Flooding occurred across central Indiana due to heavy rainfall. Just as the crest was reaching the Hazleton and Mount Carmel areas on the 27th, rain of one to nearly six inches fell from the evening of the 26th through the night of the 31st in southern Indiana.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Flooding occurred across central Indiana due to heavy rainfall. Just as the crest was reaching the Hazleton and Mount Carmel areas on the 27th, rain of one to nearly six inches fell from the evening of the 26th through the night of the 31st in southern Indiana. This additional rain prolonged the extensive flooding.
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 27, 6:09 AM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 709 AM EDT THU MAR 27 2008 .AVIATION... DISCUSSION FOR 12Z TAFS. MORNING RAIN SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF SHORTLY AFTER THE START OF THE TAF PERIOD. HOWEVER...THE DEEP MOISTURE IN PLACE WILL REMAIN AND SO LOW CIGS AND REDUCED VSBY WILL CONTINUE. IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL LIFR ESPECIALLY AT BMG AND HUF THIS MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE BACK IN TOWARDS 00Z...AND THE MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT RAPIDLY TO THE NORTH AFTER 06 TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. AS THIS WIND SHIFT HAPPENS AND DRIER AIR ARRIVES...CIGS AND VSBY WILL IMPROVE AS RAIN ENDS. CONDITIONS WILL BE IN THE MVFR CATEGORY FOR THE FINAL HOURS OF THE TAF PERIOD. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 215 AM EDT THU MAR 27 2008/ DISCUSSION...SFC ANALYSIS EARLY THIS MORNING SHOWS A WARM FRONT ACRS FAR SRN IL STRETCHING EAST INTO CENTRAL KY. EASTERLY FLOW WAS IN PLACE ACRS CENTRAL INDIANA AND RADAR MOSAICS SHOW SCT RA ACRS THE FA...HOWEVER PCPN WAS WIDESPREAD ACRS THE SRN STS. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE TDY WL BE POPS. MODELS REMAIN IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT AND WL USE A BLEND. MODELS SUGGEST FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SLOWLY PUSH NORTH INTO CENTRAL INDIANA TDY AND A LARGE TEMP GRADIENT ACRS THE FA WL BE THE RESULT. THE ONGOING ISENTROPIC LIFT THAT IS CURRENTLY GENERATING THE PCPN WL COME TO AN END LATER THIS MORNING AS THE LLJ MAX SHIFTS EAST AND THE POSITIONING OF THE ISENTROPIC LIFT IS LESS FAVORABLE. HOWEVER A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRES IS EXPECTED TO PUSH NE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON AND AID THE FRONTS PROGRESSION NORTH. GOOD FRONTOGENESIS IS SEEN TODAY AND TONIGHT AND LWR LVL Q VECTOR CONVERGENCE IS QUITE FAVORABLE FOR PCPN ACRS THE AREA TOO. HENCE PCPN STILL LOOK LIKE A GOOD BET AND WL NOT VEER FROM MOS TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER WITH UPPER SUPPORT AND ISENTROPIC FORCING LACKING ACRS THE AREA...DO NOT EXPECT HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS. A BLEND OF MAVMOS AND METMOS HAVE WORKED QUITE WELL OVR THE PAST FEW DAYS AND SEE TO REASON TO VEER FROM THAT TREND TO TODAYS HIGHS AND TONIGHTS LOWS. THE LOW PRES SYSTEM DEPARTS ON FRI MORNING AND THE LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS SE...EXITING THE AREA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW GOOD DRYING IN THE MIDDLE LVL DURG THE DAY ON FRI. STILL ENOUGH LWR LVL MOISTURE AND COLD ENOUGH AIR WL BE IN PLACE THAT ANY EARLY PCPN IN THE LAF-OKK-MIE AREAS COULD BE SN. WITH MOISTURE AND FORCING CLEARLY EXPECTED TO BE OVER BY 18Z FRI WILL END THE LOW CHC PCPN THREAT BY FRI MORNING. GIVEN THE CAA IN PLACE WL METMOS TEMPS APPEAR TO BE TOO WARM. WL CONTINUE TO BLEND WITH THE COOLER MAVMOS FOR FRIDAY HIGHS. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN FOR FRI NIGHT AND SAT AS GOOD SUBSIDENCE IS SEEN IN TIME SECTIONS. FORECAST COLUMN DRIES OUT CONSIDERABLY. HENCE DECREASING CLOUDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON FRI NIGHT FOLLOWED BY MOSUNNY SKIES ON SAT...BUT WITH EAST WINDS THE MAVMOS LOOKS AGAIN TOO WARM. WL CONTINUE TO USE A BLEND ON HIGHS AND LOWS. EXTENDED...DRY WEATHER ON SAT. ANOTHER STATIONARY SYSTEM SETS UP ACRS THE SRN FA ON SUN NT AND HANGS AROUND UNTIL TUE WHEN A COLD FNT MVS THRU. WL START CHC POPS SUN AND RAMP UP TO HIGH CHC POPS FOR SUN NT THRU MON NT AS FNT SERVES AS FOCUSING MECHANISM AND WAVES MV ALONG IT. CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE MORE MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS SYSTEM AND WL HAVE TO MONITOR FOR EXCESSIVE PRECIP AMTS. THEN DRY THINGS OUT WITH HIGH PRES BLDING IN BEHIND THE COLD FNT TUE NT/WED. STUCK WITH TIMING OF ECMWF AS GFS WAS A LITTLE FASTER AND ENSEMBLES FAVORED SLOWER TIMING. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && AVIATION...JOHNSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 412 AM EDT THU MAR 27 2008 INZ021-030-031-036>042-045>049-052-055>057-062>065-072-280815- CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JENNINGS- 412 AM EDT THU MAR 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT ACROSS FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INCLUDING LAFAYETTE AND KOKOMO. NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY FRIDAY ACROSS FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INCLUDING LAFAYETTE AND KOKOMO. NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO SOON TO DETERMINE IF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ028-029-035-043-044-051-053-054-060-061-067>071-280815- WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-OWEN-MORGAN- SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- 412 AM EDT THU MAR 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT ACROSS FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INCLUDING LAFAYETTE AND KOKOMO. NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE WABASH...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...AND THE WHITE RIVERS. SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...AND THE WHITE RIVERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO SOON TO DETERMINE IF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && 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.
6 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding occurred along the White River in Greene County, including near Newberry, due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until April 6th at 19:27.
Flooding occurred along the East Fork White River in Jackson County, including near Rockford and Seymour, due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until April 3rd at 20:13.
Flooding occurred along the White River in Greene County, including near Elliston, due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until April 6th at 21:11.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until April 5th at 17:12.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Fountain County, including near Covington, due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until April 6th at 14:37.
Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in eastern Warren County due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until April 6th at 14:37.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 84286, 82975, 84284, 84236, 84239, 84240.