1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 13, 2:55 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 255 PM EST MON MAY 13 2002 FORECAST FOCUS THIS AFTERNOON IS ON CHANCES FOR RAIN TONIGHT AS WELL AS SKY COVER/TEMPS FOR TUE. AT 19Z COLD FRONT WAS WELL EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA (FA). CLOUDS COVERED MUCH OF THE OH VALLEY WITH SOME CLEARING ACROSS IL/MO. CLOUDS HAD ALSO TAKEN ON CELLUAR LOOK TO THE W. FOR THE MOST PART MODELS AGREE. WILL USE A BLEND IN THE SHORT TERM. AVN IS FASTER THAN ETA WITH BRINGING IN RAIN AT 60 HOURS. WILL GO WITH SLOWER ETA FOR NOW SINCE AVN HAS A TENDENCY TO OVERDO EXPANSE OF LIGHT QPF. CLOUDS WILL PROBABLY DECREASE SOME ACROSS THE WRN FA THIS EVENING...BUT CLOUDS AHEAD OF APPROACHING VORT MAX WILL BE IN BY LATE THIS EVENING. THEREFORE WILL SIMPLY GO MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT. VORT MAX WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A JET STREAK WHICH IMPACT AREAS MAINLY N OF THE FA. SINCE THESE FEATURES WILL ARRIVE AFTER DARK THE ATMS WILL BE MORE STABLE AND THUS CHANCES FOR SHRA WILL BE LESS. WILL THEREFORE CUT POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ENTIRE FA. FWC/MAV/ETAMOS ALL CLOSE AND REASONABLE SO WILL USE. ON TUESDAY...BEST INSTABILITY WILL BE ACROSS OH. FEEL THAT ANY SHRA THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE EAST OF FA. HOWEVER ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FOR MOCLOUDY SKIES NERN FA TAPERING TO MOSUNNY SWRN FA. ETAMOS TEMPS TOO WARM GIVEN CLOUD COVER AND NORTHWEST FLOW. WILL COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE COOLER MAV AND THE IN-BETWEEN FWC. DRY WX WILL CONTINUE TUE NIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT. MOS VALUES LOOK OK TUE NIGHT BUT WILL TEMPER THE WARMER FWC/ETAMOS VALUES ON WED WITH THE COOLER MAV. .IND...NONE CS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
East Fork White River crests at 13.17 feet at Columbus, which is 4.17 feet above flood stage. Extensive agricultural land is flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, May 2002
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: 5296227.