Indiana, 2002

Flash Flooding in Indiana, August 19, 2002

August 19, 2002 · NWS IND · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Many roads were flooded. Numerous basements were flooded, and one wastewater treatment plant overflowed.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 4 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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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$51,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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.

Many roads were flooded. Numerous basements were flooded, and one wastewater treatment plant overflowed. Motorists were stranded in Crawfordsville in Montgomery county as well as along US Highway 136 in Covington in Warren county. Three culverts were washed out in Williamsport in Warren county, and railroad tracks were damaged in Crawfordsville.

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 Aug 19, 3:38 AM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:38 AM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
315 AM EST EST MON AUG 19 2002

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS OUR CWA MAINLY THIS MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON.  THEN FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF OUR AREA TONIGHT.  DUE TO
IMPENDING WEATHER AND EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS WITH LDAD SERVER...REST OF
DISCUSSION WILL BE DELAYED.

.IND...NONE.
JEH

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:59 UTC.

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Event by event

4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Warren

When
August 19, 5:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Warren County, Countywide
Property damage
$6,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.347, -87.353 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Montgomery

When
August 19, 5:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Montgomery County, Countywide
Property damage
$30,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.040, -86.893 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Fountain

When
August 19, 5:15 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Fountain County, North Portion
Property damage
$15,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.121, -87.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Tippecanoe

When
August 19, 5:30 AM EST to 7:30 AM EST
Where
Tippecanoe County, South Portion
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.389, -86.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 5309985, 5309987, 5309986, 5309988.