Flood in Indiana, November 28 to 30, 2001

Name: Flood in Indiana, November 28 to 30, 2001
Start: 2001-11-28T07:00
End: 2001-11-30T23:00
Location: Indiana

November 28 to 30, 2001 · NWS IND · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy rain from the 24th to the 30th caused minor flooding along the Muscatatuck River just northwest of Deputy. 2 feet (flood stage is 15 feet) during the early morning of November 29.

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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 happened

The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.

Heavy rain from the 24th to the 30th caused minor flooding along the Muscatatuck River just northwest of Deputy. The river crested at 21.2 feet (flood stage is 15 feet) during the early morning of November 29.

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 Nov 28, 3:00 AM EST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 3:00 AM EST, 4 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
300 AM EST WED NOV 28 2001

SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT ON THE WAY NEXT 36 HOURS BUT FORTUNATELY ONLY
LIQUID PRECIPITATION EXPECTED IND CWA.

UPPER TROF EVIDENT IN LATEST SWIS SATELLITE LOOP OVER THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES APPEARS TO BE BOTTOMING OUT. CIRCULATION CENTER WAY SOUTH AND
CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO/NORTHERN MEXICO.
THIS FEATURE TAKES SOME TIME TO EJECT EAST AND NORTHEAST WITH INDIANA
UNDER SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH THURSDAY. UPPER CENTER
FINALLY APPROACHES THE LOWER AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING. MODELS DO DIFFER ON LOCATION IN 48 HOURS WITH ETA
OVER CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND AVN OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY. OVERALL IMPACT
WILL HOWEVER BE SIMILAR WITH RAIN CHANCES CONTINUING THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. COLD AIR TO REMAIN WEST OF THE STATE WITH NEAREST
MIXED OR FROZEN PRECIPITATION TO BE OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS TODAY.

MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE SPREADS NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS WILL BE VERY SMALL
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE CWA AND IN THE 5 DEGREE RANGE.
SPREADS ACROSS THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AREAS WILL BE A BIT LARGER
WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES NEXT 2 DAYS AND SPREADS FROM 8 TO 10
DEGREES.

RAINFALL POTENTIALS THROUGH 48 HOURS ARE GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES
CENTRAL AREAS WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS SOUTH AND ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST.
RAIN WILL HOWEVER OCCUR OVER A LONG PERIOD OF 36 TO 48 HOURS WHICH
SHOULD MINIMIZE ANY RUNOFF PROBLEMS.

.IND...NONE.
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Jennings

When: November 28, 7:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
Where: Jennings forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.997, -85.628 (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

Every storm in Indiana in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, November 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: 5272283.