The White River flooded yet again in late March.
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.
The White River flooded yet again in late March.
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 Mar 23, 7:15 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 715 AM EST FRI MAR 23 2007 .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 12Z TAFS A SLOW MOVING WARM FRONT OVER CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL MOVE ONLY SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTH TODAY AND THEN INTO NORTHERN INDIANA TONIGHT. MODELS SHOW A TEMPORARY LULL IN PRECIPITATION SOUTH OF THE FRONT THIS MORNING SO AREAS SOUTH OF KIND AND KHUF MAY STAY VFR UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. AFTERWARD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS REGION WIDE AND ESPECIALLY NEAR THE FRONT AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST ALONG THE FRONT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING AS THIS DISTURBANCE CONTINUES EASTWARD. UNFORTUNATELY AREAS OF FOG MAY DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVE MORE RAIN TODAY. && .DISCUSSION... FORECAST FOCUS IS ON RAIN EVENTS INTO THE WEEKEND. AT 06Z STATIONARY FRONT WAS ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA...NEAR THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE FORECAST AREA /FA/. RADAR VAD WINDS WERE SHOWING 50KT JET AT 850 ACROSS THE FA. NUMEROUS TSRAS WERE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. ADDITIONAL TSRA WERE ACROSS MO AND OK. MODELS ARE SIMILAR FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST. WILL USE A BLEND. FRONT WILL REMAIN ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA TODAY. 850 JET WILL WEAKEN DURING THE MORNING...ENDING SOME OF THE FORCING FOR THE TSRA. HOWEVER...MODELS ARE HINTING AT A SFC WAVE RIDING ALONG THE FRONT THIS AFTN. THIS COMBINED WITH SOME INSTABILITY SHOULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL TSRA DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTN. GIVEN THE ABOVE...FEEL THAT MANY PLACES ACROSS FA SHOULD MEASURE BETWEEN 12Z AND 00Z TODAY. HOWEVER AM NOT EXPECTING AN ALL DAY RAIN AT ANY LOCATION. ALL GUIDANCE POPS ARE CATEGORICAL...AND WITH THE EXPECTATION OF MEASURING AT LEAST A HUNDREDTH TODAY CANNOT SEE GOOD REASON TO CUT THEM. /SREFS ALSO INDICATE GOOD PROBABILITY OF MEASURING TODAY./ WILL WORD AS PERIODS OF TSRA THOUGH TO IMPLY DRY HOURS. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY OF TIMING WILL NOT TRY TO GET FANCY IN THE GRIDS FOR TIMING. CAN REFINE LATER TODAY WHEN DEVELOPMENT TIMING BECOMES APPARENT. WITH FOCUS FOR PRECIP POSSIBLY SHIFTING FROM NRN FA TO SRN FA TODAY FEEL THAT FLOOD WATCH IS NOT YET NEEDED. WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT IN HWO. WITH SOME DRY HOURS TODAY FEEL THAT MIDDLE OF ROAD MAV TEMPS LOOK BEST. SFC WAVE WILL EXIT THE FA THIS EVENING. AGAIN ALL MOS POPS ARE HIGH AND CANNOT SEE A REASON TO SIGNIFICANTLY CUT THEM FOR SIMILAR REASONS AS FOR THE TODAY PERIOD. WILL GO HIGH POPS DURING THE EVENING. OVERNIGHT FORCING IS WEAKER AND WILL GO CHANCE POPS THEN. MET/MAV NUMBERS ARE SIMILAR FOR LOW TEMPS AND LOOK REASONABLE GIVEN FRONT STILL TO THE N. ON SATURDAY YET ANOTHER WAVE WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT. EXPECTED LOCATION OF FRONT AND WAVE PUTS NRN FA IN BEST CHANCES FOR ADDITIONAL RAIN. WILL GO LIKELY POPS THERE AND CHANCE POPS SRN FA. FRONT WILL SETTLE S SOME ON SATURDAY NIGHT. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS. ON SUNDAY...UPPER RIDGE STRENGTHENS WHILE FRONT LINGERS ACROSS THE AREA. WITH LITTLE UPPER SUPPORT CHANCES FOR RAIN ARE DIMINISHED WILL CONTINUE DRY FORECAST FOR SUNDAY. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...CS AVIATION...JP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 511 AM EDT FRI MAR 23 2007 INZ021-030-031-036>042-045>049-052>057-062>065-072-241000- 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- 511 AM EDT FRI MAR 23 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THERE ARE ALSO CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .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>071-241000- WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-SULLIVAN-GREENE- KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- 511 AM EDT FRI MAR 23 2007 /411 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND FAR SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE LOWER WABASH AND THE LOWER WHITE RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THERE ARE ALSO CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS WEEKEND ALONG PORTIONS OF THE LOWER WABASH AND THE LOWER WHITE RIVERS. ADDITIONAL LOWLAND FLOODING MAY DEVELOP THIS WEEKEND AND PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK ON THE WABASH...WHITE...AND EAST FORK WHITE RIVERS. .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)
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
632 AM EDT FRI MAR 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 AM FLOOD WINCHESTER 40.17N 84.98W
03/23/2007 RANDOLPH IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOLLOWING ROADS AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER. THIS INCLUDES
STATE ROAD 1 AT 400 NORTH. 400 NORTH AND 200 WEST AND
STATE ROAD 32 AT 900 WEST.
&&
JHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
851 AM EDT FRI MAR 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0750 AM FLOOD BATTLE GROUND 40.51N 86.84W
03/23/2007 TIPPECANOE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
BURNETTS CREEK NEAR BATTLEGROUND FLOODED NORTH 9TH
STREET...RESULTING IN CLOSURE OF THE ROAD.
&&
JOHNSONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
921 AM EDT FRI MAR 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0917 AM FLOOD FRANKFORT 40.28N 86.51W
03/23/2007 CLINTON IN CO-OP OBSERVER
LOCAL FLOODING OF CREEKS IS HIGHEST SINCE JANUARY 2005 IN
FRANKFORT AREA. CURRENT FLOODING IS NOT NEARLY AS SERIOUS
AS JANUARY 2005.
&&
APSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The White River flooded again in Delaware County. Crests were over three feet above flood.
The White River flooded in Madison County. Crests were over 7 feet above flood stage.
The White River flooded in Hamilton County. Crests were over 6 feet above flood stage.
The White River flooded in Marion County. Crests were over 6 feet above flood stage.
The White River flooded in Greene County. Crests were nearly 7 feet above flood stage.
The White River flooded in Morgan County. Crests were nearly 4 feet above flood stage.
The White River flooded in Owen County. Crests were nearly 7 feet above flood stage.
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: 21705, 21706, 21709, 21710, 21716, 21714, 21715.