Indiana, 2001

Flooding and Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 21, 2001

July 21, 2001 · NWS IWX · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$9,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 21, 2:08 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 2:08 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
208 PM EST SAT JUL 21 2001

ONGOING CONVECTION DUE TO SHORTWAVE IN GRT LKS WL SLOWLY EXIT THE
AREA TONIGHT. MAIN FCST PROB REMAINS POPS THOUGH AS ADDITIONAL
SHORTWAVES AND THEN A FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...

RUC HAD GOOD HANDLE ON SHORTWAVE AND WL USE IT FOR FIRST 6 HOURS.
VORT LOBE MOVING INTO DIFFLUENT FLOW AND AT 18Z WAS CENTERED OVER
SW LWR MI. AS THE ENERGY FROM THIS SYS PULLS TO THE SE AND THE LAKE
BREEZE SETTLES DOWN AFTER SUNSET...PRECIP CHCS SHUD DEC. NVA MVS IN
BEHIND FURTHER SUPPORTING DEC IN POPS TONIGHT.

AS THE RIDGE BREAKS DOWN A SERIES OF WEAK SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE
THROUGHT THE WESTERLIES. THE NEXT DISCERNABLE ONE OF CONCERN IS
TOMORROW NIGHT. ETA TAKES THE ENERGY FURTHER TO THE NORTH THAN AVN.
WITH THE H5 FLOW WNW...PREFER THE AVN SOLN HERE. MODEL CAPES 2500
J/KG WITH LI -7 SO WL CONTINUE WITH SCT POPS SUN AFTN. EVEN THO
THE ETA PULLS THE VORT TO THE NORTH IT BRINGS IN MORE SIG MEAN RH
JUST TO THE WEST. LATE SUN NIGHT THE MODELS DIFF EVEN MORE WITH THE
ETA INDICATING A S/W OVR MN/IA WITH NO SIG DYNAMICS OVR NRN IN...
WHILE THE AVN SHOWS WEAK PVA OVR NRN IN AND ANOTHER S/W FURTHER WEST
THAN THE ETA. WITH CONTINUED INSTABILITY AND POTENTIAL BOUNDARIES IN
THE AREA WILL KEEP CHC POPS ON SUN NIGHT AS WELL. ON TO F54 (MON) THE
AVN MVS A COMPLEX ACRS WI LEAVING FA IN SUBSIDENCE UNTIL F66 (MON
NIGHT) WHEN YET ANOTHER S/W BRINGS POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER MCS. WL KEEP
CHC POPS ON MON NIGHT. ON TUE AS FRNT SAGS SOUTH IT WL TAKE PRECIP
CHCS WITH IT IN THE NRN FA ANYWAY.

POLAR LOW IN HUDSON BAY STILL EXPECTED TO DEEPEN AND ALLOW H5 WINDS
TO INCREASE AND HEIGHTS TO FALL BY WED AM. AVN HINTS AT TWO MORE
S/W...ONE IN SRN IA AND THE NEXT IN WRN KS RIPPLE THROUGH THE FLOW.
THESE S/W SKIRT THE SRN FA AND SO WL KEEP CHC POPS THERE ON WED
AND THUR. TEMPS TO BEGIN COOL DOWN MID WEEK AS FRNT MVS SOUTH OF
FA. WL GO DRY ON SAT AS NW FLOW IN DRIER CONDS PREVAILS.

TEMPS A LITTLE TRICKY TONIGHT GIVEN AREAS OF RAIN-COOLED AIR. EXPECT
SOME RETURN AS S/W EXITS AND SUN BREAKS OUT FOR A PD THIS AFTN. SO
WL CUT THE NRN ZONES JUST A FEW. WL BE HOT AND HUMID AS PER BOTH
MAV AND FWC TOMORROW. REST OF GUIDANCE TEMPS CLOSELY FOLLOWED.

.IWX...NONE.

ADOLPHSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 21, 4:05 PM EST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
405 PM EST SAT JUL 21 2001

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0344 PM    2 N VAN WERT              OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/21/01   VAN WERT                       TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER.

0355 PM    VAN WERT                  OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/21/01   VAN WERT                       TREES DOWN IN VAN WERT.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:29 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Adams

When
July 21, 4:30 PM EST
Where
Adams County, Berne
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.650, -84.950

Power lines down.

Flood, Steuben

When
July 21, 5:00 PM EST
Where
Steuben County, Fremont
Property damage
$9,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
41.644, -85.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Store located in "a small gully" as described by owner experienced water up to the owners knee after rainfall of around 2 inches in 3 hours. No injuries.

Flood, Adams

When
July 21, 5:00 PM EST
Where
Adams County, Berne
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
40.746, -84.937 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Up to 4 inches of rain fell in about 1 and 1/2 hours causing most streets to flood and water in somebasements.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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.

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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: 5253294, 5253295, 5253296.