Flooding in Indiana, March 9 to 17, 2002

Name: Flooding in Indiana, March 9 to 17, 2002
Start: 2002-03-09T14:15
End: 2002-03-17T06:00
Location: Indiana

March 9 to 17, 2002 · NWS IND · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

Flooding mainly affected agricultural land and a few county roads.

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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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.

Flooding mainly affected agricultural land and a few county roads. Flood Stage Crest Date of CrestLafayette 11.0 12.89 03/10Covington 16.0 17.33 03/11Montezuma 14.0 17.29 03/11Terre Haute 14.0 15.31 03/12Riverton 15.0 16.77 03/13

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 9, 2:45 AM EST, 11 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 2:45 AM EST, 11 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
245 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2002

...WIND ADVISORY TODAY...

STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL CAUSE STRONG WINDS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA
TODAY. WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH.

THE LOW WAS OVER EAST IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING. A COLD FRONT TRAILED
SOUTH SOUTHWEST FROM THE LOW. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WAS OVER THE
PLAINS STATES. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST MOVING INTO WEST INDIANA.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING. MAINLY CONCERNED WITH STRONG WINDS. 88D INDICATING WINDS 70
KTS AT 4000 FT.  WILL MENTION STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE. THE COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATER IN THE MORNING.

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT. RAPID COOLING AND DRYING BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL SWING BY THIS AFTERNOON. CLEARING OVER
THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EAST LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
WINDS STILL GUSTY THIS EVENING. THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES FARTHER AWAY
TOMORROW AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE PUSHES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY.

WITH FRONT NOT PASSING LATER THIS MORNING...PREFER THE WARMER FWC
TODAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEST. FWC LOOKS A BIT COLD TONIGHT.
THOUGH SKIES CLEAR...WINDS STAY UP THROUGH THE NIGHT. AIR IS NOT
NEARLY AS COLD AS LAST WEEKEND. SUNSHINE AND SOME WARM AIR ADVECTION
SHOULD GIVE TEMPERATURES A GOOD BOOST TOMORROW...BUT NOT TO NORMAL
LEVELS.

.IND...WIND ADVISORY ENTIRE AREA TODAY.
DS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 9, 12:33 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1233 PM EST SAT MAR 09 2002

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

1223 PM    (IND)INDNPLS INTL ARPT    IN   NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02   MARION                         62 MPH NON TSTM WINDS.
                                          WIND GUST TO 62 MPH
                                          REPORTED AT IND (ASOS)
                                          AT 1223EST.  EVENT
                                          DURATION 1 MINUTE.

Local storm report, Mar 9, 12:36 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1236 PM EST SAT MAR 09 2002

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

1235 PM    CARMEL                    IN   NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02   HAMILTON                       60 MPH NON TSTM WINDS.
                                          TREE REPORTED ON A CAR
                                          AT 107TH AND MERIDIAN.
                                          WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60
                                          MPH. . REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Mar 9, 12:50 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1250 PM EST SAT MAR 09 2002

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

1239 PM    INDIANAPOLIS              IN   NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02   MARION                         54 MPH NON TSTM WINDS.
                                          WIND GUST OF 54MPH
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER AT
                                          46TH STREET AND
                                          EMERSON. . REPORTED BY
                                          HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

Local storm report, Mar 9, 12:59 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1259 PM EST SAT MAR 09 2002

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

1255 PM    KOKOMO                    IN   NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02   HOWARD                         60-65 MPH NON TSTM
                                          WINDS. ROOFS BLOWN OFF
                                          OF 3 MOBILE HOME
                                          TRAILERS ON THE SOUTH
                                          SIDE OF KOKOMO. WINDS
                                          ESTIMATED BETWEEN 60
                                          AND 65 MPH.  REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
                                          OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Mar 9, 1:44 PM EST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
144 PM EST SAT MAR 09 2002

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

0110 PM    (IND)INDNPLS INTL ARPT    IN   WIND DAMAGE
03/09/02   MARION                         WIND DAMAGE TO RUDDER
                                          ON KING AIR AND NAVAJO
                                          AIRCRAFT.  ALSO
                                          WINDSHIELD BROKEN BY
                                          FLYING OBJECT.  (STAND
                                          FOR WORKING ON
                                          AIRCRAFT). REPORTED BY
                                          PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Mar 9, 1:59 PM EST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
159 PM EST SAT MAR 09 2002

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

0125 PM    5 N MARSHALL              IN   WIND DAMAGE
03/09/02   PARKE                          AT HIGHWAY 47 AND 41
                                          TREES WERE ACROSS ROAD
                                          AND OVER POWER LINES.
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

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, Sullivan

When: March 9, 2:15 PM EST to March 17, 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)

Flood, Parke

When: March 9, 7:15 PM EST to March 14, 8:00 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: March 9, 7:15 PM EST to March 14, 8:00 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: March 10, 4:00 AM EST to March 12, 6:00 AM 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, Vigo

When: March 10, 6:30 AM EST to March 14, 11:00 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, Fountain

When: March 10, 3:30 PM EST to March 13, 8:00 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)

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

Every storm in Indiana in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, March 2002

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: 5281879, 5281882, 5281883, 5281880, 5281884, 5281881.