HSA OFFICE: NWS FORM E-5 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Indianapolis (IND), Indiana NOAA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT FOR (MONTH / YEAR): MONTHLY REPORT OF RIVER AND FLOOD CONDITIONS January 2008

TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATE: February 15, 2008 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INFO CENTER, W/OS31 SSMC 2 – Room 13468 SIGNATURE: Albert P. Shipe, Jr. 1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY

SILVER SPRING, MD 20910-3283

When no flooding occurs, include miscellaneous river conditions, such as significant rises, record low stages, ice conditions, snow cover, droughts, and hydrologic products issued (WSOM E-41).

An X inside this box indicates that no flooding occurred within this hydrologic service area.

Record to near record flooding occurred during early January in many northern Indiana areas. Two of the worst hit areas were Monticello and Remington, Indiana. Preliminary damage reports indicated over $33 million in property damage to nearly 800 homes and public property in and around the Monticello and Remington areas.

Heavy summer time rains falling on saturated partially frozen winter time soils led to record flooding along the Tippecanoe and other rivers and streams in northern Indiana. One observer stated the rainfall was of biblical portions. All of this occurred from essentially one precipitation event during January.

Significant snow of more than 6 inches fell in northern Indiana on the 1st and 2nd. Record January warmth melted all of this snow overnight on the 6th. Thunderstorms late on the 7th and early on the 8th dropped 3 to over 7 inches of rain in less than 12 hours on portions of north central Indiana. Serious local flooding resulted almost immediately as the heavy rain fell.

The first wave of this heavy rain was concentrated just north and outside of the Indianapolis HSA. Because White County was one of the locations where the greatest rain fell, record flooding occurred along the Tippecanoe River downstream of Oakdale Dam by 8 am on the 8th.

The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the return period of this flood at their site on the Tippecanoe downstream of Oakdale Dam may have been greater than a 500 year flood. NIPSCO’s figures indicated the peak flow of over 30,000 cfs from Oakdale Dam approached their calculated 100 year flow.

Record flooding along the Tippecanoe River quickly dissipated as the flood approached the Wabash River. Significant flooding occurred along the Wabash River from Lafayette to Terre Haute and lowland flooding from south of Terre Haute to the Ohio River.

During the day on the 8th and early of the 9th another band of heavy rain of 1½ to over 4 inches fell in the Indianapolis HSA. This rain fell in the southern and eastern portions of the state and produced significant flooding in the upper portions of the White and East Fork White Basins. This was the first winter season flood for rivers and streams in these watersheds.

Rainfall of one half inch to one and a half inches fell in the remainder of central Indiana. Lowland flooding occurred along the White River in southwest Indiana while the White River in the Indianapolis metropolitan area only reached bankfull levels.

Little rain fell during the remainder of January. As a result, flooding throughout the HSA ended within 16 days of the onset.

On the 29th a squall line developed ahead of a very strong cold front. A rare January tornado touched down in Speedway during the evening. Thunderstorm gusts exceeded 80 mph and caused straight line wind damage in several central and southern Indiana communities.

During the evening on the 29th, the temperature at Indianapolis went from 54 degrees and raining to 27 degrees and snowing in less than two hours. The temperature in many areas of central and southern Indiana fell more than 40 degrees in about 12 hours.

Temperature swings were frequent during January. The first three days of the New Year averaged the coldest since the brutally record cold month of January 1977. By the 7th the average temperature of 65 degrees at Indianapolis was the warmest ever for January.

Just as Hoosiers were thinking spring had arrived during the warm spell from 4th through the 13th, winter abruptly returned on the 14th. Temperatures fell to zero or lower in many locations on the 20th and 25th. These winter conditions continued through the 26th and nearly offset the record warmth of the 6th and 7th.

A brief warm spell occurred from the afternoon of the 27th through the evening of the 29th. Once again winter conditions abruptly returned on the 30th and continued through the 31st.

When all these wild temperature swings were totaled and averaged the monthly temperature ranged from ½ to 4 degrees above normal across the Indianapolis HSA. The warmest temperatures occurred on the 7th when temperatures reached into the middle and upper 60s. The coldest temperatures occurred on the 20th and 25th when temperatures dropped to zero to 5 below.

In the Indianapolis HSA, temperatures remained below freezing on 9 to 15 days during the month. Temperatures dropped below freezing on 24 to 28 days and fell to zero or lower on 1 to 3 days.

Melted precipitation for January ranged from 1½ to over 6 inches. The heaviest rain fell in north central Indiana and the least in west central Indiana. Precipitation departures from normal varied from below normal to above normal.

Measurable precipitation fell on 4 to 12 days during the month. There was one day when more than an inch of rain fell.

Snowfall for January was well below normal in central and southern Indiana. Monthly totals ranged from around an inch to an isolated nine inches in the Kokomo area. Most areas received less than three inches of snow during January.

At the end of January, the rivers were at normal levels, the ground was frozen at the surface and little or no snow was on the ground.

January 2008 Estimated Rainfall

Estimated rainfall totals are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

January 2008 Estimated Rainfall Departure

Estimated rainfall departures are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

Estimated Flooding Rains of January 2008

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana

1/25/2008 Flood Stage Report

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Beaver Creek..... Shoals 2.5 E IN. 9.01 1/09 0445

Big Blue River..... Carthage IN. 7.0 10.60 1/09 1045 Shelbyville IN. 11.0 1/09 0345 1/11 15.21 1/10 1000

Big Creek..... Wadesville 1.6 SE IN. 18.80 1/09 0230

Big Raccoon Creek..... Fincastle IN. 11.0 6.83 1/09 0800 Coxville IN. 14.0 11.15 1/09 0230

Big Walnut Creek..... Roachdale IN. 10.85 1/09 0300 Reelsville IN. 12.0 11.12 1/09 1400

Blue River..... Fredericksburg IN. 20.0 7.02 1/09 1030 White Cloud IN. 6.20 1/09 2300

Bonpas Creek..... Browns IL. 13.01 1/09 0300 Browns IL. 2.95 1/18 1330

Brush Creek..... Nebraska IN. 7.13 1/08 2200

Buck Creek..... Acton IN. 9.0 9.64 1/09 0900

Buck Creek (South)..... New Middletown IN. 12.0 3.97 1/10 2115

Busseron Creek..... Carlisle IN. 16.0 9.89 1/09 0300 Carlisle IN. 16.0 BW 5.42 1/17 1815

Cicero Creek..... Tipton IN. 8.78 1/09 0815 Arcadia IN. 9.54 1/09 1045

Clifty Creek..... Hartsville IN. 10.0 8.88 1/09 1300 Columbus IN. 12.0 16.70 1/09 1900

Crooked Creek..... Speedway IN. 5.45 1/09 0045 Speedway IN. 8.78 1/09 0815

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana

1/25/2008 Flood Stage Report

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Deer Creek..... Delphi IN. 7.25 1/09 1600

Eagle Creek..... Zionsville IN. 9.0 7.63 1/09 0430 Clermont 1 NE IN. 7.20 1/09 1130 Speedway IN. 9.0 6.91 1/09 1045

East Fork White Lick Creek..... Bridgeport IN. 12.0 6.02 1/08 2230 Camby 2 NNW IN. 14.0 8.08 1/08 2200 Mooresville IN. 9.07 1/08 2330

East Fork White River..... Columbus IN. 9.0 8.99 1/11 0900 Rockford IN. 12.0 1/09 1530 17.13 1/10 0300 Rockford IN. 12.0 1/14 16.86 1/12 0500 Sparksville, IN. 25.35 1/13 1100 Rivervale IN. 20.0 15.94 1/09 1500 Rivervale IN. 20.0 1/12 1530 1/16 22.54 1/14 1700 Bedford Boat Club IN. 20.0 18.60 1/14 1500 Williams IN. 8.0 6.70 1/09 2100 Williams IN. 8.0 7.50 1/15 0700 Shoals IN. 20.0 13.58 1/10 0330 Shoals IN. 20.0 14.52 1/15 1045

East Fork Whitewater River..... Abington IN. 12.0 13.99 1/09 0515

Eel River..... Bowling Green IN. 17.0 15.73 1/09 1400

Eel River (North)..... North Manchester IN. 7.0 13.88 1/09 0030 Adamsboro IN. 10.0 11.26 1/10 0300

Embarras River..... Carmargo IL. 12.0 8.28 1/10 0630 Ste Marie IL. 19.0 14.84 1/09 2000 Lawrenceville IL. 29.0 30.44 1/11 1440 Lawrenceville IL. 29.0 BW 27.62 1/18 1730

Fall Creek..... Fortville IN. 8.0 7.06 1/10 0300 Millersville IN. 9.0 7.73 1/10 1215

Flatrock River..... St. Paul IN. 6.0 5.91 1/09 0600 St. Paul IN. 6.0 6.35 1/10 0815 Columbus IN. 11.91 1/10 0430 Columbus IN. 11.75 1/11 0045

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana

1/25/2008 Flood Stage Report

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Indian-Kentuck Creek..... Canaan IN. 6.44 1/09 0100

Killbuck Creek..... Anderson IN. 7.0 6.45 1/09 2045

Kokomo Creek..... Kokomo IN. 5.30 1/09 0345

Leary-Weber Ditch..... Mohawk IN. MNBH 4.06 1/09 1400

Lick Creek..... Beech Grove IN. 7.0 5.11 1/08 2245

Little Blue River..... Walkerville IN. 8.14 1/09 2245

Little Buck Creek..... Indianapolis IN. 6.27 1/08 2345

Little Eagle Creek..... Speedway IN. 4.56 1/08 2100

Little River..... Huntington IN. 15.0 14.00 1/09 0500

Middle Fork Anderson River..... Bristow IN. 15.0 9.02 1/09 0115

Middle Fork Vermilion River..... Oakwood IL. esti 10.00 1/10 0800

Mill Creek..... Cataract IN. 15.0 12.85 1/09 0800 Manhattan IN. 12.0 9.16 1/09 0400

Mississinewa River..... Ridgeville IN. 11.0 14.70 1/09 0900 Marion 2N IN. 10.0 8.62 1/11 0300

Muscatatuck River..... Deputy IN. 15.0 14.04 1/09 1330 Vernon 1SW IN. 17.0 OTS Wheeler Hollow IN. 16.0 20.70 1/12 0900

Nameless Creek..... Stringtown IN. 7.10 1/08 2245

North Fork Embarras River..... Oblong IL. 17.61 1/09 1830

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana

1/25/2008 Flood Stage Report

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------North Fork Vermilion River..... Bismarck IL. 14.67 1/09 1045

Patoka River..... Jasper IN. 14.0 14.96 1/10 0900 Winslow IN. 22.04 1/09 1115 Princeton IN. 18.0 16.09 1/14 1500

Pleasant Run..... Arlington Ave in IND IN. 5.42 1/08 2215

Plum Creek..... Bainbridge IN. 3.25 1/08 2200

Pogues Run..... Above Dam near I-70 IN. 7.44 1/09 0245 Vermont St in Indy IN. 3.06 1/09 0030

Prairie Creek..... Lebanon IN. 8.72 1/09 0400

Prairie Ditch..... Peru IN. 5.30 1/08 1000 Peru 1 W IN. 6.41 1/08 1130

Salamonie River..... Warren 2.4 NW IN. 12.0 10.65 1/09 1700

Salt Creek..... Harrodsburg IN. 25.0 18.67 1/09 0600

Salt Fork..... St. Joseph IL. 14.51 1/08 1630

Silver Creek..... Sellersburg IN. 20.0 10.50 1/11 0515

South Fork Wildcat Creek..... Lafayette IN. 7.20 1/09 0815

Stony Creek..... Noblesville 1SE IN. 6.0 4.47 1/09 0945

Sugar Creek..... Crawfordsville IN. 8.0 4.66 1/09 1000

Sugar Creek (South)..... Eden IN. 7.06 1/09 2015 SR 234 in Hancock Co IN. 7.94 1/10 0230 New Palestine IN. 8.0 7.11 1/09 0730 New Palestine IN. 8.0 7.54 1/11 0030 Edinburgh IN. 10.0 11.83 1/10 1530 NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana

1/25/2008 Flood Stage Report

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Sugar Creek (South).....

