1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Apr 21, 2:30 PM EST, 8 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 230 PM EST SUN APR 21 2002 SHORTENED VERSION OF AFD WITH SOME PROBLEMS EARLIER WITH WWA AND VERY SLOW RUNNING IFPS. OVERALL PROBLEM IN AFTERNOON FORECAST IS HOW FAR NORTH TO CARRY THUNDERSTORMS AND TEMPERATURE COUPLETS NEXT 24 HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES AND SUSPECT SURFACE FRONT WILL EDGE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES BUT SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF HUF AND BMG. WATCH CURRENTLY OUT FOR SOUTHERN LINE OF COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM AND SECOND WATCH OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. WILL KEEP MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH WITH SOME STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE. MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN ALSO WITH PROXIMITY TO FRONT. SURFACE LOW TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS OF THE STATE THIS EVENING THEN DRY SLOW TO MOVE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA AFTER 03-06Z AND PRECIPITATION ENDING. COOL TEMPERATURES CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA WILL FALL SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS REACHING 35 TO 40 CENTRAL AND NORTH AND 40 TO 45 SOUTH. STILL COOL ON MONDAY BUT NEAR 60 BY TUESDAY. .IND...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 23Z SOUTHERN COUNTIES. RPG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
518 PM EST SUN APR 21 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 AM 2 E MOORESVILLE IN FLOOD
04/21/02 MORGAN EVENT DURATION 60
MINUTES. REPORTED BY
OFF-DUTY NWS
EMPLOYEE.FLOODING WAS
ONE FOOT ABOVE ROADWAY
WITH FLOWING STREAM
OVER RAOD.INZ067>072-220000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 536 PM EST SUN APR 21 2002 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTH PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA... THE WATCH IS NOT LONGER IN EFFECT FOR KNOX...DAVIESS... MARTIN...LAWRENCE...JACKSON AND JENNINGS COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NEARLY ENDED WEST OF SHOALS. STORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM SHOALS THROUGH BEDFORD AND SEYMOUR TO NORTH VERNON THROUGH 700 PM. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED. HEAVY RAINFALL OF AROUND ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
812 PM EST SUN APR 21 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0330 PM DOVER HILL IN 1.5 INCH HAIL
04/21/02 MARTIN REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT. WINDOWS AND
SIDING DAMAGED ON CHURCH.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
East Fork White River crested at 15.77 feet on April 22. Flood stage is 12.0 Agricultural lands flooded along with some roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, April 2002
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: 5290599.