Flooding occurred along portions of the Wabash River in central Indiana due to heavy rain and snow melt.
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Flooding occurred along portions of the Wabash River in central Indiana due to heavy rain and snow melt.
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 22, 6:30 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 630 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007 .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR THE 00Z TAFS THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS TAF PERIOD WILL BE THE WINDS. A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH INDIANA FROM 09Z-11Z. AHEAD OF THE FRONT VERY MOIST AIR WAS MOVING IN. TAFS WILL START OUT VFR BUT BY 02Z-04Z DECREASE TO MVFR LVLS IN RAIN. AFTER 06Z CONDITIONS WILL BECOME IFR IN RAIN AND FOG AS WNDS BEGIN TO GUSTS TO 25KTS. BY 10Z WINDS AT 1000 FT COULD BE ARND 40 KTS. BY 12Z SFC WINDS COULD GUSTS FROM 35-40KTS. TEMPS AFTER FROPA WILL QUICKLY DROP AS MUCH AS 25 DEGREES CHANGING THE RA OVER TO SNOW. CONDITIONS BY 15Z WILL INCREASE TO MVFR LVLS. AS THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR MOVES OUT OF THE TAF LOCATIONS BY 17Z THE SNOW WILL DECREASE TO FLURRIES. WINDS WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD. && .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM TONIGHT AND SUNDAY VISSAT SHOWS CLDY SKIES ACRS NW HALF OF FA AND PTLY CLDY SE. SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A LOW CENTERED OVR NW AR/SW MO AND ANOTHER OVR THE WRN UP OF MI WITH A COLD FNT STRETCHING BETWEEN THEM. TEMPS WERE IN THE LOW 50S ACRS THE FA WITH DEWPTS IN THE MID TO UPR 40S AND WINDS OUT OF THE S AT 10-15KTS. FORECAST FOCUS IS ON POPS/PRECIP TYPE AND WINDS WITH APPROACHING PLAINS SYSTEM. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT SO WL USE A BLEND. FOR TEMPS...INPUT HOURLY TEMPS FROM THE NAM12 AND TWEAKED A BIT FROM THERE GIVEN SITUATION WITH FROPA IS NOT A GOOD MATCH FOR DIURNAL CURVE. SYSTEM FROM THE PLAINS APPROACHES THE FA. GREAT OMEGA OVR FA AT 6Z SEEN IN TIME HTS. FRONTOGENESIS AND DIV Q FIELDS ARE FAVORABLE AT 6 AND 12Z...AND EPV IS MAXIMIZED AT 6Z ABOVE THE FRONTOGENESIS BUT HAS FALLEN OFF BY 12Z. SOME GOOD ISENTROPIC LIFT EARLY AS WELL. WITH ALL THIS AND ENUF MOISTURE TO PUSH DEWPTS INTO THE UPR 40S EXPECT TO SEE RAIN ACRS THE FA...STARTING AROUND 3Z IN KHUF AND MVING E FROM THERE. PRES GRADIENT TIGHTENS ACRS THE AREA AS APPROACHING LOW STRENGTHENS AND MVS THRU IL. GREAT LLJ JUST TO THE S AS WELL. AFTER FROPA WIND FIELDS STACK AND SHUD ALLOW FOR GOOD MIXING DOWN OF MOMENTUM FROM H8 OR ABOVE. WITH THESE CONDITIONS HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH A WIND ADVISORY STARTING 9Z TONIGHT AND RUNNING UNTIL 0Z MONDAY. SREFS SHOW H8 TEMPS DROPPING BLO 0C IN THE 9-12Z TIMEFRAME IN THE WRN FA AND ALL OF FA BY 15Z. NAM/GFS SNDINGS AGREE WITH THIS...SO WL GO WITH ALL RAIN UNTIL 9Z...THEN TRANSITIONING TO RAIN/SNOW IN THE WEST UNTIL 12Z. KEPT IN ISOLATED THUNDER UNTIL 9Z WITH THE STRONG FORCING AND A HINT AT SOME MARGINAL AVAILABLE INSTABILITY. CHCS FOR PRECIP WL DROP OFF RAPIDLY SUNDAY AFTER FROPA. DRY AIR HAS INFILTRATED THE W HALF OF THE FA ABOVE 750 MB BY 12Z AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE BY 18Z. HAVE KEPT CHC IN THE E UNTIL 15Z AND THEN DROPPED OFF TO JUST FLURRIES IN THE N FA BY 18Z. LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MAIN FORECAST FOCUS HERE ARE PRECIP CHANCES AND PRECIP TYPE FOR THE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PERIOD AND ALSO HOW COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS WENT WITH A BLEND OF NAM/GFS AS BOTH MODELS PRETTY CLOSE WITH THE MAIN FEATURES. THE NAM HAD COLDER SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND WILL LEAN THAT WAY AS NAM HAS BETTER VERTICAL RESOLUTION. GFS SOMETIMES UNDERESTIMATES EFFECTS OF A SHALLOW ARCTIC AIRMASS WHICH WILL BE ACROSS OUR AREA SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY CHRISTMAS. SUNDAY NIGHT...STRONG LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES WITH STILL A PRETTY STRONG GRADIENT ACROSS OUR AREA. HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDS INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON MONDAY. BOTH GFS AND NAM INDICATE QUITE A BIT OF LOW TO MID LEVEL RH ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA SO SKIES IN OUR NORTH SHOULD REMAIN CLOUDIER. