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 28, 2:15 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 215 AM EST SUN APR 28 2002 BIGGEST CHALLENGE TEMPS/POPS TODAY. CURRENT ROUND OF MAJOR CONVECTION OVER CWA NOW FADING FAST. THIS EVIDENTLY IN RESPONSE TO BOTH SHORTWAVE THAT TRIGGERED IT MOVG EAST AND INGESTING STABLE AIR FROM PCPN SATURDAY. BASED ON THIS AND MODELS BRINGING IN DRIER AIR...SHOULD BE ABLE TO CLEAR ALL WATCHES IN OUR CWA WITH MORNING UPDATE. HI FWC POPS DONT SEEM TO REFLECT RAPID DECLINE IN PCPN. HOWEVER...IR PICS SHOW A SERIES OF SECONDARY SPOKES ROTATING AROUND UPPER SYSTEM. WITH LATE APRIL POTENTIAL FOR INSTABILITY...WILL MAINTAIN A CHANCE TODAY...BUT CLOSER TO MAV THAN FWC. GUIDANCE AGREES ABOUT DRY OVERNIGHT. CAN BUY THIS WITH INCRSG STABILITY. GUIDANCE TEMPS CLOSE...AS ARE BACKGROUND MODELS...THRU PD. WILL CUT TODAY. GRADIENT IN REGION IS TIGHT...WHICH USUALLY POSES A CHALLENGE TO MOS. EXTRAPOLATION WOULD INDICATE COOLER TEMPS ARE WAY TO GO. GUIDANCE LOOKS BETTER STARTING TONIGHT AS WE BECOME MORE DOMINATED BY LARGE SCALE EFFECTS. .IND...NONE. KWIATKOWSKI
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
121 AM EST SUN APR 28 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0119 AM LOOGOOTEE IN WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02 MARTIN TREE BLOWN DOWN
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
209 AM EST SUN APR 28 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0202 AM CROTHERSVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02 JACKSON
TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
245 AM EST SUN APR 28 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0140 AM GREENFIELD IN WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02 HANCOCK SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE
AND GARAGES BLOWN DOWN
REPORTED BY COUNTY
SHERIFF. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
312 AM EST SUN APR 28 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
Time unknown SEXTON IN WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02 RUSH PORCH BLOWNN OFF OF
HOUSE...REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.INZ021-028>080-082>084-087>092-281000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 339 AM EST SUN APR 28 2002 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 163 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FROM THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CARROLL...HOWARD...TIPPECANOE...WARREN...CLINTON...TIPTON...M ADISON...DELAWARE...FOUNTAIN...RANDOLPH...HAMILTON...MONTGOMERY...BOO NE...VERMILLION...HENRY...WAYNE...PARKE...HANCOCK...MARION...HENDRICK S...PUTNAM...RUSH...FAYETTE...UNION...SHELBY...JOHNSON...MORGAN...VIG O...CLAY...FRANKLIN...OWEN...DECATUR...BARTHOLOMEW...BROW ...MONROE...SULLIVAN...JENNINGS...GREENE... JACKSON...LAWRENCE...KNOX...MARTIN...DAVIES.
INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-281500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 525 AM EST SUN APR 28 2002 ...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED IN CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY... THERE IS A CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER INDIANAS CENTRAL COUNTIES TODAY...BUT ANY STORMS SHOULD BE RELATIVELY WEAK. KWIATKOWSKI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
East Fork White River crested at 15.83 on April 29. Flood stage is 12.0. Agricultural lands and several roads closed.
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: 5290602.