Flood, Jackson
- When
- June 1, 4:51 AM EST to June 3, 2:04 AM EST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.906, -86.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Indiana, June 1 to 3, 2004
Heavy rain toward the end of May caused minor flooding effecting agricultural bottomland. 9 feet on the 2nd.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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 IND wrote it up.
Heavy rain toward the end of May caused minor flooding effecting agricultural bottomland. The East Fork White crested at 12.9 feet on the 2nd. Flood stage is 12 feet at Seymour.
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 Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 1, 2:52 AM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:52 AM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 250 AM EST TUE JUNE 1 2004 .DISCUSSION...A FEW SHOWERS LINGER ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 07Z...IR SATELLITE SHOWING SOME CLOUDS AROUND THE STATE WITH CLEARING SKIES WEST. AREA OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS NEAR GREAT LAKES WITH COLD FRONT FROM VA SOUTHWEST INTO GA WITH STATIONARY FNT EXTENDING INTO TX. MODELS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT. WL USE BLEND. UPPER TROF CONTS TO LINGER ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. WITH IT...S/WVS ROTATE ACROSS THE STATE. SOME SUNSHINE TODAY SHOULD ONCE AGAIN ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO DESTABILIZE. WITH H5 TEMPS AROUND -18C TO -20C...A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME IN THE AFTERNOON WITH THE DAYTIME HEATING. CURRENT FORECAST HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON THINGS SO LITTLE CHANGES WILL BE NECESSARY. TONIGHT...CONDITIONS WL BE FAVORABLE FOR SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. H5 TROF MAKES LITTLE PROGRESS EAST. ANY ONGOING PRECIP IN IL WL MARCH ACROSS INDIANA. CURRENT FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE THUS MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WL BE MADE. WEDNESDAY...H5 TROF BEGINS TO MAKE ITS JOURNEY EAST. AS IT DOES SO...IT WL MV CLOSER TO THE STATE. AS THE BASE OF THE TROF SLIDES BY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE A BIT MORE WIDESPREAD AND FURTHER SOUTH. WL CONT TO MENTION SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN FORECAST UNTIL PESKY TROF PASSES CENTRAL INDIANA. FWC TEMPS A BIT LOW TODAY GIVEN AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE EXPECTED. ANOTHER INDICATION IS FWC TEMPS ARE SOMEWHAT LOW IS THE LOW LEVEL THICKNESS VALUES ARE A BIT HIGHER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY. BASED ON YESTERDAYS HIGH TEMPS...WOULD EXPECT A TEMPS TO WARM A COUPLE OF DEGREES MORE. TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MOS GUIDANCES LOOKS GOOD. WL USE BLEND. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && BIELINSKI
Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 5:23 AM EST, 23 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 523 AM EST MON MAY 31 2004 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-011010- BARTHOLOMEW-BOONE-BROWN-CARROLL-CLAY-CLINTON-DAVIESS-DECATUR- DELAWARE-FOUNTAIN-GREENE-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HENDRICKS-HENRY-HOWARD- JACKSON-JENNINGS-JOHNSON-KNOX-LAWRENCE-MADISON-MARION-MARTIN-MONROE- MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-OWEN-PARKE-PUTNAM-RANDOLPH-RUSH-SHELBY-SULLIVAN- TIPPECANOE-TIPTON-VERMILLION-VIGO-WARREN- 523 AM EST MON MAY 31 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON...A COUPLE OF STORMS COULD PRODUCE MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. THE BEST CHANCE TO SEE THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM VERMILLION COUNTY TO BOONE COUNTY TO RANDOLPH COUNTY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 31, 11:05 PM EST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1105 PM EST MON MAY 31 2004 INZ053-061>064-068>071-010515- BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-DAVIESS-GREENE-JACKSON-LAWRENCE-MARTIN-MONROE-OWEN- 1105 PM EST MON MAY 31 2004 ...WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE... OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING. AT 1105 PM THE LEADING EDGE OF THE GUSTY WINDS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SPENCER TO BLOOMFIELD TO NEAR WASHINGTON. THE AREA OF GUSTY WINDS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST...AND WILL REACH AN AREA FROM COLUMBUS TO NEAR SEYMOUR BY 1215 AM. WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, June 1, 2004
- Flooding in Wisconsin, June 1 to 30, 2004
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 1, 2004
- Flooding in Kentucky, June 1 to 3, 2004
- Rip Current in Florida, June 1, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 1, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 1, 2004
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 1, 2004
- Flooding in Kentucky, June 1 to 9, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 1, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, June 1 to 2, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 1, 2004
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 2004
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: 5407226.