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT AND MOVES A LITTLE EAST OF US ON CHRISTMAS DAY. MODELS START TO BRING SOME WARM ADVECTION ACROSS OUR AREA ON CHRISTMAS DAY. IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WENT WITH A BLEND OF GFS AND EUROPEAN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND MOSTLY EUROPEAN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. BOTH GFS ENSEMBLES AND EUROPEAN BRING A S/W ACROSS OUR REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AND EARLY THURSDAY. 1000-700 MB THICKNESS ARE LOW ENOUGH TO INDICATE MOSTLY SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR FORECAST AREA WITH MAINLY A MIXTURE FARTHER SOUTH. PRECIP SHOULD BE ENDING ON THURSDAY AS THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO THE NORTHEAST. ON FRIDAY GFS KEEPS US IN A DRY SLOT BETWEEN SYSTEMS TO OUR NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST. EUROPEAN ON OTHERHAND BRINGS A STRONGER SURFACE LOW INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY LATE FRIDAY. UNCERTAINTY IS LOW AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER WILL GO MORE WITH EUROPEAN AS HPC IS LEANING THAT WAY. AFTER THE LOW MOVES BY...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS EARLY SATURDAY AND PRECIP SHOULD GRADUALLY END DURING THE DAY. WILL GO DRY FAR SOUTHWEST AND WEST AS PRECIP MAY END THERE BEFORE THE START OF THAT DAY. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE && AVIATION...SH PUBLIC SHORT TERM...CP PUBLIC LONG TERM...JH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 535 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007 INZ021-030-031-036>042-045>049-052>057-061>065-068>072-232245- CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY-OWEN- MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 535 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AFTER 4 AM TONIGHT. A FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA AROUND 4 AM AND AFTER IT PASSES...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP. WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40-45 MPH BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AFTER 8 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE ALL DAY SUNDAY...AND GUST UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 7 PM. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY BUT NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT WIND GUSTS AND ANY DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ028-029-035-043-044-051-060-067-232245- WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-SULLIVAN-KNOX- 535 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AFTER 4 AM TONIGHT. A FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA AROUND 4 AM AND AFTER IT PASSES...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP. WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40-45 MPH BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AFTER 8 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE ALL DAY SUNDAY...AND GUST UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 7 PM. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY BUT NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT WIND GUSTS AND ANY DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) JOHNSON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Parke County, including near Montezuma, due to heavy rain and snow melt. Flooding continued until January second.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County near Lafayette due to heavy rain and snow melt.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vigo County, including near Terre Haute, due to heavy rain and snow melt. Flooding continued into January.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Fountain County near Covington due to heavy rain and snow melt.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Warren County due to heavy rain and snow melt.
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: 69690, 69691, 69685, 70398, 69686, 69687.