Indiana, 2002

Flood in Indiana, June 25 to 26, 2002

June 25 to 26, 2002 · NWS LMK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 25, 12:15 PM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 12:15 PM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
115 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2002

MODEL TRENDS FOR THE SRN U.S. CLOSED LOW CONT TO INDICATE THAT IT OPENS
UP BY 48 HOURS AS FLOW ACRS OUR FA SHIFTS TO NW IN RESPONSE TO BLDNG
RDG NRN U.S. IF THIS DOES COME TO PASS...THEN WEAK CDFNT SHOULD DROP
INTO FA DUR THU NITE AND FRI.

WI THIS TREND IN MIND...WL KEEP SHWR CHCS ACRSS FA THRU THU NITE AND
ONLY ACROSS THE S ON FRI. OVR THE WEEKEND EXPECT THE RMNTS OF CDFNT
TO STALL OUT ACRS SRN TN. FOR THAT REASON WE HAVE DROPPED MTN OF
PCPN DURG WEEKEND.

TEMPS MORE OR LESS IN PERSISTENCE MODE...ALTHO WI LOW MIN TEMPS SOME
DURG WEEKEND WI EXPECTATIONS OF SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR IN PLACE.

.SDF...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 4:13 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
513 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2002

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

0452 PM     SE    PAOLI              IN   1.50 INCH HAIL
06/25/02   ORANGE                         REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

PKW
Local storm report, Jun 25, 4:43 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
543 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2002

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

0525 PM    GOSHEN                    KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/25/02   OLDHAM                         SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND
                                          MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE.
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER AND
                                          DISPATCH.

PKW
Local storm report, Jun 25, 5:12 PM EST, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
612 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2002

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

0545 PM    MARTINSBURG               IN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/25/02   WASHINGTON                     REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
                                          OFFICE.

PKW
Local storm report, Jun 25, 5:32 PM EST, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
632 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2002

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

0600 PM    3 NW NEW WASHINGTON       IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/25/02   CLARK                          TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

PKW

The radar

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

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Orange

When
June 25, 5:55 PM EST to June 26, 2:30 AM EST
Where
Orange forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.542, -86.495 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Much of Highway 337 east of Orleans was closed by flood waters. Crews sand bagged several locations in Orleans to protect property from flood waters.

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: 5301796.