Tippecanoe River..... Ora IN. 11.0 Record flood 15.63 1/10 2115 Winamac IN. 10.0 Record flood 15.11 1/11 1845 Monticello IN. 9.0 Record flood 30,164cfs1/08 1653 Delphi IN. 8.0 Record flood 17.83 1/08 2200

Vermilion River..... Danville IL. 18.0 16.65 1/10 0345

Wabash River..... Linn Grove IN. 11.0 11.23 1/11 0800 Bluffton IN. 10.0 11.85 1/11 2215 Wabash IN. 12.0 13.23 1/09 0445 Peru IN. 20.0 10.60 1/09 0400 Logansport IN. 17.0 11.14 1/09 0800 Lafayette IN. 11.0 1/08 0730 1/18 22.16 1/10 0500 Covington IN. 16.0 1/08 1500 1/19 26.03 1/11 0900 Montezuma IN. 14.0 1/08 1730 1/20 25.85 1/12 2300 Clinton IN. 18.0 1/09 0700 1/19 24.00 1/12 1600 Terre Haute IN. 14.0 1/09 0130 1/20 21.70 1/13 2200 Hutsonville IL. 16.0 1/08 2200 1/23 23.10 1/15 2000 Riverton IN. 15.0 1/09 0030 1/23 21.21 1/17 0800 Red Skelton Bridge IN. 17.5 1/14 2100 1/23 20.67 1/18 2100 Vincennes IN. 16.0 1/14 1700 1/23 19.00 1/18 1430 Mount Carmel IL. 19.0 1/12 1000 1/20 21.57 1/18 0600 New Harmony IN. 15.0 15.96 1/19 0400

West Fork Blue River..... Salem IN. 12.0 4.15 1/09 0245

Whiskey Run..... Marengo IN. 8.0 3.04 1/09 0030

White Lick Creek..... Mooresville IN. 17.0 14.62 1/09 0615

White River..... Muncie IN. 9.0 1/09 1430 1/10 11.55 1/10 0130 Anderson 10th St. IN. 10.0 1/09 1830 1/11 13.23 1/10 1600 Anderson Raible Ave. IN. 10.0 12.60 1/10 1900 Noblesville IN. 14.0 1/11 0900 1/11 14.05 1/11 1100 146st nr Noblesville IN. 12.61 1/11 1415 Nora IN. 11.0 10.80 1/11 1915 Broad Ripple Dam IN. 6.0 5.96 1/11 1900 Broad Ripple IN. 8.44 1/11 2000 Indpls Museum of Art IN. 11.15 1/11 2200 IUPUI at Michigan St IN. 12.83 1/10 2045 Indpls Raymond St. IN. 16.0 11.00 1/10 2300 Stout Power Plant IN. 10.0 7.83 1/10 2300 Centerton 1S IN. 12.0 11.20 1/09 1000 NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana

1/25/2008 Flood Stage Report

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------White River..... Centerton IN. 603.0 602.10 1/09 1100 Spencer IN. 14.0 1/09 2000 1/13 15.72 1/10 1900 Worthington IN. 18.0 21.02 1/11 0800 Elliston IN. 18.0 1/09 1300 1/14 21.60 1/12 0800 Newberry IN. 13.0 1/09 1500 1/14 15.48 1/12 0500 Edwardsport IN. 15.0 1/10 0400 1/16 18.10 1/13 0700 Petersburg Power Plt IN. 16.0 19.49 1/15 1815 Petersburg IN. 16.0 1/10 0300 1/18 19.73 1/15 1800 Hazleton IN. 16.0 1/11 0700 1/19 19.60 1/17 0530

Whitewater River..... Economy IN. 8.29 1/08 2345 Alpine IN. 14.0 18.02 1/09 2100 Brookville IN. 20.0 14.11 1/09 0800

Wildcat Creek..... Jerome 1 SE IN. 9.26 1/09 1030 Kokomo IN. 10.0 8.74 1/09 2145 Owasco IN. 6.41 1/10 2230 Lafayette IN. 10.0 10.63 1/09 1300

Williams Creek..... Home Place 2 SW IN. 6.37 1/08 2245

Youngs Creek..... Amity IN. 7.0 9.07 1/09 1845

HSA OFFICE: NWS FORM E-5 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Indianapolis (IND), Indiana NOAA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT FOR (MONTH / YEAR): MONTHLY REPORT OF RIVER AND FLOOD CONDITIONS February 2008

TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATE: March 13, 2008 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INFO CENTER, W/OS31 SSMC 2 – Room 13468 SIGNATURE: Albert P. Shipe, Jr. 1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY

SILVER SPRING, MD 20910-3283

When no flooding occurs, include miscellaneous river conditions, such as significant rises, record low stages, ice conditions, snow cover, droughts, and hydrologic products issued (WSOM E-41).

An X inside this box indicates that no flooding occurred within this hydrologic service area.

Widespread flooding struck the Indianapolis HSA in February. Some of the same areas heavily flooded during January were once again flooded to near record levels. February flooding was more widespread and persisted longer than flooding during January. One person was killed because he drove into a flooded road.

Snowfall of up to 10 inches accumulated during the early days of February in northern Indiana and portions of east central Illinois. This snow quickly melted by the morning of the 6th as temperatures rose into the 50s on the 4th and 5th. Rain of 1 to 4 inches fell in eastern Illinois and much of Indiana on the 5th and 6th. This combination or rapid snow melt and heavy rain caused extensive flooding of streams and rivers in eastern Illinois and much of Indiana.

The heaviest rainfall was in the east central Illinois, northern Indiana and eastern Indiana. For the second time in 30 days flooding approached record levels along the Tippecanoe River in northern Indiana. Record to near record flooding occurred along tributaries to the Vermilion River in Illinois. This caused the worst flooding along the Vermilion River in west central Indiana since April 1994. As a result of extensive flooding in east central Illinois and portions of northern Indiana, the Wabash River approached a major flood from Lafayette to Vincennes. Flooding along this portion of the Wabash River was the highest since January 2005. Extensive flooding along the White, Eel, Muscatatuck and East Fork White Rivers was the highest to date of the winter.

Flood damage along the Tippecanoe River was limited because many residents had not been able to repair January flood damage. However, some flood damage did result to those who had begun repairs and January flood debris was scattered over a wider area. The number of people evacuated was much less because many homes were uninhabitable.

An agricultural levee south of Terre Haute was overtopped. A few rural families had roads to their homes blocked by flood waters. Sandbagging was necessary in the Montezuma and Clinton areas.

One person was killed during the evening of the 6th in Lawrence County. He drove his vehicle into a road flooded by Indian Creek.

Numerous local roads and several state highways were flooded along Indiana’s major rivers. Flooding lasted from a few days in many central Indiana locations to nearly four weeks along portions of the Wabash River in Hutsonville area.

Unlike January, additional precipitation occurred after the 5th and 6th. This precipitation was not nearly as extensive or heavy, but it did keep stream levels high throughout the month. Much of the time this precipitation was a wintry mixture consisting of snow, freezing rain and sleet.

Melted precipitation was above normal in most areas during February. Monthly totals ranged from 2 to nearly 7 inches. Melted precipitation fell on 13 to 15 days. Rain of an inch or more fell on only one day.

Snowfall during February ranged from normal to much above normal in most of central and southern Indiana. Northern areas of the HSA recorded 9 to 16 inches of snow for February. Central and southern areas received 1 to 6 inches. Much of the winter precipitation in central and southern Indiana fell as freezing rain and sleet which lowered the snowfall totals.

The wild temperature swings that began in January continued in February. While the temperature swings where not as extreme as those in January, mild spring like weather was replaced in a few days with winter conditions.

The mild conditions of the first 9 days of February and the normal or much above normal conditions from the 15th through the 17th were offset by the winter weather during the remainder of February. Monthly temperatures averaged below normal for the second month in a row. Monthly temperatures averaged 1 to 2½ degrees below normal.

Maximum temperatures in February were in the low and middle 60s which occurred on the 5th prior to the flooding rains. The lowest temperatures ranged from the negative single digits to the single digits. These temperatures occurred on the mornings of 11th or 21st. The locations where readings were below zero had a relatively deep snow cover. Temperatures fell below freezing on 25 to 26 days and remained below freezing on 9 to 13 days.

At the end of February, the rivers were at above normal levels as flooding was coming to a close. The ground was frozen at the surface with some snow and ice on the ground in central and northern Indiana.

