Flooding on the Wabash continued from March into April. Crests were as high as 9ft above flood stage in some locations.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Flooding on the Wabash continued from March into April. Crests were as high as 9ft above flood stage in some locations.
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 Mar 31, 11:00 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1200 AM EDT SUN APR 1 2007 .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 06Z TAFS. RADAR WAS SHOWING AN AREA OF RWS/TRWS ACRS WRN KY AND WCNTRL IN LATE THIS EVE AND SHOULD BE E OF THE TERMINALS BY TAF ISSUANCE TIME. HOWEVER...LINE OF STORMS ACRS CNTRL IL...IF THEY HOLD TOGETHER SHOULD MAKE IT TO THE VCNTY OF HUF AND LAF AROUND 06Z AND IND AND BMG AROUND 08Z. WITH ATMS LOSING ITS INSTABILITY...NOT REAL CONFIDENT THIS LINE WL STILL BE PRODUCING THUNDER BY THE TIME IT MARCHES THROUGH...SO JUST THREW IN RWS IN THE MAIN BODY AND CBS. STILL EXPECT CIGS RIGHT AROUND THE MVFR/VFR BORDER. COULD SEE SOME GUSTY WINDS FOR A FEW HOURS BEHIND THE FNT THAT IS NEAR THE ECNTRL IL STORMS. COULD SOME DIURNAL CU THIS AFTERNOON AS UPR LOW PASSES TO THE N ACRS THE GT LKS. OTHERWISE...MODEL TIME SECS INDICATING POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER SCT DECK ABV 5K FT. SKIES SHOULD CLR DURING THE EVE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... STRONG LOW PRES WAS FOUND OVR ERN NB AND ERN KS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A WARM FRONT WAS LINGERING ACRS THE NRN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...STRETCHING SOUTH OF A OKK TO MIE LINE. DEW POINTS ACRS THE FA RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S ACRS THE NE TO NR 60 ACRS THE SW PART OF THE FA. SFC WINDS WERE SOUTH TO SE. H2O IMAGERY SHOWS A PLUME OF TROPICAL MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...PUSHING NORTHWARD ACRS THE LWR MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WL BE POPS. MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THIS PERIOD AND WL USE A BLEND. UPPER LOW MOVES TO THE WRN GRT LKS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CD FRONT WL DRAG ACRS INDIANA TONIGHT. PLENTY OF OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS MIXING RATIOS ALONG THE NAM 300K ISENTROPIC SFC ARE BETWEEN 6 AND 7 G/KG. GFS TIME HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS SHOW PLENTY OF OMEGA TONIGHT AFT 02Z-03Z AND NAM IS WEAKER HERE. NONETHELESS...RAIN LOOKS GOOD GIVEN THE ALREADY STATED MOISTURE...THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND THE UPPER SUPPORT. FURTHERMORE Q VECTORS SOME DECENT LWR LVL CONVERGENCE THROUGH TE EVENING HOURS ACRS THE AREA. AS FOR TEMPS TONIGHT WL LEAN COOLER THAN THE MAV GIVEN THE EXPECTED COOLER TEMPS MOVING INTO THE AREA ALONG WITH PLENTY OF RAIN COOLED AIR. POPS WL BE CATEGORICAL. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WL BE POSSIBLE ALSO. FORECAST SOUNDINGS DRY OUT ON SUNDAY AS DRY AIR FILLS IN BEHIND THE FRONT. ATTM H20 IMAGERY SHOWS PLENTY OF DRY AIR WORKING IN BEHIND THE FRONT ACRS ERN TX AND ERN OK. H8 TEMPS AROUND 5-6C START SUNDAY. GIVEN THESE VALUES WL USE THE COOLEST MOS NUMBERS FOR HIGHS ACRS THE FA. WEAK RIDGE WL REMAIN OVR THE OHIO VALLEY ON SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT LOW PRES SYS. FORECAST SOUNDINGS HERE AGAIN SHOW A RELATIVELY DRY COLUMN WITH NO FORCING...THUS A DRY FORECAST. H8 TEMPS DO RECOVER ABOUT 2C FOR MONDAY...THUS WL START A WARMING TREND ABOVE EXPECTED PERSISTENCE FOR HIGH TEMPS. A WARM FRONT WILL PUSH ACRS INDIANA ON MONDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT LOW. WL NEED TO KEEP A LOW CHC FOR PCPN WITH THIS PASSAGE...ALTHOUGH MOISTURE APPEARS RATHER LIMITED ATTM. LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER QUICK MOVING LOW APPEARS TO PUSH THROUGH THE RGN ON TUES NIGHT AND DRAG A CD FRONT ACRS INDIANA. EARLY ON TUES THE PRECEDING WARM FRONT COULD BRING A FEW TSRA TO THE AREA. A WARM DAY IS MAY BE IN STORE FOR TUES AFTERNOON. INDIANA WILL BE IN THE WARM SECTOR OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM AS AN H8 THERMAL RIDGE SETS UP OVR THE AREA WITH H8 TEMPS NEAR 12C. HOWEVER...ANY AFTERNOON CONVECTION WL REDUCE TEMPS. MUCH COOLER AIR WILL SETTLE ACRS THE RGN FROM WED THROUGH SAT AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES NORTH TO THE GRT LKS AND BECOMES ANCHORED THERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THIS WL KEEP A COOL..DRY AND PERSISTENT NW FLOW ACRS INDIANA FROM MUCH OF THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO MORE SEASONABLE LEVELS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...MK PUBLIC...PUMA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1117 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2007 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-011000- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 1117 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2007 /1017 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007/ TORNADO WATCH FOR WARREN AND FOUNTAIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1 AM EDT THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTHWEST TO NOTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRTON. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING BEFORE DAYBREAK. MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WABASH RIVER AND THE WHITE RIVER IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG SOME AREA RIVERS. LISTEN TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED NEEDED TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) KOCH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding continued along the Wabash in Tippecanoe County into early April. Crest reached slightly more than 9 feet above flood stage.
Flooding continued from March on the Wabash River in Warren County. The crest reached eight and a half feet above flood stage.
Flooding continued from March on the Wabash River in Fountain County. The crest reached eight and a half feet above flood stage.
Flooding continued from February and March on the Wabash River in Vermillion County. The crest reached seven feet above flood stage.
Flooding continued from February and March on the Wabash River in Parke County. The crest reached seven feet above flood stage.
Flooding continued from March on the Wabash River in Vigo County. The crest reached six and a half feet above flood stage.
Flooding continued from March on the Wabash River in Sullivan County. The crest reached five feet above flood stage.
Flooding continued from March on the Wabash River in Knox County. The crest reached three feet above flood stage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, April 2007
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: 27595, 27596, 27597, 27598, 27599, 27600, 27601, 27602.