Flood, Gibson
- When
- September 7, 9:00 AM CST to September 13, 6:00 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, September 7 to 13, 2003
Minor to moderate flooding of the White River occurred for several days. 54 feet on September 10.
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.
Minor to moderate flooding of the White River occurred for several days. At Petersburg, where flood stage is 16 feet, the river crested at 21.54 feet on September 10. At Hazleton in Gibson County, the river crested at 20.70 feet on September 11. Flood stage there is also 16 feet. Flooding affected higher bottomlands, affecting residents of some river cabins. State Road 257 completely flooded near where it crosses the river east of Petersburg. Flooding affected low agricultural lands and low oil fields, and a few 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 Sep 7, 12:27 AM CST, 8 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 12:27 AM CST, 8 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 127 AM CDT SUN SEP 7 2003 CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE IN GOOD SHAPE. WILL ONLY MAKE A COUPLE OF TWEAKS TO TEMPS. AS FAR AS THE GRIDS AND ZFP ARE CONCERNED...MAIN CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO EXIST IN THE LATTER PART OF THE FORECAST. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE HAVE KEPT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SOUTH OF THE CWA. OTHER THAN A FEW AFTERNOON CU AND SOME HIGH CLOUDINESS OVER THE SE SECTIONS... SKIES SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLEAR. MAX AND MIN TEMPS SHOULD MODERATE A DEGREE OR TWO UPWARD EACH DAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. BY WEDNESDAY ...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO ADVECT GULF MOISTURE BACK INTO THE REGION...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. FOR THE SAKE OF CONTINUITY ...WILL NOT PLACE POPS IN FOR WED OR THUR. THERE COULD BE SOME DIURNALLY DRIVEN ACTIVITY THOSE 2 DAYS...BUT POPS AND CONFIDENCE TOO LOW TO INCLUDE ATTM. CURRENTLY BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP STILL LOOK BEST FOR LATE THIS UPCOMING WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. ATTM WILL MAKE NO CHANGES BEYOND 4TH PERIOD. IN TERMS OF TEMP GUIDANCE...GENERALLY USED A BLEND OF FWC/MAV MOS. .PAH...NONE. JAP
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 2:57 AM CST, 6 hours 3 minutes before
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-081000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 357 AM CDT SUN SEP 7 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT...OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED UNTIL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. JAP
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
- September 7, 9:00 AM CST to September 13, 6:00 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
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, September 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: 5337591, 5337592.