February 2008 Estimated Rainfall

Estimated rainfall totals are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

February 2008 Estimated Rainfall Departure Estimated rainfall departures are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

7 Day Rainfall ending February 11 2008 From Internet

Radar Rainfall Estimate February 5-6 2008

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana

3/03/2008 Flood Stage Report February 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Beaver Creek..... Shoals 2.5 E IN. 8.28 2/06 1000

Big Blue River..... Carthage IN. 7.0 9.23 2/06 1315 Shelbyville IN. 11.0 2/06 0215 2/08 14.42 2/07 1245

Big Creek..... Wadesville 1.6 SE IN. 18.93 2/06 0830

Big Raccoon Creek..... Fincastle IN. 11.0 12.09 2/06 1200 Coxville IN. 14.0 13.86 2/06 1430

Big Walnut Creek..... Roachdale IN. 12.76 2/06 0845 Reelsville IN. 12.0 14.62 2/06 1400

Blue River..... Fredericksburg IN. 20.0 19.68 2/06 1530 White Cloud IN. 14.29 2/06 0930

Bonpas Creek..... Browns IL. 15.59 2/06 0645 Browns IL. Backwater 8.09 2/16 0115

Brush Creek..... Nebraska IN. 8.20 2/06 0315

Buck Creek..... Acton IN. 9.0 10.03 2/06 1230

Buck Creek (South)..... New Middletown IN. 12.0 7.72 2/06 0515

Busseron Creek..... Carlisle IN. 16.0 11.55 2/06 1145

Cicero Creek..... Tipton IN. 11.47 2/06 1800 Arcadia IN. 10.72 2/06 1815

Clifty Creek..... Hartsville IN. 10.0 7.16 2/06 1230 Columbus IN. 12.0 15.94 2/06 1445

Crooked Creek..... Speedway IN. 6.57 2/06 0400

Deer Creek..... Delphi IN. 11.41 2/06 0230

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana

3/03/2008 Flood Stage Report February 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Eagle Creek..... Zionsville IN. 9.0 10.15 2/06 0630 Clermont 1 NE IN. 9.96 2/06 1530 Speedway IN. 9.0 10.06 2/06 1515

East Fork White Lick Creek..... Bridgeport IN. 12.0 7.41 2/06 0200 Camby 2 NNW IN. 14.0 9.58 2/06 0045 Mooresville IN. 10.98 2/06 0215

East Fork White River..... Columbus IN. 9.0 2/07 0530 2/08 9.99 2/08 0700 Rockford IN. 12.0 2/06 0400 2/11 17.40 2/07 0800 Sparksville IN. 20.0 27.40 2/09 1100 Rivervale IN. 20.0 17.73 2/07 0100 Rivervale IN. 20.0 2/08 1600 2/13 27.18 2/10 2200 Bedford Boat Club IN. 20.0 17.50 2/07 1202 Bedford Boat Club IN. 20.0 2/09 1800 2/13 23.38 2/11 0900 Williams IN. 8.0 7.10 2/07 0700 Williams IN. 8.0 2/09 2030 2/13 9.70 2/11 1100 Shoals IN. 20.0 16.60 2/07 1130 Shoals IN. 20.0 2/12 0330 2/12 20.24 2/12 0945

East Fork Whitewater River..... Abington IN. 12.0 11.13 2/06 0830

Eel River..... Bowling Green IN. 17.0 2/05 2300 2/08 19.70 2/06 1700

Eel River (North)..... North Manchester IN. 7.0 14.09 2/06 1230 Adamsboro IN. 10.0 11.31 2/07 0900

Embarras River..... Carmargo IL. 12.0 15.62 2/06 1545 Ste Marie IL. 19.0 19.99 2/08 1230 Lawrenceville IL. 29.0 Estimated 34.60 2/11 1300

Fall Creek..... Fortville IN. 8.0 8.12 2/07 0200 Millersville IN. 9.0 11.09 2/06 2345

Flatrock River..... St. Paul IN. 6.0 6.96 2/07 0900 Columbus IN. 13.49 2/07 0530

Indian-Kentuck Creek..... Canaan IN. 7.19 2/06 0400

Killbuck Creek..... Anderson IN. 7.0 10.28 2/06 1945

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana

3/03/2008 Flood Stage Report February 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Kokomo Creek..... Kokomo IN. 7.71 2/06 0545

Lick Creek..... Beech Grove IN. 7.0 6.40 2/06 0100

Little Blue River..... Walkerville IN. 8.20 2/07 0145

Little Buck Creek..... Indianapolis IN. 7.84 2/06 0200

Little Eagle Creek..... Speedway IN. 5.27 2/06 0045

Little River..... Huntington IN. 15.0 18.91 2/07 0600

Middle Fork Vermilion River..... Oakwood IL. 16.01 2/06 1800

Mill Creek..... Cataract IN. 15.0 15.46 2/07 0500 Manhattan IN. 12.0 Backwater 11.99 2/06 0800

Mississinewa River..... Ridgeville IN. 11.0 14.47 2/06 0900 Marion 2N IN. 10.0 13.78 2/07 0200

Muscatatuck River..... Deputy IN. 15.0 23.38 2/06 1030 Vernon 1SW IN. 17.0 15.88 2/06 0930 Wheeler Hollow IN. 16.0 22.60 2/09 0900

Nameless Creek..... Stringtown IN. 6.51 2/06 0130

North Fork Embarras River..... Oblong IL. 19.67 2/07 0315

North Fork Vermilion River..... Bismarck IL. 20.19 2/06 1015

Patoka River..... Jasper IN. 14.0 14.81 2/07 1000 Winslow IN. 22.57 2/10 1830 Princeton IN. 18.0 17.27 2/13 2300

Pleasant Run..... Arlington Ave in IND IN. 8.03 2/06 0015

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana

3/03/2008 Flood Stage Report February 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Plum Creek..... Bainbridge IN. 4.30 2/05 0545

Pogues Run..... Above Dam near I-70 IN. 11.40 2/06 0600 Vermont St in Indy IN. 4.91 2/05 2315

Prairie Creek..... Lebanon IN. 11.59 2/06 0300

Prairie Ditch..... Peru IN. 7.06 2/05 2245 Peru 1 W IN. 7.68 2/06 0001

Salamonie River..... Warren 2.4 NW IN. 12.0 14.86 2/06 2100

Salt Creek..... Harrodsburg IN. 25.0 Backwater from local 22.21 2/06 1100 Harrodsburg IN. 25.0 Backwater from river 11.76 2/11 2200

Salt Fork..... St. Joseph IL. 19.03 2/06 1000

Silver Creek..... Sellersburg IN. 20.0 19.12 2/06 2215

South Fork Wildcat Creek..... Lafayette IN. 10.29 2/06 1030

Stony Creek..... Noblesville 1SE IN. 6.0 6.60 2/06 1145

Sugar Creek..... Crawfordsville IN. 8.0 2/06 0800 2/07 8.46 2/06 1800

Sugar Creek (South)..... Eden IN. 7.24 2/06 1845 SR 234 in Hancock Co IN. 8.11 2/07 0015 New Palestine IN. 8.0 8.26 2/07 1900 Edinburgh IN. 10.0 12.23 2/07 1030

Tippecanoe River..... Ora IN. 11.0 15.60 2/08 0001 Winamac IN. 10.0 15.03 2/09 0330 Monticello IN. 9.0 25.98 2/06 1800 Delphi IN. 8.0 15.07 2/06 1800

Vermilion River..... Danville IL. 18.0 26.26 2/06 2330

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana

3/03/2008 Flood Stage Report February 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Wabash River..... Linn Grove IN. 11.0 13.54 2/07 0800 Bluffton IN. 10.0 16.46 2/07 1915 Wabash IN. 12.0 16.30 2/06 0830 Peru IN. 20.0 12.41 2/06 1400 Logansport IN. 17.0 12.70 2/06 0900 Lafayette IN. 11.0 2/05 0800 2/26 24.31 2/07 1000 Covington IN. 16.0 2/05 1130 2/25 27.72 2/08 0800 Montezuma IN. 14.0 2/05 0630 2/28 30.11 2/09 0500 Clinton IN. 18.0 2/05 1600 2/22 29.50 2/09 0330 Terre Haute IN. 14.0 2/05 1230 2/28 25.14 2/10 0900 Hutsonville IL. 16.0 2/05 2000 3/02 26.50 2/12 0001 Riverton IN. 15.0 2/05 2230 3/02 24.16 2/12 2200 Red Skelton Bridge IN. 17.5 2/07 2300 2/25 25.88 2/13 2100 Vincennes IN. 16.0 2/07 1700 2/26 24.00 2/13 1500 Mount Carmel IL. 19.0 2/07 2000 2/22 27.96 2/15 0700 New Harmony IN. 15.0 19.46 2/16 0700

West Fork Blue River..... Salem IN. 12.0 9.19 2/06 0345

Whiskey Run..... Marengo IN. 8.0 6.12 2/06 0115

White Lick Creek..... Mooresville IN. 17.0 16.75 2/06 0945

White River..... Muncie IN. 9.0 2/06 0045 2/07 11.39 2/07 0300 Anderson 10th St. IN. 10.0 2/05 2330 2/08 14.68 2/07 0700 Anderson Raible Ave. IN. 10.0 14.26 2/07 0545 Noblesville IN. 14.0 2/05 2300 2/09 18.70 2/07 1515 146st nr Noblesville IN. 18.58 2/07 1645 Nora IN. 11.0 2/05 2230 2/09 15.64 2/08 0015 Ravenswood IN. 6.0 2/05 2300 2/10 9.40 2/07 2045 Broad Ripple Dam IN. 6.0 7.71 2/08 0100 Broad Ripple IN. 13.47 2/08 0100 Rocky Ripple IN. 7.0 11.50 2/08 0200 Indpls Museum of Art IN. 15.67 2/08 0215 IUPUI at Michigan St IN. Estimated 16.20 2/07 2200 Indpls Raymond St. IN. 16.0 15.35 2/07 2300 Stout Power Plant IN. 10.0 10.82 2/07 0015 Centerton 1S IN. 12.0 2/06 0100 2/10 15.87 2/07 1500 Centerton IN. 603.0 2/06 0300 2/10 606.80 2/07 1420 Spencer IN. 14.0 2/06 0400 2/12 21.37 2/08 2100 Worthington IN. 18.0 24.73 2/09 0800 Elliston IN. 18.0 2/06 0930 2/13 26.00 2/10 0800 Newberry IN. 13.0 2/06 0600 2/13 20.79 2/10 1500 Edwardsport IN. 15.0 2/06 1530 2/15 22.40 2/11 2000 Petersburg Power Plt IN. 16.0 23.46 2/13 1500 Petersburg IN. 16.0 2/06 1100 2/17 23.58 2/13 1700 Hazleton IN. 16.0 2/06 2000 2/18 24.00 2/14 1700 NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana

3/03/2008 Flood Stage Report February 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Whitewater River..... Economy IN. 8.48 2/06 0130 Alpine IN. 14.0 18.15 2/07 0100 Brookville IN. 20.0 11.82 2/07 1100

Wildcat Creek..... Jerome 1 SE IN. 11.24 2/06 1545 Kokomo IN. 10.0 12.29 2/06 2345 Owasco IN. 9.52 2/07 1615 Lafayette IN. 10.0 15.04 2/06 1300

Williams Creek..... Home Place 2 SW IN. 7.06 2/06 0100

Youngs Creek..... Amity IN. 7.0 9.20 2/06 1700 HSA OFFICE: NWS FORM E-5 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Indianapolis (IND), Indiana NOAA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT FOR (MONTH / YEAR): MONTHLY REPORT OF RIVER AND FLOOD CONDITIONS March 2008

TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATE: April 17, 2008 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INFO CENTER, W/OS31 SSMC 2 – Room 13468 SIGNATURE: Albert P. Shipe, Jr. 1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY

SILVER SPRING, MD 20910-3283

When no flooding occurs, include miscellaneous river conditions, such as significant rises, record low stages, ice conditions, snow cover, droughts, and hydrologic products issued (WSOM E-41).

