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 Jan 4, 2:25 PM EST, 6 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 225 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2003 MAIN WEATHER TO WORK WITH IS THE ALPERTA CLIPPER THAT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH TONIGHT. MODELS WHICH WERE FAIRLY CONSISTANT YESTERDAY ARE DIVERGING TODAY. THE ETA IS THE MOST CONSISTANT WITH 1-2 INCH IN NE PART OF CWA. THE AVN BRINGS SNOW MORE INTO CNTRL PART. DONT KNOW WHAT THE NGM IS LOOKING AT. IT BRINGS VERY LTL SNOW TO INDIANA BUT ALOT IN KY. SO FAR NOTHING IS REACHING GROUND IN IL. WILL BE A QUICKLY DEVELOPING SYSTEM. WILL GO WITH CONSISTANCY WITH 1-2 INCH CNTRL AND AROUND 2 INCH E. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH FRZG RA IN THE W AND SW. LAST NIGHT TEMPS DROPPED LOWER THAN GUID. WILL GO WITH THAT IDEA TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE MORNING BEFORE MAIN LIFT MOVES OUT. WILL GO HIGH POPS CNTRL AND E THEN DECREASE TO FLURRIES. AS SECOND S/W MOVES DOWN SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BRING IN A CHANCE OF SNOW. WITH LACK OF MSTR SHOULD NOT BE MUCH ACCUMULATION. TEMPS RUNNING BELOW GUID. .IND...NONE. HAINES
INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-051100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 610 AM EST SAT JAN 4 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPTECTED TODAY. A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT. OTHER THAN POSSIBLE SLICK ROADS...NO MAJOR PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IND
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 20.75 feet, flooding agricultural lands and closing some roads in the flood plain. The flood stage is 20 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5339215.