A winter storm moved across central Indiana on February 21st and 22nd. Snow, sleet, and freezing rain accompanied this system as it moved through the state.
Every event with a place to put it; 15 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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.
A winter storm moved across central Indiana on February 21st and 22nd. Snow, sleet, and freezing rain accompanied this system as it moved through the state.
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 Feb 21, 12:28 PM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1228 PM EST THU FEB 21 2008 .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAFS. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE SEEN AT THE SITES DURING THE PD. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO TIME IN THESE PRECIP TYPE CHANGES BASED ON CURRENT CONDITIONS UPSTREAM AND FCST SNDINGS. FOR THE FCST WL INCLUDE SEVERAL HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN AT KBMG AND KHUF AS WELL AS SOME AT KIND AND SOME ICE PELLETS MIXING IN AT KLAF. DO NOT EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO BE CONTINUOUS BUT TRYING TO TIME THE WAVES OVRNIGHT AND TOMORROW IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT THIS POINT. && .PREV DISCUSSION...SPLIT UPPR FLOW XPCTD ACRS THE COUNTRY OVR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WITH THE LOCAL AREA TO BE IMPACTED BY DISTURBANCES IN BOTH STREAMS. NRN STREAM SYS CURRENTLY DROPPING SWD THRU SRN CANADA WL BE PASSING ACRS THE GRTLKS LT TONIGHT/FRI MORN...WHILE A SRN STREAM SYS...CURRENTLY OVR THE DESERT SW...WL BE MOVG INTO THE AREA BY FRI AFT. WK SFC LO ASSOCIATED WITH THE SRN STREAM PROGGED TO PASS JUST S OF THE OH RVR ON FRI. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT OVERALL. FCST FOCUS CENTERS ON POPS/P-TYPE OVR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IN THE NR TERM...PCPN BEGINNING TO BREAK OUT IN WAA PATTERN ACRS OK/MO/AR. LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAA XPCTD TO OVERSPREAD THE LOCAL AREA FM SW TO NE STARTING IN THE EARLY-MID AFT HRS. WL GO WITH HI POPS OVR THE SRN ZONES FOR LTR THIS AFT...AND CHC POPS IN THE N. PARTIAL THICKNESSES SUGGEST MAINLY SNOW TODAY OVR THE NRN TWO/THIRDS OF THE AREA...WITH A SLEET/FREEZING RAIN THREAT IN THE SRN THIRD. IN THE LTR PDS...STILL APPEARS PHASING BTWN THE NRN/SRN STREAMS WL NOT OCCUR...AND THE SYS OVERALL LOOKS RATHER DISORGANIZED WITH WAA/UPPR DYNAMICS NOT LINING UP VRY WELL. THEREFORE...NOT XPCTG HVY AMOUNTS OF PCPN WITH THIS SYS...BUT EVENT WL BE OF A LONG DURATION...PROBABLY LASTING INTO FRI NIGHT BEFORE UPPR TROF FINALLY PUHSES OFF TO THE E. MODEL SOUNDINGS/PARTIAL THICKNESSES INDICATE A RATHER LRG ELEVATED WARM LYR WL ADVECT INTO THE AREA LTR TONIGHT/FRI...SO SUSPECT A GRADU CHANGE OVR TO SLEET/FREEZING RAIN FM S TO N BY FRI MORN. WL BE ISSUING A WINTER WX ADVISORY FOR THE ABOUT THE SRN HALF OF THE AREA FOR TONIGHT/FRI DUE TO XPCTD MXD PCPN. DOUBTFUL SNOW AMOUNTS WL REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA ANYWHERE WITH ONLY UP TO ABOUT 2 INCHES OF SNOW XPCTD AT THIS PT...BUT CONFIDENCE IS HI THAT MOST AREAS WL RECEIVE LT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE. PROBABLE SOME OF THE FAR SRN/SERN ZONES WL POKE ABV FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HRS ON FRI...SO PCPN MAY TURN TO JUST RAIN IN THOSE AREAS. BASED ON LO LVL THICKNESSES...NGM MOS HI TEMPS ON FRI LOOK A FEW DEGS ON THE WARM SIDE...OTRW GUIDANCE LOOKS REASONABLE FOR NOW. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY FOR INZ043>049-051>057-060>065-067>072. && AVIATION...CP PUBLIC...JAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 413 PM EST THU FEB 21 2008 INZ021-028>031-035-038-040-043-222115- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-TIPTON-MADISON- VERMILLION- 413 PM EST THU FEB 21 2008 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM TONIGHT TO 7 PM FRIDAY. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE IN THE AREA TONIGHT. BY MORNING UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. LOWLAND RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WABASH RIVER THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT ICING. LOWLAND RIVER FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WABASH RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT URGED TO REPORT DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ036-037-039-222115- MONTGOMERY-BOONE-HAMILTON- 413 PM EST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE IN THE AREA TONIGHT. BY MORNING UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE WITH AROUND 1/4 INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH UP TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT ARE URGED TO REPORT DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ041-042-044>049-052>057-061>065-068>072-222115- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY- CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN- BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 413 PM EST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE IN THE AREA TONIGHT. BY MORNING FROM 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE MAY ACCUMULATE IN EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA WITH AROUND 1 INCH OF SNOW. OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL INDIANA AROUND 1/4 INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH UP TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT ARE URGED TO REPORT DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ051-060-067-222115- VIGO-SULLIVAN-KNOX- 413 PM EST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE IN THE AREA TONIGHT. BY MORNING UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE WITH AROUND 1/4 INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT ARE URGED TO REPORT DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. LOWLAND RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WABASH RIVER THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH. LOWLAND RIVER FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WABASH RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT ARE URGED TO REPORT DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) HAINES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
15 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulated and was measured in Vincennes.
An observer in Merom estimated ice accumulation at a quarter of an inch.
One inch of sleet and snow accumulated near Washington in addition to a quarter of an inch of ice.
Ice accumulated a quarter of an inch in the Bloomfield area. One inch of snow and sleet also fell in Greene County.
An observer reported ice accumulation of a quarter of an inch in the Shoals area.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulated in the Bloomington area in addition to an inch of snow and sleet.
One inch of snow and sleet accumulated in the Bedford area in addition to a quarter of an inch of ice.
An inch of snow and sleet accumulated in the Nashville area in addition to a quarter of an inch of ice.
An inch of snow and sleet accumulated in the Seymour area in addition to a quarter of an inch of ice.
An inch of snow and sleet accumulated in the Columbus area in addition to a quarter of an inch of ice.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulated in the North Vernon area.
Three inches of snow accumulated in the Greensburg area in addition to a quarter of an inch of ice.
Two inches of snow accumulated in the Shelbyville area in addition to a quarter of an inch of ice.
An observer reported a quarter of an inch of ice accumulation in the Marshall area. Power was out in this area due to the ice.
An observer measured six inches of snow accumulation in the Ridgeville area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, February 2008
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: 79637, 79638, 79639, 79640, 79641, 79642, 79643, 79644, 79645, 79646, 79647, 79648, 79649, 79651, 79652.