Rainfall was abundant in central Indiana during March. Several areas received over 6 inches of rain.
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 PAH wrote it up.
Rainfall was abundant in central Indiana during March. Several areas received over 6 inches of rain. As a result, lowland flooding was quite common throughout March. After receding below flood stage around the 12th, the White River flooded for a second time around the 20th.
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 Mar 19, 2:41 AM EST, 7 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 241 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2007 .DISCUSSION... THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE AREA TODAY. TRENDING HEAVILY TOWARD THE GFS...THE FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE CWFA TONIGHT...THEN STALL SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO THE AR/MO AND TN/KY STATE LINES EARLY TUESDAY. THIS WILL SHIFT OUR HIGHER POPS FOR CONVECTION SOUTH TO THE SRN / SW 1/3 OF THE FA LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...WITH ONLY CHANCE POPS NORTH. THE BOUNDARY WILL HEAD BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT TUE NIGHT / EARLY WED...AND RESULT IN A CHANCE OF CONVECTION CWFA WIDE AS IT DOES. THEN...WE ARE WARM SECTOR FOR THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK. WITH HIGHER HEIGHTS AND SFC RIDGING ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN U.S. THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE CHANCES WILL SHIFT MOSTLY WEST AND NORTH OF THE CWFA. WILL KEEP A LOW CHC POP THUR-FRI ACROSS OUR FAR NW AND NRN COUNTIES...CLOSER TO MOIST AXIS AND FRONTAL POSITION. ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS MADE IN THE LONG TERM...ESSENTIALLY FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES. TEMPS WERE BASED ON A BLEND OF GOING NUMBERS...2M TEMP FORECASTS AND NUMERICAL GUIDANCE IN THE SHORT TERM. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 415 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2007 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-201000- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-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- 415 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SMALL HAIL AS WELL...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. THE CHANCE OF STORMS WILL SHIFT NORTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. BEYOND WEDNESDAY...THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding occurred along the White River. Low bottomlands were flooded, and flooding began on higher bottomlands. State Road 257 began to flood. Flooding affected low agricultural lands, low oil fields, and closed a few local county roads. At Petersburg, where flood stage is 16 feet, the river crested at 19.43 feet on March 22.
Minor flooding occurred along the White River. Floodwaters covered much low ground. Low lying oil fields and county roads were flooded. High water isolated a river cabin community. At Hazleton, where flood stage is 16 feet, the river crested at 19.00 feet on March 23.
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, March 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: 18531, 18532.