Flooding in Indiana, November 30, 2001

Name: Flooding in Indiana, November 30, 2001
Start: 2001-11-30T07:00
End: 2001-11-30T23:59
Location: Indiana

November 30, 2001 · NWS IND · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Heavy rain from the 24th through the 30th caused minor flooding along the White River from Elliston to Hazleton. The river was not yet at crest by the end of the month.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 happened

The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.

Heavy rain from the 24th through the 30th caused minor flooding along the White River from Elliston to Hazleton. The river was not yet at crest by the end of the month. Agricultural bottomland and a few county roads were effected.

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 30, 1:30 AM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 1:30 AM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
130 AM EST FRI NOV 30 2001

GOOD NEWS IS RAINFALL WAS NOT QUITE AS HEAVY TNGT AS EXPECTED AND DRY
SLOT IS NOW MOVG QUICKLY NE THROUGH THE FA ALONG WITH THE UPR LOW
ACRS SRN IL AND THE SFC LOW ACRS ECNTRL IL. THUS...THE FLOOD WATCH WL
BE CANCELLED WITH MRNG FCST ISSUANCE. POPS TODAY WITH ANY RESIDUAL
SHOWERS AND TEMPS NOW THE MAIN CONCERN.

MODELS GENERAL TO WEAK WITH THEIR INITIALIZATION OF THE UPR/SFC LOWS
WITH AVN THE CLOSEST TO REALITY. AVN ALSO WAS CLOSEST TO THE 06Z
POSITION OF THE SFC LOW. AT ANY RATE...THIS SHOULDNT MAKE
MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE IN THE FCST. AVN PUSHES THE CD FNT E OF THE FA
BY MID-MRNG AND CONTS TO DRY THE COLUMN OUT. TIME SECS STILL SHOW
PLNTY OF LOW LVL MOIST LINGERING AROUND THROUGH TNGT...HOWEVER...SO
WL KEEP THINGS CLDY BUT LOWER THE POPS A BIT COMPARED TO CURRENT
FCST. LOW LVL MOIST FINALLY DRIES ON SATURDAY AS SFC HIGH PRES BUILDS
IN FM THE SW...BUT AN ELONGATED S/W APPROACHES FM THE SW IN THE SW
FLOW AND MOVES ACRS THE GT LKS SATURDAY NGT WITH TIME SECS BRINGING
NICE SLUG OF MID/HIGH LVL MOIST ACRS ON SATURDAY/SATURDAY EVE AS A
RESULT. WL LEAN OPTIMISTIC WITH PARTLY CLDY FCST WITH SOME CLRG PSBL
BY EARLY SUNDAY MRNG AS THE WV PASSES. PLNTY OF SS ON TAP FOR SUNDAY
AS SFC HIGH PRES SLIDES E OF THE FA AND ZONAL FLOW SETS UP WITH THE
COLUMN DRY.

AVN HAS ZONAL FLOW TO START THE EXTENDED AND THEN SW FLOW BY MONDAY
NGT AS ENERGY MOVING NE ACRS THE SW HELPS CARVE OUT AN UPR TROF ACRS
THE WEST COAST AND AN UPR RIDGE ACRS THE CNTRL US. AVN ALSO KEEPS
COLUMN PRETTY DRY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH INCRSG MOIST BY TUES NGT AHEAD
OF AN ADVCG FNT. WL KEEP RW CHC WED/THU AS A RESULT BUT TAKE IT OUT
ON TUES.

TEMPS SHOULD BOTTOM OUT THIS MRNG AS THE FNT PASSES AND NOT MAKE MUCH
PROGRESS DURING THE DAY JUDGING BY UPSTREAM TEMPS. MOS NUMBERS
REFLECT THIS AND ARE VERY CLOSE...SO SEE NO REASON TO DIVERT FM THE
THEM. MOS PRETTY CLOSE TNGT AND SATURDAY AND ALSO APPEAR REASONABLE
BASED ON LOW LVL THERMAL PROGS. ONE DIFFERENCE IS NOTED ON SATURDAY
NGT AS CLOUDIER FWC KEEPS TEMPS UP. FAVOR THE AVN BASED MAV AS IT
CLRS THINGS OUT AND PRODUCES COOLER TEMPS.

.IND...NONE.
KOCH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 30, 6:00 AM EST, 1 hour before

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-301300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
600 AM EST FRI NOV 30 200

NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE
NEEDED.

KOCH

The radar

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Event by event

3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Daviess

When: November 30, 7:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Daviess forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.702, -87.072 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Knox

When: November 30, 7:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Knox forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.689, -87.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Greene

When: November 30, 10:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Greene forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.036, -86.962 (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: 5272287, 5272288, 5272286.