREA TONIGHT. 290K ISENTROPIC PLOT SHOWS PARALLEL FLOW AND MIX RATIOS NR 1-2 G/KG. TIME SECTIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW WEAK VV WITH GOOD LOW LVL MOISTURE. RGN RADAR SHOWS PCPN ON A DECREASING TREND ACRS IL AND PUSH N OF IN. FEEL CHC CATEGORY OR PCPN SHUD WORK BEST TONIGHT AS THE S/W WORKS THROUGH AND MOISTURE CONTINUES TO DECREASE...NOT TO MENTION THE LACK OF VV. WL LWR POPS MOST ACRS THE S AS MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS LACK MORE HERE. FWC POPS APPEAR TOO HIGH IN FIRST PD...MAV IS BETTER. LWR LVL MOISTURE CONT TO LINGER ON WED AS UPPER LOW MOVES AWAY. TIME SECTIONS ALSO INDICATE MID LVL SUBSIDENCE. H5 SHOWS WEAK RIGDE PUSH ACRS THE AREA ALSO. WL KEEP CLOUDS ON WED BY DROP PCPN CHCS. MORE OF SAME FOR WED NIGHT. TROF APPROACHES AREA ON THURS...HOWEVER MOISTURE WL ONCE AGAIN BE A PROBLEM. GULF REMAINS SHUT OFF AS LWR LVL FLOW REMAINS FROM SW-W. HOWEVER...STRONG CAA ALONG THE TROF AND THE TROF LOOKS SHARP ENOUGH THAT CHC/S FOR PCPN SHOULD NOT BE RULED OUT. FWC TEMPS AGAIN APPEAR TO DO A GOOD JOB WITH THE SLOW COOLING TREND AND FALLING THICKNESSES THROUGH THE PD. WL STICK CLOSE TO THE FWC. .IND...NONE. PUMA
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Owen
- When
- January 30, 7:00 PM EST to January 31, 12:00 PM 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
- High Wind in California, January 30 to 31, 2001
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, January 30 to 31, 2001
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Hampshire, January 30 to 31, 2001
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 30, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, January 30, 2001
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 30, 2001
- Winter Weather in New York, January 30, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 30, 2001
- Blizzard in Colorado, January 30 to 31, 2001
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 30, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 30, 2001
- Winter Storm in Maine, January 30 to 31, 2001
More
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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: 5228010, 5228011.