Indiana, 2002

Flooding in Indiana, February 20 to 27, 2002

February 20 to 27, 2002 · NWS IND · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

Rain of 1 to 2 inches caused flooding along the Wabash river.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 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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  • Cold
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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.

Rain of 1 to 2 inches caused flooding along the Wabash river. Flood Stage: Crest: Date of Crest:Lafayette 11.0 12.24 02/21Covington 16.0 17.29 02/22Montezuma 14.0 18.32 02/22Terre Haute 14.0 15.90 02/23Riverton 15.0 16.69 02/25

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 Feb 20, 3:00 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 3:00 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
300 PM EST WED FEB 20 2002

CDFNT IS ABOUT HALF WAY THRU CWA AT THIS TIME WITH ALL OF THE PCPN
OCCURING OUT AHEAD.  LIGHTNING HAS DECREASED TO ALMOST NOTHING (AT
LEAST IN THE IND CWA) AND AFTER SHOWERS EXIT THE CWA NOT MUCH MORE
ANTICIPATED TONIGHT AS THERE IS NOTHING OCCURING IN CENTRAL ILL ATTM.

UPR SYSTEM MOSEYS ACROSS THE STATE OVER THE NEXT 60 HRS BRINGING A
CHANCE OF PCPN THRU TOMORROW.  H5 CLOSED LOW BEGINS TO FLATTEN AS IT
MOVES EAST.  ASSOCIATED SFC LOW ALSO PROGRESSES SLOWLY EAST AS A
CDFNT AND SFC TROFS DRAG ACRS THE FA.  NO MAJOR DIFFERENCES IN THE
MODELS TODAY SO NO ONE REALLY PREFERRED OVER THE OTHER.  A SERIES OF
SHORTWAVES ROTATE THRU THE TROF ALONG WITH SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE
SO WILL KEEP MENTION OF PCPN IN THE FCST UNTIL THURS. OTHERWISE
GUIDENCE NUMBERS ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR THE SHORT TERM AND MAY BE TOO
COLD IN LONGER TERM.

.IND...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 20, 12:59 PM EST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1259 PM EST WED FEB 20 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1200 PM    10 NW MARTINSVILLE        IN   WIND DAMAGE
02/20/02   MORGAN                         ONE TREE AND ONE POWER
                                          POLE DOWNED. REPORTED
                                          BY STORM SPOTTER.

The radar

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

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Event by event

6 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Parke

When
February 20, 5:45 PM EST to February 25, 6:00 AM 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
February 20, 5:45 PM EST to February 25, 6:00 AM 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
February 20, 11:30 PM EST to February 22, 12:00 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, Fountain

When
February 21, 9:30 AM EST to February 23, 6:00 AM 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, Vigo

When
February 21, 10:45 AM EST to February 25, 8:00 AM 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, Sullivan

When
February 22, 7:30 AM EST to February 27, 6:00 AM 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)

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

More

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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: 5282232, 5282235, 5282230, 5282231, 5282233, 5282234.