Heavy rains in early January brought high water to the upper portions of the White River.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 early January brought high water to the upper portions of the 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 Jan 14, 1:18 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 118 PM EST SUN JAN 14 2007 .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR THE 18Z TAFS STNRY FNT NOW NEAR OH RIVER IN PLACE UNTIL ABOUT 06Z. THEN LOW PRES MOVG FRM SOUTHWEST ALONG FRONT WILL TURN IT INTO COLD FRONT AND SWEEP IT EAST OF AREA. ALL MODELS CONCUR ON MAIN POINTS OF THIS. IMPLICATION IS WIDESPREAD IFR CEILINGS UNTIL MONDAY WHEN COLDER...SOMEWHAT DRIER...AIR ARRIVES AND RAISES THEM TO MVFR. VSBYS HAVE BEEN TRENDING UP THIS AFT...BUT WILL LIKELY RETREAT TO IFR THIS EVENING AS LOW MOVES IN AND PCPN BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD. VSBYS WILL PROBABLY RECOVER STRONGLY ONCE DEWPOINTS FALL BEHIND FRONT TOMORROW...ESPECIALLY AS WINDS PICK UP. FRZG RAIN A THREAT TO NW PORTION OF INDIANAPOLIS SERVICE AREA LATE TONIGHT. COLD AIR NOT FAR AWAY. AS WINDS TURN NW BEHIND LOW MAY DROP TEMPS BELOW FREEZING WHILE PCPN FALLING. OVER MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA BELOW FREEZING TEMPS UNLIKELY TO ARRIVE BEFORE 18Z. JK && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY AND MONDAY/...FORECAST FOCUS IN THE SHORT TERM IS PRECIP TYPE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. GFS/NAM HAVE COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE 00Z RUN SO WILL USE A BLEND. AGAIN TODAY MODELS DO NOT HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE VERY SHALLOW COLD AIR MASS OVER IL THIS MORNING. THREE HOUR TEMPS FROM MOS SHOWS ABOUT 2-3 DEGREES TOO WARM. THE ONLY ONE CLOSE IS THE FWC GUIDENCE WHICH IS ONLY AROUND 1-2 DEGREES OFF. USUALLY THIS WOULDNT IMPACT THE FORECAST TOO MUCH BUT WHEN PRECIP TYPE IS AN ISSUE IT CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. KLAF COULD SEE A SHORT PERIOD /ONE TO TWO HOURS/ OF FZRA/FZDZ THIS MORNING IF THE COLD AIR ADVANCES FAR ENOUGH. HAVE OPTED TO PUT RAIN WITH CHANCE FZRA AND NO HEADLINES. ANOTHER DAY OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. THE 300K-305K ISENTROPIC LEVEL SHOWS AN INCREASE IN ISENT LIFT WHICH SEEMS TO MAXIMIZE IN THE 00Z-06Z TIME FRAME. WITH ALL MOS POPS SHOWING AROUND 100 PERCENT WILL CONTINUE WITH CATEGORICAL POPS TODAY AND TONIGHT. TEMPS TODAY WONT RISE BUT A FEW DEGREES FROM TODAYS READINGS...ESPECIALLY WITH THE EVER PRESENT CLOUD COVER AND RAIN. TONIGHT AS THE SFC LOW MOVES THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY THIS COULD SLOW DOWN THE COLD AIR SOME. MAIN CONCERN TONIGHT IS PRECIP TYPE. USING HOURLY T GRIDS AS A GUIDE HAVE PUT IN RAIN WITH CHANCE FZRA MAINLY IN THE FAR NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA. MONDAY WILL FINALLY MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THIS 3 DAY PRECIP EVENT. AS THE SFC LOW MOVE NE VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR FOLLOWS. HIGH TEMPS ON MONDAY WILL BE IN THE 30S. HAVE AGAIN USED THE HOURLY TEMP GRIDS TO CHANGE OVER PRECIP TO SNOW AS THE DEEPER COLD AIR WILL PUSH IN THIS TIME AS OPPOSED TO THE MORE SHALLOW COLD OF TODAY. AS TEMPS FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY THE ENTIRE CWA WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MONDAY EVENING. MONDAY NIGHT TEMPS WILL BE VERY COLD IN THE TEENS. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...ALL MODELS HAVE WEDNESDAY DRY...WHICH IS LOGICAL CONSIDERING THE NORMAL PROGRESSION OF THE HIGH BEING ALOFT THEN. TEMPERATURES MORE OF A CHALLENGE. NORMALLY IN A PATTERN LIKE THIS SNOW WOULD BE ON THE GROUND AND MOS WOULD BE EXPECTING THAT. LITTLE OR NO SNOW THIS TIME AND MODELS MAY BE A TAD COOL...ITS HAPPENED BEFORE THIS WINTER. WILL RAISE WEDNESDAYS TEMPS A LITTLE. 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. JK && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR INZ067>072. SHORT TERM...CP LONG TERM/AVIATION...JK
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.
5 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The White River in Morgan County flooded during the middle portion of January. Crests were as high as nearly 4 feet above flood stage.
The White River in Marion County flooded in mid-January.
The White River in Hamilton County flooded briefly in mid-January.
The White River in Madison County flooded briefly in mid-January.
The White River in Delaware County flooded very briefly 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: 11932, 11933, 11934, 11935, 11936.