1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Feb 26, 3:45 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 300 AM EST WED FEB 26 2003 MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE PRECIP CHANCES ACROSS SOUTHERN FA THURSDAY. CLOUDY SKIES HAVE BEEN A FACTOR IN KEEPING TEMPS IN THE TEENS OVERNIGHT. IR SAT SHOWING CLOUDINESS CONTINUING TO MOVE EAST ACROSS KS AND MO TO IN. SOME CLEARING IS OCCURRING OVER IA. 06Z ANALYSIS SHOWING 1033MB HIGH CENTERED OVER NEW ENGLAND WITH LIGHT E/NE SURFACE WINDS OVER FA. GFS AND MESOETA AGREEING ON SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN FA NEXT 48 HOURS. BOTH MODELS SHOW TROF SWINGING ACROSS FA BY 00Z FRI. THERE DOES SEEM TO BE SOME HINT OF WAA FOR A BRIEF PD OF TIME BUT LIGHT WINDS SHUT ANY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OFF BY LATE TONIGHT. MODELS ARE SHOWING AN 850MB RIDGE REPLACING THURS SYSTEM BY 06Z FRI. MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MODELS OCCUR AFTER 06Z THURS. MESOETA KEEPS EXTENT OF MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTHERN FA WHILE GFS BRINGS MOISTURE SHIELD FURTHER NORTH. CURRENT THOUGHTS ARE GFS IS A BIT FAR NORTH WITH MOISTURE. PLACEMENT OF TROF...TRACK OF SURFACE LOW AND LACK OF UPPER SUPPORT ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FA POINTS TO BULK OF MOISTURE SOUTH OF AREA. WITH THIS MIND...WILL USE A BLEND OF MODELS FOR FIRST 24 HOURS THEN LEAN MORE TOWARD MESOETA AND ETA SOLUTION THEREAFTER. WILL KEEP CLOUDS IN FA TODAY AND TONIGHT EXCEPT EXTREME NORTH. WILL KEEP LESS CLOUD COVER THERE. WITH GULF LOW STARTING TO MOVE NEWRD...CLOUD COVER SHOULD CONTINUE TO LINGER. THURS SYSTEMS BEST UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT REMAINS SOUTH OF FA. DO SEE SOME WEAK FRONTOGENESIS IN UPPER LEVELS IN EXTREME SOUTH. MIXING RATIOS ARE 2 TO 3 G/KG SOUTH OF HUF BUT DECREASE RAPIDLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY THURS. THERE SEEMS TO BE MORE ISENTROPIC DOWNGLIDE THAN UPGLIDE ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL. THINK THERE IS A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT...TO SEE SOME SNOW THURS AND WILL LEAVE OUT OF FORECAST FOR NOW. MOS TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE SO WILL USE A BLEND FOR FORECAST. WILL LOWER THURS NIGHTS TEMPS SLIGHTLY BECAUSE OF SOME CLEARING AND SNOWPACK ON GROUND. .IND...NONE. BIELINSKI
INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-271100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 547 AM EST WED FEB 26 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL... HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IND (ALL LOWER CASE)
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The East Fork White river crested at 21.48 feet near Bedford, where the flood stage is 20.0 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, February 2003
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: 5340514.