An X inside this box indicates that no flooding occurred within this hydrologic service area.

Old man winter seemed to save his best for last. Indiana experienced an epic March snow, an epic March rain, followed by epic and relentless flooding. A few observers in south central and southeast Indiana received more than a foot of snow and a foot of rain during March. This may have been a first climatologically for Indiana.

During March the focus for the heavy rain and snow events shifted from northern Indiana to southern Indiana. For the third consecutive month, widespread flooding struck the Indianapolis HSA. Rain of 1 to 3 inches fell on the 3rd and 4th. The heaviest rain fell in southern Indiana. This caused widespread lowland flooding across central and southern Indiana. March had started the same as January and February, but this is where the similarities ended.

As the lowland flooding was beginning to subside, an epic March snow storm struck portions of Indiana, Kentucky and all of Ohio on the 7th and 8th. Snow of 1 to nearly 15 inches fell in Indiana south and east of Indianapolis. There was a very sharp gradient with the heaviest snow. While the Indianapolis airport measured slightly over an inch of snow, the Columbus area received over 9 inches. Even more snow fell in southern Indiana as areas near Louisville and Cincinnati measured more than a foot of snow. Near blizzard conditions occurred in adjacent central Ohio. The Columbus, Ohio area received record March snow of 20 or more inches.

The snow began to melt on the 9th and was completely gone by 13th. The melting snow in southeast and south central Indiana caused a slight rise in the East Fork White River and kept the river high.

Storms clouds were gathering again after St. Patrick’s Day and once again southern Indiana would be struck. An epic rain of 5 to more than 8 inches fell on the 18th and 19th in much of southern Indiana near and south of U.S. Highway 50. Many areas of southern Indiana were paralyzed for two or more days as a result. Martin County declared an emergency and told drivers to stay off the roads until flood waters receded.

Just south of the Indianapolis HSA, flooding was extremely bad in the French Lick and West Baden Springs of Orange County, the Jasper area and along Pigeon Creek in the Evansville area. The Vincennes District of the Indiana State Highway Department reported many state roads flooded in southwest and south central Indiana. The U.S. Geological Survey measured record flooding along portions of the Blue River and Big Creek.

Rainfall in central Indiana on the 18th and 19th was not quite as heavy as that in southern Indiana. Rain of 2 to over 4 inches fell south of I-70 and north of U.S. 50. Rainfall amounts north of I-70 where even less where only ½ to nearly 3 inches were measured.

The ensuing flood along the East Fork White, White and Wabash Rivers in southern Indiana was very similar to March 2006. Flooding along the Muscatatuck River approached and may have exceeded levels seen in January 2005. Flooding along the Lost River was similar to May 1990 and higher than January 2005. Major flooding occurred along the Patoka River in the Winslow and Princeton areas. Flood waters along the Patoka River were the highest since March 1964.

What differed for this March 2008 flood along the White, East Fork White and Wabash Rivers was the duration of the extensive flooding. Just as the crest was reaching the Hazleton and Mount Carmel areas on the 27th, rain of 1 to nearly 6 inches fell from the evening of the 26th through the night of the 31st in southern Indiana. This additional rain caused a slight increase in the crests at Hazleton and Mount Carmel and prolonged the extensive flooding. Additional rains during the first 10 days of April continued the flooding in portions of southern Indiana for 7 weeks.

March ended with extensive flooding in southern Indiana continuing into April, upstream lowland flooding along the Wabash and White Rivers, very wet soils and more rain on the way in early April. As part of the big picture, central and southern Indiana were on the northeast fringe of a large, heavy rain area that caused major flooding on portions of the Mississippi River during April.

Rainfall and melted snow during March ranged from record levels of more than 15 inches in southern Indiana to slightly over 2 inches in northern Indiana. Rainfall was 2 to 3 times the normal in southern Indiana and near to slightly below normal in northern Indiana. Most locations in the Indianapolis HSA received 4 to 8 inches for the month.

Melted precipitation fell on 12 to 15 days. Rain of an inch or more fell on 4 days in many areas of southern Indiana, while in central and northern Indiana this ranged from 1 to 3 days. There were areas in northern Indiana that did not receive an inch of rain during March.

Snowfall during March ranged from record levels of 12 inches or more in southern Indiana to less than an inch in western areas of Indiana. Most locations received 1 to 3 inches for the month. Portions of south central and eastern Indiana received more than 6 inches.

Monthly temperatures averaged ½ to nearly 2 degrees below normal across the HSA. Warm spells during March were brief and lasted only 1 to 2 days. Cold periods were more frequent. The longest cold spell lasted 8 days from the 4th through the 11th.

Maximum temperatures during March ranged from the middle 60s to low 70s and occurred on the 2nd or 31st. The lowest temperatures ranged from the teens to low 20s and occurred on 8th or 9th. Temperatures fell below freezing on 17 to 24 days and remained below freezing on 2 to 4 days.

March 2008 Estimated Rainfall

Estimated rainfall totals are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

March 2008 Estimated Rainfall Departure Estimated rainfall departures are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

Estimated 7 Day Rainfall ending March 24 2008 Rain that started the flood

Estimated 7 Day Rainfall ending April 1 2008 Rain that extended the flood

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 4/17/2008 Flood Stage Report March 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Beaver Creek..... Shoals 2.5 E IN. 7.44 3/04 1430 Shoals 2.5 E IN. 10.13 3/19 0415 Shoals 2.5 E IN. BW 5.23 3/24 0616 Shoals 2.5 E IN. 7.97 3/27 1245 Shoals 2.5 E IN. 7.42 4/01 1100

Big Blue River..... Carthage IN. 7.0 8.30 3/05 0230 Carthage IN. 7.0 9.27 3/19 1600 Shelbyville IN. 11.0 3/04 1100 3/06 14.32 3/05 1715 Shelbyville IN. 11.0 3/19 0430 3/21 14.89 3/20 1445

Big Creek..... Wadesville 1.6 SE IN. 18.62 3/04 1000 Wadesville 1.6 SE IN. 20.55 3/19 0245 Wadesville 1.6 SE IN. 17.65 4/01 0515

Big Raccoon Creek..... Fincastle IN. 11.0 7.24 3/04 0800 Fincastle IN. 11.0 10.41 3/19 1600 Coxville IN. 14.0 9.88 3/04 1100 Coxville IN. 14.0 13.88 3/19 1600 Coxville IN. 14.0 12.77 3/28 1100 Coxville IN. 14.0 13.80 4/01 0915

Big Walnut Creek..... Roachdale IN. 9.58 3/04 0445 Roachdale IN. 12.50 3/19 1215 Reelsville IN. 12.0 10.41 3/04 1600 Reelsville IN. 12.0 14.77 3/19 1800 Reelsville IN. 12.0 11.06 3/28 0900

Blue River..... Fredericksburg IN. 20.0 18.62 3/05 0100 Fredericksburg IN. 20.0 27.34 3/19 1530 Fredericksburg IN. 20.0 19.00 3/27 1530 White Cloud IN. 13.93 3/05 0130 White Cloud IN. 24.15 3/20 0900 White Cloud IN. 13.33 3/28 0130

Bonpas Creek..... Browns IL. 15.78 3/05 2315 Browns IL. 23.33 3/20 0645 Browns IL. 18.84 3/29 0345

Brush Creek..... Nebraska IN. 6.08 3/04 1645 Nebraska IN. 6.25 3/04 0400 Nebraska IN. 9.93 3/18 2200 Nebraska IN. 6.98 3/27 0515

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 4/17/2008 Flood Stage Report March 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Buck Creek..... Acton IN. 9.0 8.55 3/04 2330 Acton IN. 9.0 11.01 3/19 1530 Acton IN. 9.0 8.41 3/28 1200

Buck Creek (South)..... New Middletown IN. 12.0 7.85 3/04 0730 New Middletown IN. 12.0 9.17 3/19 1115 New Middletown IN. 12.0 5.05 3/28 0915

Busseron Creek..... Carlisle IN. 16.0 8.41 3/03 2230 Carlisle IN. 16.0 7.74 3/18 0845

Cicero Creek..... Tipton IN. 7.76 3/04 0330 Arcadia IN. 8.81 3/04 0800 Arcadia IN. 9.84 3/19 1845

Clifty Creek..... Hartsville IN. 10.0 7.21 3/05 0300 Hartsville IN. 10.0 10.24 3/19 1545 Hartsville IN. 10.0 5.35 3/28 1015 Columbus IN. 12.0 15.73 3/05 0330 Columbus IN. 12.0 18.61 3/19 1700 Columbus IN. 12.0 13.37 3/28 1100

Crooked Creek..... Speedway IN. 4.97 3/04 0300 Speedway IN. 7.14 3/19 0745 Speedway IN. 9.37 3/19 1745

Deer Creek..... Delphi IN. 5.45 3/03 1630 Delphi IN. 6.39 3/19 2230

Eagle Creek..... Zionsville IN. 9.0 6.55 3/04 0330 Zionsville IN. 9.0 9.44 3/19 1115 Clermont 1 NE IN. 7.10 3/04 0830 Clermont 1 NE IN. 9.16 3/19 1615 Speedway IN. 9.0 6.58 3/04 0930 Speedway IN. 9.0 9.04 3/19 1545

East Fork White Lick Creek..... Bridgeport IN. 12.0 5.78 3/04 0300 Bridgeport IN. 12.0 8.71 3/19 0700 Bridgeport IN. 12.0 6.32 3/28 0145 Camby 2 NNW IN. 14.0 7.98 3/04 0345 Camby 2 NNW IN. 14.0 11.27 3/19 0830 Camby 2 NNW IN. 14.0 9.55 3/28 0130 Mooresville IN. 8.95 3/04 0500 NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 4/17/2008 Flood Stage Report March 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------East Fork White Lick Creek continued..... Mooresville IN. 11.54 3/19 0645 Mooresville IN. 10.86 3/28 0345

