Flooding for this event was a result of heavy rain and snow melt earlier in the month which caused flooding upstream of these locations. The flooding upstream moved downstream and caused the flooding for this event.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Flooding for this event was a result of heavy rain and snow melt earlier in the month which caused flooding upstream of these locations. The flooding upstream moved downstream and caused the flooding for this event.
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 12, 2:06 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 206 PM EST SAT JAN 12 2008 .SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT AND SUNDAY/ FORECAST FOCUS IS ON CHANCES FOR PRECIP AND PRECIP TYPE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. NEAR 18Z SFC LOW PRES WAS NEAR MS RIVER IN IA. SCT MID CLOUDS WERE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA /FA/...WITH BULK OF CLOUDS WELL TO THE W AND SW OF THE AREA. MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT AGAIN TODAY...SO A BLEND WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED. THE EVENING SHOULD REMAIN DRY AS ONLY MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES ACROSS THE FA. SFC LOW AND COLD FRONT MOVE INTO THE WRN FA LATE TONIGHT. FORCING IS NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE PER QVECTOR AND FRONTOGENESIS PROGS. THUS FEEL ONLY SMALL TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ARE NEEDED...AND MAINLY LATE TONIGHT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT MOST OF COLUMN IS BELOW FREEZING...BUT ENOUGH WARM AIR SHOULD STILL EXIST NEAR THE SFC TO WARRANT A RAIN SNOW MIX. AS COLDER AIR WORKS INTO THE FA LATE...DID CHANGE WRN FA OVER TO JUST SNOW. WITH FRONT JUST MOVING INTO FA LATE TONIGHT...WENT WITH WARMER MOS NUMBERS FOR LOWS. FRONT SLOWLY WORKS ACROSS FA ON SUN. AGAIN FORCING IS NOT IMPRESSIVE...SO CONTINUED CHANCE POPS. WITH COLD ADVECTION ACROSS WRN FA...WENT SN AS PRECIP TYPE. ERN FA WILL STILL WARM UP ENOUGH AHEAD OF FRONT TO CONTINUE A MENTION OF RA/SN MIX. MAV NUMBERS LOOK OK WHERE COLD ADVECTION DOMINATES...BUT MAY BE A BIT COOL ACROSS ERN FA WHERE COLD ADVECTION ARRIVES LATER. WENT WITH A BLEND OF MET/MAV THERE. && .LONG TERM.../SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/ MAIN CHALLENGE IN THE LONG TERM REVOLVES AROUND TIMING AND CVRG OF POPS. MODELS ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR WITH THE FIRST SYS TO IMPACT CNTRL INDIANA. BROAD CANADIAN UPR LOW TO SETTLE S AND E ACRS THE OH VLY SUN NGT THROUGH MON NGT PROVIDING THE FA WITH A CHC OF SNOW. WL KEEP THE HIGHEST IN THE NE DUE TO THE DEEPER MOISTURE THERE. QVECTOR CONVERGENCE NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE...SO SHOULD NOT SEE MUCH IF ANY ACCUMULATION. UPR RIDGE TO PASS ACRS ON TUE/TUE NGT. WHICH WL PUT AN END TO THE SN. THEN...NRN PACIFIC SYS WL BRING ADDITIONAL CHANCES OF SNOW WED NGT THROUGH FRI. WENT WITH THE MORE CONSISTANT TIMING OF THE ECMWF. && .AVIATION...DISCUSSION 18Z TAFS. EXPECT MID CLOUDS TO GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE TAF SITES THRU 00Z AS SYSTEM SLOWLY APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. CLOUDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY LOWER DURING THE NIGHT. COULD BE SOME LIGHT RA OR SN...MAINLY AFT 09Z...BUT BELIEVE COVERAGE WILL BE TOO SCATTERED TO MENTION IN TAFS. EXPECT MVFR CIGS/VSBYS TO DEVELOP AFT 09Z AND SPREAD EAST TO IND BY 15Z AS COLD FRONT MOVES THRU. AGAIN COULD STILL BE SOME RA/SN AROUND. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...CS SHORT TERM...CS LONG TERM...MK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 418 AM EST SAT JAN 12 2008 INZ021-028-029-035-130930- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN- 418 AM EST SAT JAN 12 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. EXTENSIVE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AND DEVELOP ALONG THE WABASH RIVER FROM LAFAYETTE TO TERRE HAUTE. NEAR MODERATE FLOOD FLOW WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE TIPPECANOE RIVER AT OAKDALE DAM. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SNOW TONIGHT. ANY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. EXTENSIVE FLOODING ALONG THE WABASH AND TIPPECANOE RIVERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SNOW AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. .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) INZ043-044-051-060-067-130930- VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-SULLIVAN-KNOX- 418 AM EST SAT JAN 12 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. EXTENSIVE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AND DEVELOP ALONG THE WABASH RIVER FROM LAFAYETTE TO TERRE HAUTE. NEAR MODERATE FLOOD FLOW WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE TIPPECANOE RIVER AT OAKDALE DAM. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. EXTENSIVE FLOODING ALONG THE WABASH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SNOW AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. .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) INZ030-031-036>042-130930- CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE- RANDOLPH- 418 AM EST SAT JAN 12 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. MODERATE FLOODING ON THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER AND MINOR FLOODING ON THE WHITE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TODAY. NUMEROUS OTHER SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN FLOODED TODAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SNOW TONIGHT. ANY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER AND THE WHITE RIVER THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SNOW AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. .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) INZ045>049-052>057-061>065-068>072-130930- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON- SHELBY-RUSH-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 418 AM EST SAT JAN 12 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. MODERATE FLOODING ON THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER AND MINOR FLOODING ON THE WHITE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TODAY. NUMEROUS OTHER SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN FLOODED TODAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER AND THE WHITE RIVER THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SNOW AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ORGANIZED 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) PUMA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding occurred along the East Fork White River in Lawrence County, including near Rivervale, due to heavy rain and snow melt.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Knox County, including Vincennes, due to heavy rain and snow melt.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Knox County, including near Red Skelton Bridge, due to heavy rain and snow melt.
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, January 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: 77333, 77331, 77330.