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 5, 2:15 PM EST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 215 PM EST MON MAY 05 2003 EVENING CONVECTION...IF ANY...AND FRONTAL POSITION BE TODAYS PROBLEMS. LOW PRESSURE LOCATED JUST WEST OF GREAT LAKES REGION. CURRENT VIS SATELLITE SHOWING VERY PRONOUNCED DRYING OVER INDIANA. ALSO CU STARTING TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN IN INTO NORTHERN IL. SVR STORMS ONGOING ACROSS KY. ATMOS QUITE UNSTABLE ACROSS INDIANA WITH LIS WELL BELOW ZERO AND CAPES 1000 TO 2000 J/KG BUT MOISTURE ALOFT IS QUITE LIMITED WITH BULK SOUTH OF FA INTO KY. MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT REGARDING S/WV PLACEMENT ACROSS INDIANA AND UPPER LOW. DO START TO SEE A DIFFERENCE IN UPPER JET BY 06Z TUE. GFS INDICATES JET CORE WL REMAIN SOUTH OF FA WITH MESOETA SHOWING IT A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH. SECONDLY...PLACEMENT OF NEXT SYSTEM ON WED MORNING IS DIFFERENT. GFS PUSHES SYSTEM SOUTH AND EAST MUCH QUICKER THAN MESOETA. MESOETA INDICATES WMFNT TO LIFT ACROSS SOUTHERN FA BEFORE MOVING EAST. WL USE A COMPROMISE OF MODELS FOR THIS FORECAST. AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE CONTS TO LINGER OVER FA THRU TONIGHT BUT MOISTURE IS LACKING. CDFNT IS FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS INDIANA THEN STALL OVERNIGHT. CURRENT THINKING IS A FEW LINGERING STORMS WL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN FA THRU THE EVENING HOURS WITH REMAINDER OF FA DRY. WL CONT WITH CHANCE OF -TSRA TUE ACROSS SE WITH PC NORTH AND WEST OF THERE. STORM CHANCE RETURNS FOR ENTIRE FA BY LATE TUE NIGHT INTO WED MORNING. GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE GIVEN DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S OVERNIGHT SO WL USE BLEND HERE. MAV GUIDANCE LOOKS A FEW DEGREES COOL TOMORROW WITH SOME SUN SO WL LEAN TOWARD WARMER MET/FWC TOMORROW. AS FOR TUE NIGHT...WL USE A BLEND SINCE ALL GUIDANCE KEEPS DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S AND SOME CLOUD COVER WL MOVE INTO THE FA. .IND...NONE. BIELINSKI
INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-061100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 551 AM EST MON MAY 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE THRESHOLDS THROUGH EARLY MORNING. STORMS COULD DEVELOP AGAIN LATE IN THE MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON...AND BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOME PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. && 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.
1 to 2 inches of rain fell on the 4th and 5th resulting in lowland flooding along the East Fork of the White River at Seymour. The river crested at 14.13 feet (FS - 12.0 feet) on the 6th.
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: 5353953.