East Fork White River..... Columbus IN. 9.0 3/05 1330 3/07 10.14 3/06 0730 Columbus IN. 9.0 3/19 1500 3/22 11.51 3/20 1430 Columbus IN. 9.0 4.93 3/29 1800 Rockford IN. 12.0 3/04 1230 3/09 17.71 3/05 1400 Rockford IN. 12.0 3/18 1830 3/24 18.68 3/20 0200 Rockford IN. 12.0 3/27 1300 4/03 15.91 3/29 0001 Sparksville IN. 20.0 ESTI 31.50 3/21 1900 Rivervale IN. 20.0 3/06 1300 3/12 27.75 3/08 2000 Rivervale IN. 20.0 3/18 2330 4/09 34.62 3/22 1100 Bedford Boat Club IN. 20.0 3/07 1200 3/11 24.27 3/09 1000 Bedford Boat Club IN. 20.0 3/19 0600 4/05 31.29 3/22 1730 Williams IN. 8.0 7.10 3/05 0700 Williams IN. 8.0 3/07 1300 3/12 10.40 3/09 1100 Williams IN. 8.0 3/19 0230 4/06 18.50 3/23 0600 Shoals IN. 20.0 15.56 3/06 0015 Shoals IN. 20.0 3/09 0345 3/11 21.61 3/10 1145 Shoals IN. 20.0 3/19 0930 4/05 30.13 3/24 0530

East Fork Whitewater River..... Abington IN. 12.0 10.96 3/04 2315 Abington IN. 12.0 12.56 3/19 0815 Abington IN. 12.0 8.03 3/28 0330

Eel River..... Bowling Green IN. 17.0 16.31 3/05 0001 Bowling Green IN. 17.0 3/19 0330 3/21 20.23 3/19 2100 Bowling Green IN. 17.0 15.82 3/28 2100

Eel River (North)..... North Manchester IN. 7.0 8.42 3/03 2315 North Manchester IN. 7.0 8.96 3/28 0845 Adamsboro IN. 10.0 7.32 3/04 0600 Adamsboro IN. 10.0 7.69 3/28 2100

Embarras River..... Carmargo IL. 12.0 8.67 3/04 1400 Carmargo IL. 12.0 9.93 3/20 0600 Carmargo IL. 12.0 10.38 4/01 1900 Ste Marie IL. 19.0 15.81 3/05 0115 Ste Marie IL. 19.0 21.95 3/21 0015 Ste Marie IL. 19.0 17.02 3/28 2100 Ste Marie IL. 19.0 19.60 4/03 1745 Lawrenceville IL. 29.0 31.92 3/07 0105 Lawrenceville IL. 29.0 ESTI 37.50 3/22 1900 Lawrenceville IL. 29.0 34.20 3/29 1620

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 4/17/2008 Flood Stage Report March 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Fall Creek..... Fortville IN. 8.0 7.13 3/05 0100 Fortville IN. 8.0 8.25 3/20 0400 Millersville IN. 9.0 8.53 3/05 0930 Millersville IN. 9.0 11.06 3/20 1000

Flatrock River..... St. Paul IN. 6.0 6.50 3/05 0630 St. Paul IN. 6.0 8.23 3/19 1500 Columbus IN. 12.75 3/05 1900 Columbus IN. 14.37 3/20 0500

Indian-Kentuck Creek..... Canaan IN. 7.56 3/04 1715 Canaan IN. 9.49 3/19 0001 Canaan IN. 6.77 3/27 0645

Killbuck Creek..... Anderson IN. 7.0 7.35 3/04 2030 Anderson IN. 7.0 9.07 3/20 0015

Kokomo Creek..... Kokomo IN. 4.79 3/04 0245 Kokomo IN. 5.63 3/19 1400

Lick Creek..... Beech Grove IN. 7.0 3.64 3/04 1745 Beech Grove IN. 7.0 6.37 3/19 0530 Beech Grove IN. 7.0 5.15 3/28 0115

Little Blue River..... Walkerville IN. 8.41 3/05 1445 Walkerville IN. 8.46 3/20 0030

Little Buck Creek..... Indianapolis IN. 5.33 3/04 2015 Indianapolis IN. 10.86 3/19 0715 Indianapolis IN. 6.41 3/28 0245

Little Eagle Creek..... Speedway IN. 3.89 3/04 0215 Speedway IN. 5.76 3/19 0615

Little River..... Huntington IN. 15.0 11.68 3/04 0100 Huntington IN. 15.0 12.39 3/19 1300 Huntington IN. 15.0 12.95 3/28 0700

Middle Fork Anderson River..... Bristow IN. 15.0 13.08 3/04 0530 Bristow IN. 15.0 15.93 3/19 0515

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 4/17/2008 Flood Stage Report March 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Middle Fork Vermilion River..... Oakwood IL. 5.69 3/03 2300

Mill Creek..... Cataract IN. 15.0 14.00 3/05 0500 Cataract IN. 15.0 18.24 3/20 0600 Cataract IN. 15.0 12.98 3/29 0500 Manhattan IN. 12.0 12.74 3/19 1300

Mississinewa River..... Ridgeville IN. 11.0 12.87 3/04 0800 Ridgeville IN. 11.0 13.99 3/19 1200 Ridgeville IN. 11.0 11.00 3/28 0700 Marion 2N IN. 10.0 9.26 3/04 1800 Marion 2N IN. 10.0 10.17 3/19 2200

Muscatatuck River..... Deputy IN. 15.0 23.14 3/04 1500 Deputy IN. 15.0 30.51 3/19 0800 Deputy IN. 15.0 21.97 3/28 1130 Vernon 1SW IN. 17.0 14.42 3/04 0930 Vernon 1SW IN. 17.0 13.13 3/05 0100 Vernon 1SW IN. 17.0 26.00 3/19 0730 Vernon 1SW IN. 17.0 13.27 3/28 0945 Wheeler Hollow IN. 16.0 22.50 3/07 0915 Wheeler Hollow IN. 16.0 ESTI 28.25 3/21 0730

Nameless Creek..... Stringtown IN. 6.08 3/04 1930 Stringtown IN. 6.72 3/19 0630

North Fork Embarras River..... Oblong IL. 16.63 3/05 0245 Oblong IL. 20.86 3/20 0145 Oblong IL. 16.81 3/28 0615 Oblong IL. 17.64 4/02 1645

North Fork Vermilion River..... Bismarck IL. 11.00 3/03 1600

Patoka River..... Cuzco IN. 11.14 3/19 0400 Jasper IN. 14.0 14.52 3/05 2300 Jasper IN. 14.0 17.83 3/19 2000 Jasper IN. 14.0 14.47 3/29 0001 Winslow IN. 21.81 3/09 0900 Winslow IN. 27.91 3/22 1000 Princeton IN. 18.0 16.56 3/12 2000 Princeton IN. 18.0 24.11 3/24 2100

Pleasant Run..... Arlington Ave in IND IN. 4.63 3/04 1630 NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 4/17/2008 Flood Stage Report March 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Pleasant Run continued..... Arlington Ave in IND IN. 6.45 3/19 0545 Arlington Ave in IND IN. 6.04 3/28 0045

Plum Creek..... Bainbridge IN. 2.95 3/03 2300 Bainbridge IN. 3.71 3/19 0530 Bainbridge IN. 3.00 3/28 0145

Pogues Run..... Above Dam near I-70 IN. 6.76 3/04 2145 Above Dam near I-70 IN. 12.68 3/19 1045 Vermont St in Indy IN. ESTI 2.92 3/04 1800 Vermont St in Indy IN. 4.49 3/19 0530 Vermont St in Indy IN. 3.51 3/28 0030

Prairie Creek..... Lebanon IN. 7.86 3/04 0315 Lebanon IN. 10.42 3/19 0900

Prairie Ditch..... Peru IN. 3.33 3/02 1745 Peru 1 W IN. 3.13 3/02 2130

Salamonie River..... Warren 2.4 NW IN. 12.0 11.16 3/04 1000 Warren 2.4 NW IN. 12.0 11.22 3/20 0001

Salt Creek..... Harrodsburg IN. 25.0 20.73 3/04 2300 Harrodsburg IN. 25.0 bwsm 14.01 3/09 2200 Harrodsburg IN. 25.0 24.61 3/19 1000 Harrodsburg IN. 25.0 LPBW 17.25 3/21 1700 Harrodsburg IN. 25.0 HPBW 19.34 3/23 0700 Harrodsburg IN. 25.0 22.60 3/28 1100

Salt Fork..... St. Joseph IL. 10.51 3/02 2200

Silver Creek..... Sellersburg IN. 20.0 19.48 3/05 0245 Sellersburg IN. 20.0 25.83 3/20 0345 Sellersburg IN. 20.0 18.46 3/27 2045

South Fork Wildcat Creek..... Lafayette IN. 5.91 3/03 1015 Lafayette IN. 7.29 3/19 1730

Stony Creek..... Noblesville 1SE IN. 6.0 5.13 3/04 1030 Noblesville 1SE IN. 6.0 6.44 3/19 1615

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 4/17/2008 Flood Stage Report March 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Sugar Creek..... Crawfordsville IN. 8.0 4.51 3/04 0900 Crawfordsville IN. 8.0 6.00 3/19 1800

Sugar Creek (South)..... Eden IN. 6.86 3/04 2130 Eden IN. 7.56 3/19 2100 SR 234 in Hancock Co IN. 7.84 3/05 0245 SR 234 in Hancock Co IN. 8.37 3/19 2345 New Palestine IN. 8.0 7.75 3/05 2145 New Palestine IN. 8.0 9.10 3/20 1530 Edinburgh IN. 10.0 12.63 3/05 1645 Edinburgh IN. 10.0 13.62 3/20 1600

Tippecanoe River..... Ora IN. 11.0 12.82 3/05 0430 Winamac IN. 10.0 10.38 3/05 2145 Monticello IN. 9.0 10.13 3/04 0001 Monticello IN. 9.0 9.48 3/28 1600 Delphi IN. 8.0 8.17 3/03 1300 Delphi IN. 8.0 7.48 3/28 2100

Vermilion River..... Danville IL. 18.0 12.23 3/04 0001 Danville IL. 18.0 11.18 3/19 1900 Danville IL. 18.0 8.54 3/28 2230

