Indiana, 2001Flood in Indiana, October 23, 2001
October 23, 2001 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 23, 12:00 AM CST, 13 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 12:00 AM CST, 13 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
100 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2001
MAIN CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE TIMING AND COVERAGE OF PRECIP.
SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTS LOW CENTERED OVER SC IOWA WITH AN
ASSOCIATED WARN FRONT EXTENDING NE INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. A
WEAK TROUGH EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM THE AFOREMENTIONED LOW INTO THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT LAY IN THE WAKE OF THIS
SYSTEM POISED OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS.
THE 00Z TUE MODEL RUN SHOWS GOOD CONTINUITY AMONG THE MODELS WITH A
CHC OF PRECIP ENTIRE CWA AND BEST CHC OVER THE NORTH. THE WEAK
TROUGH SHOULD MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE AREA TODAY BRINGING PRECIP TO
THE ENTIRE AREA. ETA FCST SOUNDING SHOW LIS TO NEARLY A NEGATIVE 5
WITH K INDICES TO 32. THUS WILL MAINTAIN MENTION OF THUNDER TODAY.
BY WEDNESDAY THE UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE WILL BE ROTATING THROUGH THE
AREA...PUSHING MAIN COLD FRONT THROUGH. NOT THE BEST LOCATION WITH
REGARDS TO THE UPPER LEVEL JET ON WED. HOWEVER...FCST SOUNDING
INDICATE A 50 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET BETWEEN 900 AND 800 MB. THIS SHOULD
PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL LOW LEVEL FORCING AND KEEP A CHANCE OF THUNDER
IN THE FCST WED ESPECIALLY NE SECTIONS. WED NGT MUCH COOLER AIR
BEGINS TO FILTER INTO THE AREA WITH VERY DRY AIR ALOFT. WILL BRING
PRECIP CHCS TO END AT THAT TIME. FRIDAY APPEARS TO SHOW SOME
POSSIBILITY OF WRAP AROUND BRINGING SOME PRECIP TO THE NE SECTIONS.
MAY INTRODUCE SLGT CHC THERE...WILL MAKE CALL CLOSER TO PRESS
TIME...BUT WILL REMOVE FROM OTHER ZONES FRIDAY. THE REMAINDER OF THE
FCST LOOKS BE DRY WITH A WARMING TREND RETURNING BY NEXT WEEK.
NUMERICAL GUIDANCE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT...ESPECIALLY IN THE SHORT
TERM. THUS WILL FOLLOW CLOSELY EARLY ON AND BLEND OF THE MODELS IN
THE LATER PERIODS.
.PAH...NONE.
KH
Flood, Vanderburgh
- When
- October 23, 1:30 PM CST to 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County, Evansville
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.025, -87.586 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A series of thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall, which caused flooding of a poor-drainage area on the Lloyd Expressway in Evansville. Following the first storm, the highway was impassable just east of Highway 41. During the second storm, over two feet of water was over the highway. Rainfall rates at the Evansville Airport peaked at one half inch in 15 minutes.
- 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.
- Tornado in Missouri, October 23, 20011 injured · $100,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, October 23 to 24, 2001$150,000 · 2.75 in hail · 14 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, October 23, 2001$210,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events
- High Wind in Nebraska, October 23, 2001$20,000 · 54 kt wind · 18 events
- High Wind in Washington, October 23, 2001$30,000 · 53 kt wind · 2 events
- Flooding in Iowa, October 23, 2001$25,000 · 5 events
- High Wind in Washington, October 23, 2001$30,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in Washington, October 23, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in Washington, October 23, 2001$20,000 · 5 events
- High Wind in Oregon, October 23, 2001$15,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail in Missouri, October 23, 2001$15,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Illinois, October 23 to 24, 20012 in hail · 5 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5269976.