Indiana, 2001

Flash Flood in Indiana, July 28, 2001

July 28, 2001 · NWS ILN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 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

Open the live radar over this ground

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 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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 28, 6:20 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 6:20 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
720 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2001

WILL UPDATE ZONES TO DROP AFTERNOON TIMING IN THE NORTHERN MIAMI
VALLEY AS SHOWERS HAVE BROKEN OUT AROUND IND AND THESE COULD REACH
THE AREA BEFORE NOON.  WILL ALSO REMOVE TIMING IN CENTRAL OHIO.

CLEMISILN OUT ASAP...FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY THE ZFP.

.ILN...NONE.

SITES

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:31 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Ripley

When
July 28, 7:30 AM EST to 10:30 AM EST
Where
Ripley County, Holton
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.104, -85.262 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which flooded roads and caused creeks to overflow their banks.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Indiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 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: 5257097.