Wabash River..... Linn Grove IN. 11.0 12.01 3/05 1200 Linn Grove IN. 11.0 12.18 3/21 0100 Bluffton IN. 10.0 13.01 3/05 2315 Bluffton IN. 10.0 13.25 3/21 1200 Wabash IN. 12.0 13.53 3/07 1515 Peru IN. 20.0 11.75 3/07 2000 Logansport IN. 17.0 8.87 3/07 0300 Logansport IN. 17.0 8.90 3/21 0200 Logansport IN. 17.0 8.90 3/23 1700 Logansport IN. 17.0 9.11 3/29 0100 Lafayette IN. 11.0 3/03 1100 3/18 15.59 3/05 0100 Lafayette IN. 11.0 3/19 0700 3/26 15.50 3/20 1500 Lafayette IN. 11.0 3/28 1630 14.77 3/29 1500 Lafayette IN. 11.0 4/05 15.28 4/02 1400 Covington IN. 16.0 3/03 2130 19.71 3/06 1700 Covington IN. 16.0 3/27 19.61 3/22 1000 Covington IN. 16.0 3/29 0700 4/06 19.71 4/03 1800 Montezuma IN. 14.0 3/03 1200 19.50 3/06 1200 Montezuma IN. 14.0 20.79 3/20 0800 Montezuma IN. 14.0 4/09 20.67 4/02 0001 Terre Haute IN. 14.0 3/04 0130 17.67 3/07 1300 Terre Haute IN. 14.0 18.92 3/20 1700 Terre Haute IN. 14.0 4/09 18.49 4/02 1200 Hutsonville IL. 16.0 3/03 2100 20.10 3/08 1600 NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 4/17/2008 Flood Stage Report March 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Wabash River continued..... Hutsonville IL. 16.0 21.70 3/22 0700 Riverton IN. 15.0 3/04 0030 18.45 3/10 1000 Riverton IN. 15.0 19.99 3/22 0800 Red Skelton Bridge IN. 17.5 3/07 1000 3/11 17.79 3/08 1900 Red Skelton Bridge IN. 17.5 3/18 1900 4/15 22.07 3/22 2300 Vincennes IN. 16.0 3/06 0645 3/12 16.50 3/09 1730 Vincennes IN. 16.0 3/18 1800 4/16 21.00 3/23 0700 Mount Carmel IL. 19.0 3/05 1330 3/17 23.61 3/13 0200 Mount Carmel IL. 19.0 3/18 1030 29.72 3/27 1200 New Harmony IN. 15.0 DCPA 16.92 3/14 1400 New Harmony IN. 15.0 STAF 16.85 3/14 1000 New Harmony IN. 15.0 DCPA 20.62 3/28 1300 New Harmony IN. 15.0 Staf 20.52 3/28 1800

West Fork Blue River..... Salem IN. 12.0 6.76 3/04 1615 Salem IN. 12.0 12.67 3/19 0030 Salem IN. 12.0 8.35 3/27 0545

Whiskey Run..... Marengo IN. 8.0 4.51 3/04 0315 Marengo IN. 8.0 8.75 3/19 0330 Marengo IN. 8.0 4.84 3/28 0515 Marengo IN. 8.0 6.03 4/04 0515

White Lick Creek..... Mooresville IN. 17.0 14.66 3/04 0815 Mooresville IN. 17.0 18.40 3/19 1615 Mooresville IN. 17.0 13.91 3/28 0815

White River..... Muncie IN. 9.0 3/04 2100 3/05 9.06 3/04 2300 Muncie IN. 9.0 3/19 1015 3/20 10.97 3/20 0400 Anderson 10th St. IN. 10.0 3/04 1600 3/06 10.87 3/05 1000 Anderson 10th St. IN. 10.0 3/19 1000 3/21 14.30 3/20 1100 Anderson Raible Ave. IN. 10.0 11.05 3/05 1115 Anderson Raible Ave. IN. 10.0 13.85 3/20 1245 Noblesville IN. 14.0 13.92 3/05 1400 Noblesville IN. 14.0 3/19 1730 3/22 16.81 3/21 0230 146st nr Noblesville IN. 12.90 3/05 0530 146st nr Noblesville IN. 15.69 3/21 0230 Nora IN. 11.0 3/05 0100 3/06 11.18 3/05 1315 Nora IN. 11.0 3/19 1915 3/22 13.53 3/21 0945 Ravenswood IN. 6.0 7.30 3/20 1530 Broad Ripple Dam IN. 6.0 5.98 3/05 1700 Broad Ripple Dam IN. 6.0 6.84 3/21 0900 Broad Ripple IN. 8.67 3/05 1700 Broad Ripple IN. 11.17 3/21 0900 Rocky Ripple IN. 7.0 8.95 3/21 0900 Indpls Museum of Art IN. 11.55 3/05 1930 Indpls Museum of Art IN. 13.72 3/21 1100 NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 4/17/2008 Flood Stage Report March 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------White River continued..... IUPUI at Michigan St IN. 12.61 3/05 1800 IUPUI at Michigan St IN. Esti 14.33 3/21 0300 Indpls Raymond St. IN. 16.0 11.57 3/05 1700 Indpls Raymond St. IN. 16.0 13.74 3/20 1600 Stout Power Plant IN. 10.0 8.06 3/05 1630 Stout Power Plant IN. 10.0 9.60 3/20 1545 Centerton 1S IN. 12.0 3/04 1130 3/07 13.71 3/05 0300 Centerton 1S IN. 12.0 3/19 0530 3/23 15.68 3/19 2300 Centerton IN. 603.0 3/04 1400 3/07 604.40 3/05 0615 Centerton IN. 603.0 3/19 0530 3/23 606.40 3/20 0630 Spencer IN. 14.0 3/04 1830 3/09 19.11 3/06 1100 Spencer IN. 14.0 3/19 0300 3/24 21.68 3/21 0400 Spencer IN. 14.0 3/29 0200 3/29 14.57 3/29 1100 Worthington IN. 18.0 23.98 3/07 0800 Worthington IN. 18.0 25.45 3/22 0700 Worthington IN. 18.0 20.60 4/03 0700 Elliston IN. 18.0 3/04 1000 3/10 23.93 3/18 0800 Elliston IN. 18.0 3/18 1900 3/26 26.77 3/22 0700 Elliston IN. 18.0 3/27 1300 4/06 21.37 4/04 1200 Newberry IN. 13.0 3/04 1230 3/10 18.33 3/08 0700 Newberry IN. 13.0 3/18 1830 3/26 22.37 3/22 2000 Newberry IN. 13.0 3/27 0730 4/06 16.27 3/28 1500 Edwardsport IN. 15.0 3/04 2200 3/12 20.50 3/08 1900 Edwardsport IN. 15.0 3/18 2200 4/08 23.40 3/23 0530 Petersburg Power Plt IN. 16.0 22.64 3/11 1530 Petersburg Power Plt IN. 16.0 26.43 3/25 1715 Petersburg IN. 16.0 3/04 1130 3/17 22.87 3/11 1200 Petersburg IN. 16.0 3/18 1115 25.89 3/25 1700 Hazleton IN. 16.0 3/05 0600 3/17 23.00 3/12 0400 Hazleton IN. 16.0 3/18 1800 27.70 3/27 0430

Whitewater River..... Economy IN. 6.24 3/04 1845 Economy IN. 6.57 3/19 0730 Economy IN. 5.39 3/28 0300 Alpine IN. 14.0 17.16 3/04 2100 Alpine IN. 14.0 17.18 3/19 2100 Alpine IN. 14.0 12.12 3/28 1500 Brookville IN. 20.0 14.41 3/05 0300 Brookville IN. 20.0 18.83 3/19 1100 Brookville IN. 20.0 9.77 3/28 0700

Wildcat Creek..... Jerome 1 SE IN. 8.54 3/03 0715 Jerome 1 SE IN. 9.74 3/19 1745 Kokomo IN. 10.0 8.06 3/04 1700 Kokomo IN. 10.0 9.23 3/20 0500 Owasco IN. 5.81 3/05 0930 Owasco IN. 6.55 3/21 0700 Lafayette IN. 10.0 8.87 3/04 2000 Lafayette IN. 10.0 10.08 3/19 2100 NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 4/17/2008 Flood Stage Report March 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Williams Creek..... Home Place 2 SW IN. 5.30 3/04 0145 Home Place 2 SW IN. 6.88 3/19 0615

Youngs Creek..... Amity IN. 7.0 9.22 3/04 2330 Amity IN. 7.0 9.71 3/19 2200

HSA OFFICE: NWS FORM E-5 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Indianapolis (IND), Indiana NOAA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT FOR (MONTH / YEAR): MONTHLY REPORT OF RIVER AND FLOOD CONDITIONS April 2008

TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATE: May 15, 2008 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INFO CENTER, W/OS31 SSMC 2 – Room 13468 SIGNATURE: Albert P. Shipe, Jr. 1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY

SILVER SPRING, MD 20910-3283

When no flooding occurs, include miscellaneous river conditions, such as significant rises, record low stages, ice conditions, snow cover, droughts, and hydrologic products issued (WSOM E-41).

An X inside this box indicates that no flooding occurred within this hydrologic service area.

The heavy precipitation pattern in place since the beginning of the year relented during April. Nearly the entire HSA experienced below normal rainfall for the month. Flooding in the HSA finally came to an end after nearly 7 weeks.

The heavy rainfall pattern did not end; it moved southward during April. The Indianapolis HSA was on the north side of two heavy rain events that occurred during the first 10 days of April. Both of these were confined to southern Indiana.

The biggest of the two rainfall events occurred on the 3rd and 4th. Rain of 1 to more than 6 inches fell in southern Indiana and northern Kentucky. Major local flood problems developed in areas of northern Kentucky. In southern Indiana this rain only prolonged river flooding.

The second and last heavy rainfall occurred on the 10th and the 11th. Rain of 1 to nearly 3 inches fell once again in portions of southern Indiana. The primary effect of this rain was filling the Corps of Engineers reservoirs at Monroe and Patoka Lakes to near capacity. Monroe Lake reached its second highest level of record. The record level was set during May 2002. Patoka Lake reached a record level. Neither reservoir “spilled”.

After the 10th, a dry period gradually set in and continued through the remainder of the month. By the end of the month most streams were at seasonal levels and the farmers were working the fields in much of the state. A few lingering wet areas remained in southern Indiana.

Monthly rainfall totals ranged from 1½ to 5½ inches. Most areas received 2 to 4 inches during April. Rainfall was below normal in nearly every area of the HSA. Rain fell on 10 to 15 days during the month. Rain of an inch or more fell on only one day in some areas of the HSA.

Monthly temperatures averaged from normal to slightly more than 2 degrees above normal. This reversed the below normal trend of the past two months. During April temperature regimes alternated between warm and cold like they did in March. However, this month the warm spells were longer and the cold spells were shorter. Mild temperatures and little rainfall from the 16th through the 27th provided a glorious spring with all the flowers and blooming shrubs.

Maximum temperatures during April reached into the lower 80s and occurred on the 23rd or 25th. The lowest temperatures fell into the upper 20s and lower 30 and occurred on the 2nd, 5th or 15th. Temperatures fell below freezing on 2 to 6 days.

