Indiana, 2002

Flash Flooding in Indiana, June 25, 2002

June 25, 2002 · NWS IND · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

5 inches of rain over a 2 hour period.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
3

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.

Several roads closed across these counties due to high water from as much as 5.5 inches of rain over a 2 hour period.

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 Jun 25, 2:35 PM EST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:35 PM EST, 5 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
235 PM EST TUE JUN 25 2002

A FEW STORMS STILL LEFT TO THE EAST OF THE INDY METRO AREA.  MORE
STORMS ARE FORMING IN SOUTHERN CWA AND WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY AS IT
INTERSECTS WITH OUTFLOW FROM THIS MORNINGS STORMS.

MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT TODAY.  AVN CONTINUES TO BE A LITTLE
FASTER WITH FROPA ON THURS COMPARED TO ETA.  WILL GO WITH SLOWER ETA
SINCE TREND IS STILL TO SLOW DOWN FRONT.

CWA REMAINS IN MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS UNTIL FROPA ON THURS.
THEREFORE SCATTERED TSRA REMAIN A POSSIBILITY.  THERE IS A BETTER
POSSIBLITIY OF MORE ORGANIZED STORMS OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON
THURSDAY.  WILL KEEP POPS IN ON THURS NITE SINCE WILL BE GOING WITH
SLOWER FRONTAL MOVEMENT.

WENT MOSTLY WITH FWC/MAV NUMS AS THEY SEEM TO BE DOING WELL AGAINST
REALITY THE LAST FEW DAYS.

.IND...NONE
SALLY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:35 PM EST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
735 PM EST TUE JUN 25 2002

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

0735 PM    WEST PT                   IN   FLOOD
06/25/02   TIPPECANOE                     5.5 INCHES OF

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:34 UTC.

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Event by event

3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Tippecanoe

When
June 25, 7:35 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where
Tippecanoe County, West Pt
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.389, -86.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Clinton

When
June 25, 9:00 PM EST to 9:30 PM EST
Where
Clinton County, Frankfort
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.302, -86.475 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Tippecanoe

When
June 25, 9:35 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where
Tippecanoe County, West Pt
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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5301909, 5301911, 5301910.