Flooding occurred on the Wabash River due to mainly heavy rain. Snow melt also contributed to flood conditions in Sullivan County in addition to heavy rain.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Flooding occurred on the Wabash River due to mainly heavy rain. Snow melt also contributed to flood conditions in Sullivan County in addition to heavy rain. Flooding occurred along the Mississinewa River near Ridgeville in Randolph County.
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 Dec 12, 3:05 AM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 305 AM EST WED DEC 12 2007 .DISCUSSION...H20 LOOP INDICATES CUTOFF OVR THE SW PARTS OF THE COUNTRY IS BEGINNING TO MOV NEWD IN RESPONSE TO ENERGY APPROACHING THE PACIFIC CST. REMNANTS OF THIS SYS XPCTD TO PASS THRU THE LOCAL AREA THURS MORN. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE MAIN FEATURES. FCST FOCUS CENTERS ON POPS/PCPN TYPE WITH DEPARTING SYS THIS MORN...AND WITH INCOMING SYS TONIGHT/THURS. IN THE NR TERM...BACK EDGE OF PCPN SHIELD MOVG INTO THE FAR NWRN ZONES ATTM BASED ON REGIONAL RADARS. MODEL DATA/EXTRAPOLATION SUGGEST PCPN SHOULD END ACRS THE AREA ARND 12/15Z. WL KEEP POPS GOING IN THE FST TIL THEN...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS IN THE E. LOOKS LIKE CHCS FOR ANY FREEZING RAIN/SLEET IN THE NW ZONES IS DIMINISHING AS TEMPS STILL IN THE M30S AND BACK EDGE OF PCPN GETTING CLOSE TO THOSE AREAS. OTRW...STILL A LOT OF CLD COVER UPSTREAM...SO DOUBTFUL THERE WL BE MUCH CLRG TDY. IN THE LTR PDS...MAIN LIFT FM APPROACHING UPPR SYS BEGINS TO MOV INTO THE AREA LT TONIGHT. H20 LOOP SUGGESTS THERE MAY STILL BE A TROPICAL CONNECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYS...SO MODELS MAY BE UNDER ESTIMATING THE MOISTURE. WL BRING IN HI POPS MAINLY AFT MIDNIGHT. CRITICAL THICKNESSES SUGGEST A PSBL MIX OR CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN THE NW ZONES STARTING ARND 13/09Z. WL ALLOW FOR THIS POSSIBILITY IN THE FCST. AXIS OF UPPR SYS PASSES OFF TO THE E BY THE LT MORN HRS ON THURS...SO PCPN SHOULD DIMINISH BY THEN. WL KEEP HI POPS GOING IN THE E DURG THE MORN...TAPERING TO CHC POPS IN THE FAR W. CRITICAL THICKNESSES SUGGEST A MIX OR CHANGE OVER TO SNOW PSBL OVR ABOUT THE NRN 2/3RDS OF CWA BEFORE PCPN ENDS. AT THIS PT...APPEARS ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WL BE ON THE ORDER OF AN INCH OR LESS. THURS NIGHT/FRI LOOK DRY AT THIS PT WITH SFC HI PRES RDG BLDG INTO THE OH VLY. XPCTG ONLY MINOR TEMP RECOVERY TDY WITH CLD COVER/LO LVL CAA...WITH HIGHS PROBABLY A DEG OR SO ABV NGM MOS GUIDANCE. LO LVL THICKNESSES SUGGEST THE MOS LOWS TONIGHT ARE ABOUT 5 DEGS TOO COOL. WL ADJUST THE NUMBERS UP SOME. GUIDANCE IN THE LTR PDS LOOK OK AT THIS PT. && .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 06Z TAFS. AREA OF STEADY RAIN IS MOVING ACROSS ALL TERMINALS THROUGH 10-12Z THIS MORNING. VISBY WILL CONSISTENTLY REMAIN AROUND 3SM DURING THE EVENT...WITH CIGS BOUNCING IN THE LOW END OF IFR AND EVEN LIFR AT BMG AT TIMES. RAIN SHOULD END AROUND 12Z...THEN SOME CONTINUED LOW CIGS IN THE IFR CATEGORY AND REDUCED VSBY FROM BR UNTIL AROUND 15Z. SOME IMPROVEMENT TO AT LEAST THE MVFR CATEGORY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AFTER 18Z. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...JAS AVIATION...JP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1025 PM EST TUE DEC 11 2007 INZ043>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-130330- 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- 1025 PM EST TUE DEC 11 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ021-028-029-031-035-130330- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN- 1025 PM EST TUE DEC 11 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT. WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO AROUND FREEZING BY SUNRISE...SLICK SPOTS MAY DEVELOP ON ROADS LATE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ030-036>042-130330- CLINTON-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE- RANDOLPH- 1025 PM EST TUE DEC 11 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flooding of the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County near Lafayette.
Law enforcement reported flooding of the Mississinewa River in Randolph County at State Roads 1 and 28 due to heavy rain.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County due to heavy rain.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Parke County, including near Montezuma, due to heavy rain.
Heavy rains caused flooding along the Wabash River in Warren County.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Fountain County, including near Covington, due to heavy rain.
Heavy rain caused flooding along the Wabash River in Vigo County near Terre Haute.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Sullivan County, including the Riverton area, due to heavy rain and snow melt. Flooding continued into January.
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, December 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: 67949, 66084, 69688, 69689, 67950, 67951, 67952, 70397.