April 2008 Estimated Rainfall

Estimated rainfall totals are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

April 2008 Estimated Rainfall Departure Estimated rainfall departures are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

Estimated 7 Day Rainfall ending April 8, 2008 Heavy Rain of April 3-4.

Estimated 7 Day Rainfall ending April 15, 2008 Rains of April 10 and 11 that nearly filled two flood control lakes

Estimated 15 Day Rainfall ending April 29, 2008 Little Rainfall the Last Half of April

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 5/15/2008 Flood Stage Report April 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Beaver Creek..... Shoals 2.5 E IN. 7.42 4/01 1100 Shoals 2.5 E IN. 7.69 4/04 1345 Shoals 2.5 E IN. 7.73 4/11 1200

Big Blue River..... Carthage IN. 7.0 5.10 4/11 1000 Shelbyville IN. 11.0 9.47 4/11 2215

Big Creek..... Wadesville 1.6 SE IN. 17.65 4/01 0515 Wadesville 1.6 SE IN. 18.72 4/04 1000 Wadesville 1.6 SE IN. 16.06 4/11 0945

Big Raccoon Creek..... Coxville IN. 14.0 13.80 4/01 0915

Blue River..... Fredericksburg IN. 20.0 19.13 4/04 1530 White Cloud IN. 13.85 4/05 0215

Bonpas Creek..... Browns IL. 18.36 4/04 0600

Brush Creek..... Nebraska IN. 6.92 4/11 0515

Buck Creek (South)..... New Middletown IN. 12.0 11.23 4/04 0345

Clifty Creek..... Hartsville IN. 10.0 4.64 4/11 1215

Deer Creek..... Delphi IN. 5.41 4/11 1900

East Fork White River..... Columbus IN. 9.0 4.11 4/12 1230 Rockford IN. 12.0 3/27 1300 4/03 15.91 3/29 0001 Rockford IN. 12.0 4/04 1030 4/07 14.89 4/05 0500 Rivervale IN. 20.0 3/18 2330 4/09 34.62 3/22 1100 Bedford Boat Club IN. 20.0 3/19 0600 4/05 31.29 3/22 1730 Williams IN. 8.0 3/19 0230 4/06 18.50 3/23 0600 Shoals IN. 20.0 3/19 0930 4/05 30.13 3/24 0530

East Fork Whitewater River..... Abington IN. 12.0 7.08 4/11 1145

Eel River (North)..... North Manchester IN. 7.0 8.34 4/11 1115 Adamsboro IN. 10.0 7.38 4/11 2300

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 5/15/2008 Flood Stage Report April 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Embarras River..... Carmargo IL. 12.0 10.38 4/01 1900 Ste Marie IL. 19.0 19.60 4/03 1745

Flatrock River..... St. Paul IN. 6.0 3.50 4/12 0900 Columbus IN. 8.94 4/12 0130

Indian-Kentuck Creek..... Canaan IN. 7.01 4/04 0645

Lick Creek..... Beech Grove IN. 7.0 3.46 4/11 0415

Little Buck Creek..... Indianapolis IN. 4.96 4/11 0345

Middle Fork Anderson River..... Bristow IN. 15.0 14.64 4/04 0545

Middle Fork Vermilion River..... Oakwood IL. 4.79 4/11 1200

Mississinewa River..... Ridgeville IN. 11.0 10.45 4/11 1000

Muscatatuck River..... Deputy IN. 15.0 21.45 4/04 1315 Vernon 1SW IN. 17.0 12.26 4/11 1130

North Fork Embarras River..... Oblong IL. 17.64 4/02 1645 Oblong IL. 17.92 4/11 2230

North Fork Vermilion River..... Bismarck IL. 8.87 4/11 1215

Patoka River..... Jasper IN. 14.0 14.89 4/12 1200 Winslow IN. 24.49 4/07 0015

Prairie Creek..... Lebanon IN. 7.61 4/11 0245

Salt Creek..... Harrodsburg IN. 25.0 19.35 4/11 0900

Salt Fork..... St. Joseph IL. 10.68 4/11 0515

Silver Creek..... Sellersburg IN. 20.0 21.07 4/05 0001 NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 5/15/2008 Flood Stage Report April 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Tippecanoe River..... Delphi IN. 8.0 7.20 4/12 0001

Vermilion River..... Danville IL. 18.0 10.41 4/11 2045

Wabash River..... Logansport IN. 17.0 9.28 4/02 0001 Lafayette IN. 11.0 3/28 1630 14.77 3/29 1500 Lafayette IN. 11.0 4/05 15.28 4/02 1400 Covington IN. 16.0 3/29 0700 4/06 19.71 4/03 1800 Montezuma IN. 14.0 3/03 1200 19.50 3/06 1200 Montezuma IN. 14.0 20.79 3/20 0800 Montezuma IN. 14.0 4/09 20.67 4/02 0001 Terre Haute IN. 14.0 3/04 0130 17.67 3/07 1300 Terre Haute IN. 14.0 18.92 3/20 1700 Terre Haute IN. 14.0 4/09 18.49 4/02 1200 Hutsonville IL. 16.0 3/03 2100 20.10 3/08 1600 Hutsonville IL. 16.0 4/18 21.70 3/22 0700 Riverton IN. 15.0 3/04 0030 18.45 3/10 1000 Riverton IN. 15.0 4/19 19.99 3/22 0800 Red Skelton Bridge IN. 17.5 3/18 1900 4/15 22.07 3/22 2300 Vincennes IN. 16.0 3/18 1800 4/16 21.00 3/23 0700 Mount Carmel IL. 19.0 3/18 1030 4/19 29.72 3/27 1200

West Fork Blue River..... Salem IN. 12.0 7.53 4/04 0630

Whiskey Run..... Marengo IN. 8.0 6.03 4/04 0515

White River..... Muncie IN. 9.0 7.08 4/11 2230 Anderson 10th St. IN. 10.0 7.64 4/12 0300 Anderson Raible Ave. IN. 10.0 7.05 4/12 0415 Spencer IN. 14.0 4/02 0900 4/04 14.28 4/03 1100 Worthington IN. 18.0 20.60 4/03 0700 Elliston IN. 18.0 3/27 1300 4/06 21.37 4/04 1200 Newberry IN. 13.0 3/27 0730 4/06 16.27 3/28 1500 Edwardsport IN. 15.0 3/18 2200 4/08 23.40 3/23 0530 Petersburg IN. 16.0 3/18 1115 4/18 25.89 3/25 1700 Hazleton IN. 16.0 3/18 1800 4/19 27.70 3/27 0430

Whitewater River..... Economy IN. 5.64 4/11 0515 Alpine IN. 14.0 12.66 4/11 1800 Brookville IN. 20.0 8.62 4/11 1100

HSA OFFICE: NWS FORM E-5 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Indianapolis (IND), Indiana NOAA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT FOR (MONTH / YEAR): MONTHLY REPORT OF RIVER AND FLOOD CONDITIONS May 2008

TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATE: June 23, 2008 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INFO CENTER, W/OS31 SSMC 2 – Room 13468 SIGNATURE: Albert P. Shipe, Jr. 1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY

SILVER SPRING, MD 20910-3283

When no flooding occurs, include miscellaneous river conditions, such as significant rises, record low stages, ice conditions, snow cover, droughts, and hydrologic products issued (WSOM E-41).

An X inside this box indicates that no flooding occurred within this hydrologic service area.

The above normal precipitation pattern returned to much of the Indianapolis HSA during May. The frequent rains and prolonged cool weather delayed planting operations and prevented germination of seeds in several areas that had planted during late April or early May. Lowland river flooding returned to portions of western and southern Indiana.

May began on a generally dry and warm note. This ended on the 7th when a persistently wet and cool period began and continued through the 29th. During this time, maximum temperatures were generally in the 60s and low 70s with minimum temperatures mostly in the 40s. The period from the 8th through the 29th was the 7th coolest of record and the coolest at Indianapolis since 1997.

Farmers were able to plant some fields in late April and early May. However the protracted cool and wet period caused poor germination in several areas. Additionally rains from the 8th through the 20th caused lowland river flooding along portions of the Wabash, East Fork White and White Rivers. Once again southern Indiana was favored by abundant rainfall. As a result flooding lasted up to 16 days in portions of southern Indiana. On average much of Indiana’s agricultural community were two weeks behind normal planting. Farmers in southern Indiana were even further behind.

Indiana quickly transitioned from early spring-like weather to tropical summer weather on the 30th. A powerful storm system moved through central Indiana on the night of the 30th. Severe thunderstorms produced flash flooding, destructive straight line winds, large hail and a few tornadoes. Widespread wind damage and a tornado that rated an EF-2 caused extensive damage to Indianapolis’s eastside and in portions of Hancock and Henry counties. This was the most severe outbreak since spring of 2006. Rain on the night of the 30th was not widespread, but fell in certain hilly areas of central Indiana so that lowland flooding quickly returned to the Wabash.

Until the 30th, rainfall in much of the state had been on the lighter side since the 20th. May ended on a warm and tropical note as summer weather began quickly. Portions of central Indiana were wet, rivers at high levels in western and central Indiana and historic weather on the horizon in early June.

Monthly rainfall was normal to much above normal for much of central and southern Indiana. Monthly totals ranged from slightly over 3 inches to over 10 inches in Lawrence County. Some of the same areas that received over a foot of rain in March received over 10 inches during May. Rain fell on 12 to 19 days during the month. Rain of an inch or more fell on 1 to 4 days in many areas of the HSA. The May monsoons only came to an end because May ended.

Monthly temperatures averaged from 2½ to 4½ degrees below normal. Maximum temperatures during May reached into the middle to upper 80s on the 30th or 31st. The lowest temperatures fell into the upper 30s and lower 40s on the 4th.

May 2008 Estimated Rainfall

Estimated rainfall totals are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

May 2008 Estimated Rainfall Departure Estimated rainfall departures are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

Estimated 14 Day Rainfall ending 12z May 16 This caused much of the lowland flooding in May.

Estimated 1 Day Rainfall ending 12Z May 31 Rainfall from Severe Weather on May 30.

