Flooding in Indiana, January 1 to 28, 2007

Name: Flooding in Indiana, January 1 to 28, 2007
Start: 2007-01-01T00:00
End: 2007-01-28T14:00
Location: Indiana

January 1 to 28, 2007 · NWS PAH · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Unusually wet conditions in December and early January culminated in a very heavy rainfall event around mid-month. This sent the White River well above flood stage.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 PAH wrote it up.

Unusually wet conditions in December and early January culminated in a very heavy rainfall event around mid-month. This sent the White River well above flood stage.

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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 31, 2:00 PM EST, 10 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 2:00 PM EST, 10 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
100 PM CST SUN DEC 31 2006

.DISCUSSION...
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...H5 CLOSED LOW HAD MOVED INTO WRN MISSOURI.
STRONG DRY SLOT WORKED ACROSS THE FA AS EXPECTED. JUST AHEAD OF THE
DRY SLOT...THE BACK EDGE OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS WAS DEPARTING THE
PENNYRILE REGION OF WRN KENTUCKY AND SW INDIANA. RADAR MOSAIC DOES
SHOW SOME VERY LIGHT RETURNS OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI MOVG NE. WILL
HAVE TO MONITOR THIS AREA. WE MAY NEED TO CARRY SOME SPRINKLES OF
RAIN IN THE GRIDS ACROSS THE NW 1/4 OF OUR AREA...INCLUDING A SMALL
PART OF SE MISSOURI AND SW ILLINOIS. OVERNIGHT...LARGE AREA OF
LOWER CLOUDS WEST OF THE DRY SLOT WILL WORK EAST. EXPECT A GOOD
DEAL OF CLOUD COVER TONIGHT. THE MODELS HANG ON TO THIS LOW CLOUD
DECK THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY MONDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY KEEP OUR
DIURNAL SWING MINIMAL. THERE MAY BE A LITTLE RECOVERY OUT ACROSS
THE OZARK FOOTHILLS...AS SOME BREAKS MAY DEVELOP IN THE CLOUDS DUE
TO DRIER AIR WORKING IN. WE USED A BLEND OF AVAILABLE GUIDANCE
TONIGHT THROUGH NEW YEARS NIGHT. HOWEVER...WE FAVORED THE COOLER
MET/FWC HIGHS FOR NEW YEARS DAY.

NEW YEARS NIGHT...WE WILL DECREASE CLOUD COVER FROM WEST TO EAST.
WILL NOT BE TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH THE REDUCTION...AS BOTH THE WRF AND
GFS LINGER 925MB RH ACROSS THE FA. LOOKS DRY AND SEASONAL TUESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES FROM WEST TO EAST
ACROSS THE REGION.

FOR DAYS 4-7...STUCK PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT HPC WAS THINKING. THERE
IS ENOUGH VARIABILITY AND DISAGREEMENT FROM ONE OPERATIONAL MODEL
TO THE NEXT...TO KEEP OUR CONFIDENCE FAIRLY LOW IN THE FINER SCALE
DETAILS DEPICTED THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...WILL TREND
THE FORECAST TOWARD THE NCEP ENSEMBLE MEAN...WHICH IS WHAT HPC
DID. SOME SEMBLANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROF IS PROJECTED TO MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA THUR-FRI...BRINGING WITH IT A CHANCE OF RAIN.
AFTER A BRIEF LULL...THE NCEP ENSEMBLES BRING A FRONT INTO THE
AREA ON SATURDAY...OUT AHEAD OF A POS TILT LONGWAVE. WILL KEEP OUR
CHANCE OF RAIN IN FOR SAT...THEN DRY THINGS OUT SAT NIGHT AND
SUNDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&

CN

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 31, 2:08 PM EST, 9 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
108 PM CST SUN DEC 31 2006

ILZ075-080>082-084>086-088>094-INZ086>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-
087-100-107>112-114-011100-
JEFFERSON-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-
UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
108 PM CST SUN DEC 31 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

ILZ076>078-083-087-INZ081-082-085-011100-
WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-WHITE-GALLATIN-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-
108 PM CST SUN DEC 31 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

POINTS ALONG AREA RIVERS WILL BE CLOSE TO OR JUST ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS...ADVISORIES AND
STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

POINTS ALONG AREA RIVERS WILL BE CLOSE TO OR JUST ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS...ADVISORIES AND
STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Pike

When: January 1, 12:00 AM EST to January 27, 2:00 PM EST
Where: Pike County, Petersburg
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Unknown
Coordinates: 38.500, -87.280

At the Petersburg river gage, the White River crested at 25.09 feet on the 21st. This is almost ten feet above the flood stage of 16 feet. Although the flooding was moderately severe, this crest was over two and a half feet lower than the major flood in January, 2005. Extensive bottomland flooding affected agricultural and rural residential areas. Several rural county roads flooded. A few residents moved out of an area locally known as Dodge City. Several small oil fields were inaccessible. Since this occurred outside of agricultural season, little or no crop damage occurred. High water isolated some river cabin residents. State Road 257 was completely flooded.

Flood, Gibson

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 28, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Gibson County, Hazleton
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Unknown
Coordinates: 38.480, -87.530

At the Hazleton river gage, the White River crested at 26.0 feet on the 22nd. This is exactly ten feet above the flood stage of 16 feet. Although the flooding was moderately severe, this crest was five and a half feet lower than the major flood in January, 2005. Flood gates are normally installed at Hazleton at 26 feet. People in residential cabins on the riverward side of the levee generally relocate at this level. Many local roads were completely impassable. Oil fields were inaccessible. Water began to come onto the street at the corner of West 2nd Street and Brown Street in the town of Hazleton. Extensive flooding of agricultural fields occurred. Since this flood occurred outside of the growing season, little if any crop damage occurred.

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

Every storm in Indiana in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, January 2007

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: 7580, 7586.