Indiana, 2001

Flood in Indiana, November 29 to 30, 2001

November 29 to 30, 2001 · NWS IND · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Mill Creek at Cataract saw minor flooding due to heavy rains from the 24th through the 30th. 3 feet on the 30th at 10 am.

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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.

Mill Creek at Cataract saw minor flooding due to heavy rains from the 24th through the 30th. The creek crested at 12.3 feet on the 30th at 10 am. Flood stage is 10 feet.

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 29, 3:00 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 3:00 AM EST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
300 AM EST THU NOV 29 2001

MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM THIS MORNING IS HOW HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE NEXT
24 HOURS AND WHETHER OR NOT FLOOD WATCH IS NECESSARY. ALSO IS THE
CONSIDERATION OF WHETHER OR NOT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PRESENT TONIGHT
AND OVER WHAT AREAS.

MAIN UPPER CIRCULATION IS CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS
AND MODELS IN MORE AGREEMENT IN TRACK THIS MORNING AS IT KICKS OUT
ENE THEN NE TONIGHT. OVERALL TRACK IS FOR CENTER TO REACH THE
NORTHERN KENTUCKY/SOUTHERN OHIO AREA BY 12Z FRIDAY MORNING. FOR TODAY
AND INTO TONIGHT IS FOR AN EXTENSIVE SWATH OF HIGH RH FROM THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE. FOUS PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS ARE QUITE IMPRESSIVE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH AMOUNT OF 1 TO 2
INCHES OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE CWA. AMOUNTS DECREASE RAPIDLY
NEAR LAF AND ESPECIALLY SO FOR LAF TO CHI. DAY 1 EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
OUTLOOK COVERS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE CWA AND DECIDED TO GO WITH
FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. EMBEDDED MODERATE
THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ALSO POSE POTENTIAL OF
HEAVY RAINFALL MAINLY SOUTHEASTERN AREAS.

RAIN WILL BE DIMINISHING RAPIDLY BY FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE
NORTHEAST AFTER DAYBREAK FRIDAY MORNING BUT KEPT A MENTION OF CHANCE
OF MORNING SHOWERS SOUTH AND SHOWERS LIKELY NORTH IN THE MORNING.
NO BIG CONFLICT BETWEEN MOS GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES.

.IND...FLOOD WATCH SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT
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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, Putnam

When
November 29, 3:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 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)

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.

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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: 5272282.