Indiana, 2001Flash 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.
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- 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
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.
- 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.
- Heat in Nebraska, July 28 to 31, 20011 death · 17 events
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, July 28 to 29, 20016 injured · 3 events
- Flash Flood in Missouri, July 28, 2001$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 28, 20012 injured · $20,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 28, 2001$30,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 28, 2001$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 28, 2001$20,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 28, 2001$20,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 28, 2001$15,000 · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 28, 200170 kt wind · 9 events
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 28, 2001$14,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 28, 200166 kt wind · 8 events
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.