Heavy rains in late December and January caused prolonged high water along the lower White River.
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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.
The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Heavy rains in late December and January caused prolonged high water along the lower White River.
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 31, 6:06 PM EST, 5 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 606 PM EST SUN DEC 31 2006 .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 00Z TAFS DRY SLOT WAS OVER INDIANA THIS EVENING. THIS CLEARING WILL BE FAIRLY BRIEF AS BKN-OVC CLOUDS WILL RETURN AS THE SFC LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE NE TO THE UP OF MICHIGAN BY 12Z MONDAY. AT 22Z THERE WAS AN AREA OF PRECIP WITH SOME EMBEDDED TSRA OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS BUT THIS WAS MOVING N/NE AND LOOKS LIKE IT WILL STAY TO THE WEST OF THE TAF SITES AND WILL NOT INCLUDE THIS IN THE 00Z TAF SET. RETURN CLOUDS WILL INITIALLY BE VFR AND GRADUALLY LOWER TO MVFR AND SOME IFR. LOCAL MESO MODEL SHOWS 28KTS AT THE TOP OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER WITH NO INVERSION HINDERING MOMENTUM TRANSFER. WILL KEEP GUSTS IN THE LOW 20S AS CURRENT TAFS HAVE. AS THE UPPER TROF MOVES THROUGH THE STATE OVERNIGHT THERE COULD BE SOME SCT PRECIP WITHIN THE LOWER CLOUDS BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS TIME AND WILL REEVALUATE FOR THE 06Z TAF SET. && .SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT AND MONDAY/ FORECAST FOCUS CENTERS ON POPS TONIGHT AND THEN TEMPERATURES/POPS MONDAY. AT 18Z LOW PRESSURE WAS ACROSS IA WITH A FRONT STRETCHING SE INTO IL. DRIER AIR WAS BEHIND THE FRONT. DEWPOINTS WERE IN THE 50S ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA /FA/...BUT IN THE LOW 40S NEAR THE MS RIVER. AREA OF SHRA WAS MOVING INTO THE FA FM THE S. MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT. WILL USE A BLEND. AREA OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE NE ACROSS THE SERN HALF OF THE FA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SATELLITE SHOWING ENHANCEMENT ALONG LEADING EDGE OF DRY AIR ACROSS IL. THIS COULD BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL SHRA OR EVEN TSRA. THE FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE FA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BY 00Z BULK OF PRECIP SHOULD BE E AND NE OF THE FA. WILL GO CHANCE POPS EARLY THIS EVENING WITH HIGHEST IN THE NE. WILL WATCH FOR THUNDER DEVELOPMENT...BUT FIRST GUESS IS TO ONLY INCLUDE IN THE PRE FIRST PERIOD. DRY SLOT AIR WILL PREVAIL FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT SO LOWERED POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR BULK OF THE NIGHT. LATE TONIGHT COLD ADVECTION WILL KICK IN AND INCREASE THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS ONCE AGAIN. COLD AIR LOOKS TO MOVE IN QUICKER THAN PREV FORECASTS...AND MAV/MET NUMBERS FOR LOW TEMPS REFLECT THIS. WILL BLEND THE NUMBERS SO THAT COLDER READINGS ARE FORECAST ACROSS WRN FA WHERE COLD ADVECTION WILL BEGIN FIRST. ON MONDAY...ANOTHER WAVE ROTATES AROUND THE EXITING UPPER LOW. COLD ADVECTION CONTINUES WITH CORE OF COLD AIR MOVING ACROSS THE FA BY AFTERNOON. WITH THE CYCLONIC FLOW AND COLD AIR BELIEVE SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FA. DEPTH OF MOISTURE DOES NOT EXTEND MUCH INTO THE SNOW GROWTH ZONE...SO KEPT CURRENT RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE. WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS AND CLOUDY SKIES...TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO RISE...AND WILL FALL SOME LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. COLDER MET NUMBERS REFLECT THIS SCENARIO BEST. && .LONG TERM.../MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/ FOCUS IN THE LONG TERM IS ON NEXT SYSTEM ARRIVING LATE IN THE WEEK. HPC/S BLEND OF GFS/NCEP ENSEMBLES LOOK GOOD FOR MODEL CHOICE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY PROVIDING DRY CONDITIONS. NEXT SYSTEM WILL EJECT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST LATER IN THE WEEK. TREND OF MODELS LATELY IS TO BE INITIALLY TOO FAST...SO WENT WITH A SLOWER SOLUTION AND KEPT THURSDAY DRY. ONE LOW MOVES TO OUR SE THU NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AND WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR RAIN AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN MILD FOR EARLY JANUARY. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH ON SATURDAY WILL ALSO KEEP THREAT FOR RAIN. HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN FOR SUNDAY. