Indiana, 2002

Flooding in Indiana, March 26 to 31, 2002

March 26 to 31, 2002 · NWS IND · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Heavy rains near the end of the month caused some flooding of the East Fork White River.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

Heavy rains near the end of the month caused some flooding of the East Fork White River. Flood Stage Crest Date of CrestSeymour 2N 12.0 15.77 03/27Bedford 8SE 20.0 20.77 03/30

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 Mar 26, 2:30 AM EST, 9 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 2:30 AM EST, 9 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
230 AM EST TUE MAR 26 2002

LOW PRES OVER WRN TN WITH WM FRONT STRECHING N ACRS W KY...SW INDIANA
TO N OF CVG. RADAR SHOWS WIDESPREAD PCPN ACRS THE SRN PART OF THE FA.

MAIN FCST CHALLENGE WITH TDY FCST WL BE TIMING THE END OFTHE PCPN.

MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THIS RUN AS LWO PRES SYS SLOWLY PULLS NE
ACRS KY AND TO WRN PA BY THIS EVE. GOOD PVA THIS AM AS H5 TROF PULLS
THROUGH ALSO. TIME SECTIONS INDICATE MOIST ATMOS AND GOOD VV
TDY...ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LOOKS GOOD CONSIDERING THE TRACK OF
THE LOW PRES AREA. AS THE LOW PULLS NE...CAA SHUD TURN ON BY THE END
OF THE MORNING AND ANY PCPN SHUD CHANGE OVER TO ALL -SN.  EXPECT PCPN
TO CEASE THIS AFTERNOON AS UPPER TROF AND LOW PULL NE AND MID LVL
DRYING BEGINS.

SOUNDING CONTINUE TO INDICATE -FZRA AS PCPN TYPE ACRS THE IND AREA.
AS TEMPS SEEM TO HAVE BECOME RELATIVELY STABLE ACRS THE FA WL KEEP
EYE ON PCPN ACRS THE SRN TIER OF COUNTIES AS THEY HOOVER JUST ABOVE
FREEZING.

MAY NEED TO ADJUST WARNING AREA AS PCPN HAS LET UP ACRS THE NW. WL
DECIDE CLOSER TO ISSUANCE TIME AND WATCH RADAR TRENDS.

HIGH PRES BUILDS ACRS THE RGN TONIGHT AS TIME SECTIONS INDICATE
DRYING AND GOOD SUBSIDENCE. FORTUNATELY UPPER FLOW REMAINS RATHER
ZONAL IN THE WAKE OF THE CURRENT SYS...THUS NO ARCTIC COLD POOL TO
DEAL WITH AND TEMPS SHUD RECOVER NICELY ON WED.

WL LEAN A BIT COOLER ON FWC HIGHS AS SNOW/ICE COVER MAY HAMPER
WARMING. LOW TEMPS LOOK GOOD. MAY LEAN A BIT WARMER ON WED NIGHT AS
WAA IS ON THEN AND THERE SHUD BE SOME INCREASE IN CLDS AS H8 RIDGE
MOVES EAST.

.IND...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
       WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
       INZ060>065.
PUMA

The radar

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Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Jackson

When
March 26, 12:15 PM EST to March 30, 6:00 AM EST
Where
Jackson forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
38.906, -86.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Lawrence

When
March 29, 11:15 AM EST to March 31, 7:00 AM EST
Where
Lawrence forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
38.841, -86.483 (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

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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: 5282030, 5282031.