Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Indiana, October 24, 2001

Name: Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Indiana, October 24, 2001
Start: 2001-10-24T03:32
End: 2001-10-24T19:30
Location: Indiana

October 24, 2001 · NWS ILN · 10 events in 8 counties and zones

8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $39,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 10

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 Oct 24, 3:14 AM EST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 3:14 AM EST, 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
414 AM EDT WED OCT 24 2001

WITH UPPER LOW DROPPING INTO NORTH DAKOTA...OHIO VALLEY IS IN VERY
MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THIS MORNING.  WITH AVN SHOWING MORE
CONSISTENCY...MODELS PROGS HAVE UPPER LOW MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES TO NEW ENGLAND BY FRIDAY.

SHORT WAVE MOVING INTO INDIANA IS TOUCHING OFF WIDESPREAD TSRA.
TSRA ARE WORKING THROUGH OUR CWA AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO INTO
MID MORNING.  DRY SLOT EVIDENT ON SATELLITE BEHIND SHORT WAVE SHOULD
BE HERE BY LATE MORNING BRINGING DESTABILIZING BREAKS IN THE
CLOUDS.  AFTER DRY SLOT STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE IN OUR WESTERN
COUNTIES ACCOMPANIED BY POWERFUL AND WELL ORGANIZED OMEGA...WIND
FIELDS/HELICITY...PVA...AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE.  THUS...WE ARE
OUTLOOKED IN HIGH RISK FOR SVR (SEE SWODY1).

WITH PRECIP ALREADY OCCURRING AND PERSISTING ILL GO ABOVE FWC POPS
TODAY INTO NEAR 100% RANGE.  PRECIP WITH FRONT WILL CONTINUE INTO
TONIGHT PERIOD SO CAT POPS AGAIN WILL BE APPROPRIATE.  ILL GO WITH
SEVERE WORDING TODAY AND TONIGHT.

LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BEHIND FRONT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL WARRANT
MOSTLY CLOUDY FORECAST.

RATHER LOW SOIL MOISTURE PRIOR TO CURRENT RAINFALL HAS PREVENTED
FLOODING PROBLEMS...UNTIL NOW.  SOUTHEAST INDIANA HAS BEEN HARDEST
HIT WITH 6-8 RADAR ESTIMATE IN RIPLEY COUNTY (FFW ISSUED).

FWC TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE FOR TODAY.  TONIGHTS FWC LOWS AND
THURSDAYS HIGHS LOOK TOO HIGH BEHIND THE FRONT SO ILL UNDERCUT FWC
FOR THEN.

.ILN...NONE.

CONIGLIO

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:22 UTC.

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Event by event

8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Ripley

When: October 24, 3:32 AM EST to 5:00 AM EST
Where: Ripley County, Versailles
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.104, -85.262 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High water was reported on area roadways.

Flash Flood, Dearborn

When: October 24, 4:20 AM EST to 5:30 AM EST
Where: Dearborn County, Lawrenceburg
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.145, -84.973 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High water was reported on area roadways.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne

When: October 24, 6:20 PM EST to 6:30 PM EST
Where: Wayne County, Countywide
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.867, -85.017

Numerous trees were knocked down across the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Union

When: October 24, 6:35 PM EST to 6:37 PM EST
Where: Union County, 4 mi S of Liberty
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.583, -84.933

Two large limbs were blown down on State Route 101.

Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette

When: October 24, 6:40 PM EST to 6:44 PM EST
Where: Fayette County, Connersville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.650, -85.133

Trees were knocked down on Big Bear Rd.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: October 24, 6:45 PM EST to 6:48 PM EST
Where: Franklin County, Brookville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.417, -85.017

A few trees were knocked down in town.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ripley

When: October 24, 6:47 PM EST to 6:52 PM EST
Where: Ripley County, Milan
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.117, -85.133

A roof was blown off of a house near Milan. Numerous trees were downed across the northern part of the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Dearborn

When: October 24, 7:00 PM EST to 7:10 PM EST
Where: Dearborn County, Countywide
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.133, -84.933

Trees were knocked down across the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Switzerland

When: October 24, 7:05 PM EST to 7:08 PM EST
Where: Switzerland County, Vevay
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.750, -85.067

Two trees fell in town.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ohio

When: October 24, 7:20 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
Where: Ohio County, Countywide
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.967, -85.000

Trees were knocked down across the county.

What these are

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.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5271814, 5271815, 5271816, 5271818, 5271817, 5271819, 5271820, 5271821, 5271823, 5271822.