Heavy rain in early January led to flooding along the East Fork White.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Heavy rain in early January led to flooding along the East Fork White.
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 Jan 14, 6:15 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 615 PM EST SUN JAN 14 2007 .AVIATION... DISCUSSION FOR 00Z TAFS. STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS OVER THE OHIO RIVER...CONTINUING THE CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENT FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS. CURRENT IFR CIGS AND VS BY EXPECTED TO DROP INTO LIFR CATEGORY AGAIN AS NEXT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTH AND BRINGS STEADIER RAIN BACK INTO THE AREA. BY 12Z INDICATIONS ARE THAT CIGS SHOULD IMPROVE SLIGHTLY AS THE AREA OF RAIN EXITS EAST...AND IFR CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN. COLD HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE PLAINS WILL PUSH IN AFTER 12Z AND FINALLY BRING A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER. CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE TO MFR AFTER 18-21Z MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON MONDAY TO BETWEEN 12-15KITS WITH GUSTS OVER 20KTS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 310 PM EST SUN JAN 14 2007/ SHORT TERM.../TNT THRU TUE/ WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS LONG WAVE TROF OVR THE WESTERN US WITH RIDGING OVR FL. SFC MAP HAS LOW OVR SE OK AT 19Z WITH STATIONARY FNT STILL STRETCHING ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE CAN BE FOUND OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE CWA. FORECAST FOCUS IS ON PRECIP TYPE. MODELS SHOW LOW TRACKING UP THE FNT TONIGHT AND INTO INDIANA BY 6Z. NAM HAS LOW NW OF GFS LOW. MODELS HAVE BEEN TRENDING NW WITH THIS SYSTEM PAST FEW RUNS...BUT THIS RUN OF NAM IS CURRENT OUTLIER SO WL USE A BLEND. RAIN AMOUNTS WL INCREASE TONIGHT AS ISENTROPIC FORCING IS MAXIMIZED FROM 3-9Z. AFTER 9Z INTRODUCE A CHC OF -FZRA FOR NW CWA THRU 14Z. DO NOT EXPECT SIG AMOUNTS BUT STILL SEE A CHC FOR IT AS SFC COLD AIR COULD CREEP IN. CHANGING THIS AREA OVR TO SNOW AFTER 14Z. RAIN ELSEWHERE THRU THE CWA UNTIL 18Z...THEN CHC OF RAIN CHANGING OVR TO CHC OF SNOW FROM NW TO SE BASED ON ADVANCE OF DEEPER COLD AIR THRU 0Z. QPF AMOUNTS AFTER 12Z SHOULDNT BE TOO HIGH AS PWATS DROP SIGNIFICANTLY AS LOW MVS E OF THE AREA. KEPT SLT CHC TO CHC SW FOR MON NT AND TUE AS FETCH OVR LAKE COULD INTRODUCE SOME LAKE EFFECT...AS WELL AS AN ENHANCEMENT TUE FROM THE UPR TROF. AS FAR AS TEMPS ARE CONCERNED WENT COLDER THAN MAV AND MET AS THEY DO NOT SEEM TO BE DROPPING TEMPS ENUF WITH THE ADVANCE OF THE COLD AIR. LOW MON IN THE UPR TEENS TO LOW 20S WITH LOWS IN THE TEENS EVERYWHERE TUE. HIGHS TOMORROW WL BE NEAR THEIR TEMP AT 12Z AS TEMPS SHUD BE NEAR STEADY OR FALLING DURING THE DAY AS FLOW TURNS OUT OF THE NORTH. FARTHER OUT...PROBLEM OF THE DAY IS IF AND WHEN SOME WEAK IMPULUSE WILL PRODUCE A FEW TENTHS ON AN INCH OF SNOW. PROBABLY NOT. AS ILX POINTED OUT THIS IS A BASICALLY DRY ZONAL PATTERN. HOWEVER I DONT HAVE ANY GOOD BASIS FOR DISAGREEING WITH THE NCEP POPS...WHICH TAKE US TO SLIGHT CHC FROM TIME TO TIME. SINCE I CANT REFUTE NCEP WITH SCIENCE...I WILL USE THEIR POPS AND ASSOCIATED WORDING UNTIL MORE DATA IS AVAILABLE. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND LOOKED OK...ENSEMBLE DID NOT SHOW MUCH VARIATION. SHORT TERM...CP && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR INZ067>072. && AVIATION...JOHNSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 530 AM EST SUN JAN 14 2007 INZ067>072-151030- KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 530 AM EST SUN JAN 14 2007 /430 AM CST SUN JAN 14 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE WABASH...WHITE...EAST FORK WHITE...BIG BLUE...MUSCATATUCK RIVERS IN CENTRAL INDIANA. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ENDING TONIGHT WILL BE AROUND ONE INCH. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS TO FLOOD. WATER WILL POND ON ROADWAYS MAKING TRAVEL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE WABASH...WHITE...EAST FORK WHITE...BIG BLUE AND MUSCATATUCK RIVERS THROUGH MID WEEK. VERY COLD AIR WILL ARRIVE ON MONDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DIP INTO THE TEENS BEGINNING ON MONDAY NIGHT AND HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 20S ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .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) INZ043>049-051>057-060>065-151030- VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY- OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN- BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- 530 AM EST SUN JAN 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE WABASH...WHITE...EAST FORK WHITE...BIG BLUE...MUSCATATUCK RIVERS IN CENTRAL INDIANA. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ENDING TONIGHT WILL BE AROUND ONE INCH. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS TO FLOOD. WATER WILL POND ON ROADWAYS MAKING TRAVEL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE WABASH...WHITE...EAST FORK WHITE...BIG BLUE AND MUSCATATUCK RIVERS THROUGH MID WEEK. VERY COLD AIR WILL ARRIVE ON MONDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DIP INTO THE TEENS BEGINNING ON MONDAY NIGHT AND HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 20S ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .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>031-035>042-151030- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH- 530 AM EST SUN JAN 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR FREEZING FOR A FEW HOURS IN THE MORNING. THIS WILL ALLOW SOME CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN TO OCCUR BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM UP ABOVE FREEZING. IF ANY FREEZING RAIN OCCURS IT WILL BE BRIEF...BUT MOTORISTS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS AS ANY FREEZING RAIN COULD CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL AGAIN BE A BRIEF OCCURRENCE BEFORE ALL PRECIPITATION TURNS TO SNOW. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE WABASH...WHITE...EAST FORK WHITE...BIG BLUE...MUSCATATUCK RIVERS IN CENTRAL INDIANA. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ENDING TONIGHT WILL BE AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS TO FLOOD. WATER WILL POND ON ROADWAYS MAKING TRAVEL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE WABASH...WHITE...EAST FORK WHITE...BIG BLUE AND MUSCATATUCK RIVERS THROUGH MID WEEK. VERY COLD AIR WILL ARRIVE ON MONDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DIP INTO THE TEENS BEGINNING ON MONDAY NIGHT AND HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 20S ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .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) SALLY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The East Fork White at Columbus flooded. At one point, four teenagers had to be rescued by the Bartholomew County Swift Water Rescue Team after driving into flood waters. The vehicle had stalled in high water and was beginning to be swept away. No one was injured.
The East Fork White at Shoals reached nearly six feet above flood stage in mid 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, 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: 11917, 11918.