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...SALLY SHORT TERM...CS LONG TERM...CS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 325 PM EST SUN DEC 31 2006 INZ021-030-031-036>042-045>049-052>057-062>065-072-012030- CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY-OWEN- MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- JENNINGS- 325 PM EST SUN DEC 31 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...MAINLY BEFORE 700 PM EST. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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) INZ028-029-035-043-044-051-060-061-067>071-012030- WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-SULLIVAN-GREENE- KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- 225 PM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 /325 PM EST SUN DEC 31 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR FAR WEST AND SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...MAINLY BEFORE 700 PM EST OR 600 PM CST. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HIGH RIVER LEVELS AND SOME LOWLAND FLOODING ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE WABASH...WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...AND MUSCATATUCK RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HIGH RIVER LEVELS AND SOME LOWLAND FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH...WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...AND MUSCATATUCK RIVERS THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK. .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)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 820 PM EST SUN DEC 31 2006 INZ021-028>031-035>041-043>047-051-052-010215- BOONE-CARROLL-CLAY-CLINTON-DELAWARE-FOUNTAIN-HAMILTON-HENDRICKS- HOWARD-MADISON-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PARKE-PUTNAM-TIPPECANOE-TIPTON- VERMILLION-VIGO-WARREN- 820 PM EST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL 1000 PM EST... WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 54 MPH WERE REPORTED AT LAFAYETTE SHORTLY BEFORE 800 PM EST. WIND GUSTS OF 46 MPH WERE REPORTED AT TERRE HAUTE AND 40 MPH AT INDIANAPOLIS JUST BEFORE 800 PM. FORTUNATELY THESE WIND STRONG GUSTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO LAST PAST 900 PM. THEY WERE BEING CAUSED BY AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE TRACKING NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN INDIANA. SHOWERS PRODUCED FROM THIS DISTURBANCE WAS HELPING TO MIX STRONG WINDS ALOFT BRIEFLY DOWN TO THE SURFACE. AFTER 900 PM WE ARE EXPECTING WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 30 MPH FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. JH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 820 PM EST SUN DEC 31 2006 INZ021-028>031-035>041-043>047-051-052-010215- BOONE-CARROLL-CLAY-CLINTON-DELAWARE-FOUNTAIN-HAMILTON-HENDRICKS- HOWARD-MADISON-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PARKE-PUTNAM-TIPPECANOE-TIPTON- VERMILLION-VIGO-WARREN- 820 PM EST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL 1000 PM EST... WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 54 MPH WERE REPORTED AT LAFAYETTE SHORTLY BEFORE 800 PM EST. WIND GUSTS OF 46 MPH WERE REPORTED AT TERRE HAUTE AND 40 MPH AT INDIANAPOLIS JUST BEFORE 800 PM. FORTUNATELY THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO LAST PAST 900 PM. THEY WERE BEING CAUSED BY AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE TRACKING NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN INDIANA. SHOWERS PRODUCED FROM THIS DISTURBANCE WAS HELPING TO MIX STRONG WINDS ALOFT BRIEFLY DOWN TO THE SURFACE. AFTER 900 PM WE ARE EXPECTING WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 30 MPH FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. JH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The White River in Greene County flooded for much of January. Crests were as high as 8.9 feet above flood stage. A man was killed near Worthington when he lost control of his car in high water and attempted to wade through the frigid water to safety.
The White River in Daviess County flooded through much of January. Crests were as high as 8.6 feet above flood stage.
The White River in Knox County flooded through much of January. Crests were as high as 9.4 feet above flood stage.
The White River in Owen County flooded for much of January. Crests were as high as 8.1 feet above flood stage.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood, Greene | 2007-01-16 | 77 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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, January 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: 11929, 11930, 11931, 11928.