Flood, Gibson
- When
- July 13, 11:00 AM CST to July 23, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.312, -87.585 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Indiana, July 13 to 23, 2003
The White River rose above flood stage for about 10 days. At Petersburg, where flood stage is 16 feet, the river peaked at 21 feet on July 18.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 PAH wrote it up.
The White River rose above flood stage for about 10 days. At Petersburg, where flood stage is 16 feet, the river peaked at 21 feet on July 18. At Hazleton, where flood stage is also 16 feet, the crest was 20.8 feet on July 18. Agricultural flooding was significant, since crop season was well underway. This was the worst summer agricultural flood since 1979 on the White River. Flooding affected higher bottomlands and may have affected a few residents. State Road 257 was flooded. Low oil fields were flooded, and some local county roads were closed.
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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 13, 1:00 AM CST, 10 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:00 AM CST, 10 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 200 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003 LATEST ANALYSIS SHOWS FRONT SOME WERE ALONG PAH SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES. WIND BARBS DEPICT IT WELL OVER SEMO BUT DIFFICULT TO DISCERN EAST OF THERE. OTHERWISE HIGH PRESSURE WAS BUILDING INTO THE NORTH. WITH FRONT IN THE AREA WILL KEEP AN ISOLATED TSTM ALONG SOUTHERN BORDER TODAY. 00Z MON MODEL RUNS SHOW SOME CONSISTENCY WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM SCHEDULED INTO PAH FA BY WED. THE META HOWEVER...IS TRYING TO BRING NEXT FRONT AS EARLY AS TUESDAY. WILL NOT BUY INTO THIS MORE AGGRESSIVE MOVEMENT AT THIS TIME. BUT WITH THE IMPRESSIVE TRACK RECORD OF THE META WITH THIS LAST SYSTEM...THIS CERTAINLY DESERVES OBSERVATION FOR RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY. AND I WILL COMPROMISE AND START BRINGING CHCS IN TUESDAY NGT. OTHERWISE...ITS BACK INTO THE OVEN AS SHOULD BE EXPECTED FOR MID JULY. AS FOR TEMPS MAV AND FWC IN RSNBL AGREEMENT AND WILL FOLLOW TREND. .PAH...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 4:00 AM CST, 7 hours before
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-141000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 500 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN KENTUCKY TODAY. A COLD FRONT LOCATED IN THIS AREA EARLY THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA DURING THE DAY AND BRING AN END TO ALL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME FAIRLY STRONG...BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH INTO THE AREA...WHILE HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION. THE FRONT MAY PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THIS PERIOD...BUT THE HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL ACT TO HINDER DEVELOPMENT. IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...THEY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. DRS
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Pike
- When
- July 13, 11:00 AM CST to July 23, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pike forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.399, -87.232 (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
- Hail in Arkansas, July 13, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 13, 2003
- Flood in Indiana, July 13 to 29, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, July 13, 2003
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 13, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 13, 2003
- Tornado in South Carolina, July 13, 2003
- Tornado in South Carolina, July 13, 2003
- Hail in Michigan, July 13, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, July 13, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 13, 2003
- Hail in South Carolina, July 13, 2003
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 2003
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: 5368165, 5368166.