The Wabash River flooded in late February. High water continued into March.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
The Wabash River flooded in late February. High water continued into March.
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 Feb 26, 12:30 AM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1230 AM EST MON FEB 26 2007 .AVIATION... DISCUSSION FOR 06Z TAFS. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AT KHUF...KIND...KBMG THROUGH 12-14Z. SCATTERED FLURRIES WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA DURING THAT SAME TIME PERIOD...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS TO VSBY ARE BEING REPORTED UPSTREAM SO HAVE LEFT VCSH TO HANDLE THIS ACTIVITY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO BETWEEN 12-14KTS OVERNIGHT. VFR DEVELOPING AT ALL LOCATIONS AFTER 14Z...NOT UNTIL 17Z AT KLAF. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 325 PM EST SUN FEB 25 2007/ SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT THRU TUE NT/ CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE FA AT 20Z WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS MOVING NE THRU C INDIANA. SFC LOW WAS LOCATED OVR THE QUAD CITIES AREA WITH A WARM FRONT STRETCHING ACROSS NRN INDIANA AND A COLD FRONT NEARING THE INDIANA IL BORDER. TEMPS RANGED FROM UPR 30S N TO UPR 40S S. MDLS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH EACH OTHER AND SREFS SO WL USE A BLEND. TONIGHT...UPR LOW AND SFC LOW STACKING OVR LK MI AND COLD FRONT MVING THRU. NOT MUCH FRONTOGENESIS WITH CD FNT BUT SOME UPR FORCING SHOWN BY CONV Q VECTORS AT UPR AND LOWR LVLS SO KEEPING CHC SN FOR MOST OF CWA WITH SLT CHC SW. BLENDED MAV AND MET LOWS. MONDAY...MOS TEMPS SEEM TOO WARM ESP N HALF OF CWA GIVEN CLD CVR FROM PRESENCE OF UPR LOW AND W NW WINDS. CUT COLDER METMOS BY A FEW DEGREES ESP N. EXPECT DRY WX AND SOME CLEARING SW. WITH UPR LOW AND SFC LOW STILL AROUND KEEPING SLT CHC SN N. MON NT...SFC LOW IS FILLING IN AND WEAKENING AND WEAK UPR LOW BEGINS TO RETROGRADE W. DROPPING POPS BUT KEEPING FLURRIES IN THE NE WITH WINDS OUT OF THE NW OVR THE LAKE. WENT WITH BLEND OF MOS FOR LOWS IN THE UPR 20S. TUE...RIDGE AXIS UPSTREAM AND SFC HI BLDS IN. ANTICIPATE DRY DAY WITH CLEARING FROM SW TO NE. PRETTY TIGHT H8 TEMP GRAD ACRS AREA SO EXPECT TO SEE DECENT DIFF IN HIGHS S TO N WITH MID 30S N AND MID 40S S. DO NOT EXPECT MUCH WARMING N DUE TO NLY WINDS WITH COLD HI SPILLING S. TUE NT...PTLY CLDY SKIES ACRS THE AREA WITH RIDGE AXIS OVRHEAD. WAA AT H8 AND THE SFC WL KEEP TEMPS FROM BOTTOMING OUT. WENT WITH A BLEND OF GUIDANCE FOR LOWS IN THE MID 20S. LONG TERM.../WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/ GFS SEEMS TO KEEP THE LINGERING UPPER LOW NEAR THE GREAT LAKES WHILE THE LATEST RUNS OF THE SHORT TERM MODELS RETROGRADE THIS FEATURE NW TO DISSIPATION EARLIER THAN WEDNESDAY. HENCE WL KEEP THINGS DRY ON WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER LOW IS EXPECTED TO PUSH TOWARD THE REGION ON WED NIGHT AND THURSDAY. INDIANA APPEARS POISED TO BE IN THE WARM SECTOR AS MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO SURGE NORTHWARD ON SE WINDS. HENCE WL KEEP POPS ACRS THE AREA ON LATE WED NIGHT THROUGH THURS AND UPPER SYSTEM LINGERS ACRS THE AREA. RIDGE APPEARS TO BUILD ACRS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM ON FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...AND DRY WX IS EXPECTED FOR NOW. MOVED TEMPS A LITTLE COOLER THAN MAV AS COLDER AIR MOVES ACRS INDIANA IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW ON THURSDAY. SHORT TERM...CP && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && AVIATION...JOHNSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 507 PM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-261100- 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- 507 PM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 /407 PM CST SUN FEB 25 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SPRINKLES AND LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL GIVE WAY TO FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AFTER DARK. THERE MAY BE SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IN THE SNOWPACK MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TONIGHT. PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONG AREA RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT FOR FURTHER WATER LEVEL AND CREST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT FOR FURTHER RIVER LEVEL AND CREST INFORMATION. .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) KOCH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Wabash River flooded in Vermillion County. The river remained in flood into March. Crests were over 7 feet above flood stage.
The Wabash River flooded in Parke County. The river remained in flood into March. Crests were over 7 feet above flood stage.
The Wabash River flooded in Sullivan County. High water remained into March. Crests were as high as over 4 feet above flood stage.
The Wabash River flooded in Vigo County. The river remained in flood into March. Crests were as high as nearly 5 feet above flood stage.
The Wabash River flooded in late February due to heavy rain and snow melt. High water continued into March. Crests were over 6 feet above flood stage.
The Wabash River flooded in Warren County. The river remained in flood into March. Crests were over 5 feet above flood stage.
The Wabash River flooded in Fountain County. The river remained in flood into March. Crests were over five 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, February 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: 17681, 17686, 17692, 17690, 17127, 17676, 17677.