Flooding in Indiana, April 27 to 30, 2002

Name: Flooding in Indiana, April 27 to 30, 2002
Start: 2002-04-27T20:30
End: 2002-04-30T23:59
Location: Indiana

April 27 to 30, 2002 · NWS IND · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

Flooding along the Wabash River. Mainly low bottomlands and agricultural lands were flooded, along with a few roads.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 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: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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.

Flooding along the Wabash River. Mainly low bottomlands and agricultural lands were flooded, along with a few roads. Flood Stage: Crest: Date of Crest:Lafayette 11.0 14.52 04/29Covington 16.0 19.06 04/30Montezuma 14.0 20.81 04/29

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 Apr 27, 3:15 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 3:15 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
315 PM EST SAT APR 27 2002

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HIGH WINDS ARE THE MAIN WEATHER
PROBLEM FOR TONIGHT. SFC ANALYSIS AT 19Z SHOWED A 992 MB SURFACE LOW
OVER SE NEBRASKA AND A WARM FNT EXTENDING TO WESTERN KENTUCKY.
EVEN THOUGH THE MODELS ARE SIMILAR WITH THE BIG PICTURE...THE
MESO-ETA AND ETA SEEMED TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE WITH ONGOING
CONVECTION AND THEY ALSO WERE A LITTLE DEEPER WITH THE LOW OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS. THUS OUR FORECASTS ARE MODELED CLOSER TOWARDS THE
MESO-ETA IN THE FIRST 60 HOURS AND CLOSER TO THE AVN LATER ON.

THE ETA AND MESO-ETA SHOWS H8 WINDS INCREASING TO 70 KNOTS OVER OUR
CWA BY LATE EVENING AND CAPES INCREASING TO 1800 J/KG BY MIDNIGHT.
SPC HAS US UNDER A MODERATE RISK TONIGHT.  MESO-ETA SHOWS A DRY SLOT
PUSHING EAST INTO OUR AREA BUT IT ALSO CONTINUES TO HINT AT A
POSSIBLE SQUALL LINE DVLPG OVER W CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY LATE EVENING
AND TRACKING EAST ACROSS OUR CWA OVERNIGHT.

FNT COULD STILL BE IN OUR FAR SE CWA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND WILL
MENTION A FEW EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS THERE. ON SUNDAY MODELS
ALSO SHOW SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE MOVING INTO OUR NORTHERN CWA
DURING THE DAY.

AVN SHOWS ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVG THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AND
AVN/MRF KEEPS A STNRY FRONT OVER THE OHIO VLY MIDWEEK AND A SFC WAVE
MOVG EAST ACROSS THE OHIO VLY WED AND EARLY THURSDAY.

TEMPS SHOULD RISE INTO THE 60S TONIGHT AS THE WARM FRONT MOVS NORTH
ACROSS OUR AREA THIS EVENING. ON SUNDAY WILL SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN FWC/MAV TEMPS. THE ETA AND AVN BROUGHT THE COOLER AIR IN A
LITTLE QUICKER SUNDAY BUT THE ETA SHOWS A LITTLE MORE DRYING OVER
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS WHICH MAY INDICATE A LITTLE MORE
SUNSHINE.

.IND...NONE.

JEH

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

8 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Sullivan

When: April 27, 8:30 PM EST to April 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Sullivan forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 39.089, -87.415 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Parke

When: April 28, 12:45 AM EST to April 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Parke forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 39.774, -87.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Vermillion

When: April 28, 12:45 AM EST to April 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Vermillion forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 39.854, -87.464 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Tippecanoe

When: April 28, 9:45 AM EST to April 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Tippecanoe forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.389, -86.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Vigo

When: April 28, 12:00 PM EST to April 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Vigo forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 39.431, -87.390 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Warren

When: April 28, 3:30 PM EST to April 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Warren forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.347, -87.353 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Fountain

When: April 28, 3:30 PM EST to April 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Fountain forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.121, -87.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Knox

When: April 29, 3:00 PM EST to April 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Knox forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 38.689, -87.418 (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 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, April 2002

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: 5290680, 5290677, 5290678, 5290674, 5290679, 5290675, 5290676, 5290681.