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 5/29/2008 Flood Stage Report May 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Beaver Creek..... Shoals 2.5 E IN. 7.25 5/08 1000 Shoals 2.5 E IN. 7.13 5/11 2245 Shoals 2.5 E IN. 7.48 5/16 0630

Big Creek..... Wadesville 1.6 SE IN. 12.75 5/09 0700

Big Raccoon Creek..... Fincastle IN. 11.0 6.12 5/11 2300 Coxville IN. 14.0 11.31 5/11 2145

Big Walnut Creek..... Roachdale IN. 8.63 5/11 1630 Reelsville IN. 12.0 10.18 5/11 2200

Blue River..... Fredericksburg IN. 20.0 14.82 5/16 0600 White Cloud IN. 10.60 5/16 1600

Bonpas Creek..... Browns IL. 19.12 5/15 2230

Brush Creek..... Nebraska IN. 7.78 5/15 2115

Buck Creek..... Acton IN. 9.0 5.43 5/14 1530

Buck Creek (South)..... New Middletown IN. 12.0 8.79 5/03 0815

Cicero Creek..... Tipton IN. 7.20 5/14 1345 Arcadia IN. 8.23 5/14 1715

Clifty Creek..... Hartsville IN. 10.0 5.66 5/16 0445 Columbus IN. 12.0 13.03 5/16 0915

Crooked Creek..... Speedway IN. 5.14 5/14 0900

Eagle Creek..... Zionsville IN. 9.0 6.19 5/14 1215 Speedway IN. 9.0 6.36 5/14 1430

East Fork White Lick Creek..... Bridgeport IN. 12.0 6.65 5/14 0745 Camby 2 NNW IN. 14.0 8.48 5/14 0845 Mooresville IN. 8.96 5/14 0930

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 5/29/2008 Flood Stage Report May 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------East Fork White River..... Columbus IN. 9.0 4.31 5/16 1430 Rockford IN. 12.0 5/14 0936 5/18 15.93 5/16 1800 Rivervale IN. 20.0 5/17 0200 5/21 22.40 5/19 1400 Bedford Boat Club IN. 20.0 19.00 5/19 0900 Williams IN. 8.0 7.70 5/20 0600 Shoals IN. 20.0 16.79 5/17 0300

Eel River..... Bowling Green IN. 17.0 15.12 5/12 0400

Elliott Ditch..... Lafayette IN. 5.09 5/07 2245

Embarras River..... Carmargo IL. 12.0 7.70 5/17 1400 Ste Marie IL. 19.0 15.40 5/12 1700 Lawrenceville IL. 29.0 32.97 5/17 2000

Fall Creek..... Fortville IN. 8.0 5.51 5/12 0200 Millersville IN. 9.0 5.93 5/12 1045

Flatrock River..... St. Paul IN. 6.0 3.90 5/16 0030 Columbus IN. 8.98 5/16 1415

Indian-Kentuck Creek..... Canaan IN. 7.33 5/15 2130

Kokomo Creek..... Kokomo IN. 4.27 5/14 1545

Leary-Weber Ditch..... Mohawk IN. 4.03 5/14 0800

Lick Creek..... Beech Grove IN. 7.0 3.19 5/14 0815

Little Buck Creek..... Indianapolis IN. 3.89 5/14 0745

Little Eagle Creek..... Speedway IN. 4.79 5/03 0030

Middle Fork Anderson River..... Bristow IN. 15.0 11.00 5/03 0315

Middle Fork Vermilion River..... Oakwood IL. 4.57 5/16 1145

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 5/29/2008 Flood Stage Report May 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Mill Creek..... Cataract IN. 15.0 12.04 5/14 2100

Mississinewa River..... Ridgeville IN. 11.0 8.18 5/11 1700

Muscatatuck River..... Deputy IN. 15.0 22.33 5/16 0615 Vernon 1SW IN. 17.0 14.90 5/16 0300 Wheeler Hollow IN. 16.0 20.90 5/18 0900

North Fork Embarras River..... Oblong IL. 17.07 5/15 0400

North Fork Vermilion River..... Bismarck IL. 9.22 5/16 1715

Patoka River..... Jasper IN. 14.0 14.51 5/02 2100 Winslow IN. 21.91 5/16 0900 Princeton IN. 18.0 18.45 5/16 0001

Pleasant Run..... Arlington Ave in IND IN. 5.58 5/14 0615

Plum Creek..... Bainbridge IN. 3.13 5/11 0830

Pogues Run..... Above Dam near I-70 IN. 6.07 5/14 1530 Vermont St in Indy IN. 3.20 5/14 0600

Prairie Creek..... Lebanon IN. 7.42 5/11 1400

Salt Fork..... St. Joseph IL. 7.76 5/16 0930

Silver Creek..... Sellersburg IN. 20.0 16.43 5/16 1100

South Fork Wildcat Creek..... Lafayette IN. 5.01 5/15 0230

Stony Creek..... Noblesville 1SE IN. 6.0 4.22 5/11 2115

Sugar Creek..... Crawfordsville IN. 8.0 3.94 5/12 0400

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 5/29/2008 Flood Stage Report May 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Sugar Creek (South)..... Eden IN. 5.05 5/12 0445 SR 234 in Hancock Co IN. 6.91 5/12 0845 New Palestine IN. 8.0 5.34 5/12 1800 Edinburgh IN. 10.0 8.07 5/16 1000

Tippecanoe River..... Delphi IN. 8.0 6.10 5/14 2000

Vermilion River..... Danville IL. 18.0 10.54 5/16 1815

Wabash River..... Linn Grove IN. 11.0 8.85 5/10 1500 Bluffton IN. 10.0 9.32 5/11 2145 Peru IN. 20.0 10.68 5/14 1800 Logansport IN. 17.0 8.11 5/16 1600 Lafayette IN. 11.0 5/15 0217 5/18 13.70 5/17 0400 Covington IN. 16.0 5/15 2300 5/19 18.52 5/18 0200 Montezuma IN. 14.0 5/13 0800 5/20 17.43 5/18 0700 Terre Haute IN. 14.0 5/14 1000 5/16 14.53 5/14 2100 Terre Haute IN. 14.0 5/20 15.79 5/19 0100 Hutsonville IL. 16.0 5/14 0204 5/22 18.30 5/20 0700 Riverton IN. 15.0 5/14 0730 5/22 17.17 5/15 2100 Red Skelton Bridge IN. 17.5 5/15 1846 5/17 18.06 5/16 1100 Vincennes IN. 16.0 5/15 1912 5/18 16.40 5/16 1345 Mount Carmel IL. 19.0 5/14 1700 5/24 23.00 5/18 2300 New Harmony IN. 15.0 16.93 5/20 0400

West Fork Blue River..... Salem IN. 12.0 6.14 5/15 2145

Whiskey Run..... Marengo IN. 8.0 4.24 5/15 1945

White Lick Creek..... Mooresville IN. 17.0 12.76 5/14 1415

White River..... Muncie IN. 9.0 6.46 5/12 0315 Anderson 10th St. IN. 10.0 7.35 5/12 1000 Anderson Raible Ave. IN. 10.0 7.12 5/12 1100 Noblesville IN. 14.0 10.58 5/12 1800 146st nr Noblesville IN. 9.99 5/12 1700 Nora IN. 11.0 8.52 5/12 2000 Broad Ripple Dam IN. 6.0 5.09 5/13 0100 Broad Ripple IN. 6.38 5/12 2300 Indpls Museum of Art IN. 9.11 5/12 2330 IUPUI at Michigan St IN. 10.94 5/12 2200 Indpls Raymond St. IN. 16.0 8.87 5/13 0001 Stout Power Plant IN. 10.0 6.47 5/15 0815 Centerton 1S IN. 12.0 10.50 5/14 1800 Centerton IN. 603.0 601.20 5/14 1400 NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 5/29/2008 Flood Stage Report May 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------White River(continued)..... Spencer IN. 14.0 5/14 1400 5/14 16.11 5/16 0500 Worthington IN. 18.0 21.69 5/16 1400 Elliston IN. 18.0 5/12 0001 5/19 22.83 5/16 1429 Newberry IN. 13.0 5/12 0030 5/19 17.74 5/16 2200 Edwardsport IN. 15.0 5/12 0600 5/20 20.30 5/17 0600 Petersburg Power Plt IN. 16.0 22.02 5/18 1215 Petersburg IN. 16.0 5/09 0430 5/24 22.31 5/18 1300 Hazleton IN. 16.0 5/09 1900 5/25 22.40 5/19 0430

Whitewater River..... Economy IN. 4.10 5/12 0600 Alpine IN. 14.0 10.98 5/12 0100 Brookville IN. 20.0 9.27 5/16 0300

Wildcat Creek..... Jerome 1 SE IN. 7.64 5/14 2215 Kokomo IN. 10.0 7.22 5/15 0500 Owasco IN. 5.65 5/16 1215 Lafayette IN. 10.0 9.36 5/16 1200

Williams Creek..... Home Place 2 SW IN. 5.09 5/14 0830

Youngs Creek..... Amity IN. 7.0 6.47 5/16 0745

HSA OFFICE: NWS FORM E-5 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Indianapolis (IND), Indiana NOAA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT FOR (MONTH / YEAR): MONTHLY REPORT OF RIVER AND FLOOD CONDITIONS June 2008

TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATE: July 11, 2008 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INFO CENTER, W/OS31 SSMC 2 – Room 13468 SIGNATURE: Albert P. Shipe, Jr. 1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY

SILVER SPRING, MD 20910-3283

When no flooding occurs, include miscellaneous river conditions, such as significant rises, record low stages, ice conditions, snow cover, droughts, and hydrologic products issued (WSOM E-41).

An X inside this box indicates that no flooding occurred within this hydrologic service area.

Massive and historic flooding struck the central and southern portion of the Wabash River Valley in eastern Illinois and central Indiana. In Indiana alone, flood waters affected over 25,000 people as total flood damage exceeded 1 billion dollars. This was the largest agricultural disaster to strike Indiana affecting about 9% of the state’s farmland. The Great Flood of June 2008 was one Indiana’s costliest natural disasters. Four people perished during the floods of June.

The beginning of this great flood started the evening of May 30. Severe weather struck that evening after the predominately cool weather of May transitioned quickly to warm and humid. A barrage of seemingly endless storms paraded across east central Illinois and central Indiana during the first half of June. The dominate weather pattern now was severe weather and accompanying heavy rain.

Heavy rainfall of 1 to 3 inches from the evening of May 30 caused lowland flooding to return quickly to portions of the Wabash River in western Indiana. Many other streams in east central Illinois and central Indiana approached bankfull levels. Extensive lowland flooding developed in east central Illinois, central Indiana and portions of southern Indiana after an additional 1 to 5 inches of rain fell from a second wave of severe weather events on the 3rd and 4th. Quickly following on the evening of the 6th was another episode of severe weather. The stage was set for historic flooding in portions of east central Illinois and central and southern Indiana.

With eastern Illinois and central Indiana already extremely wet and with rivers extensively overflowing their banks, the storms during the evening of the 6th exacerbated the situation by laying down a boundary in southern Illinois and southern Indiana. A moist southerly low level jet rode over this boundary for more than 12 hours continually generating showers and thunderstorms. Rainfall from these storms was incredible! Much of eastern Illinois and central Indiana north of a line from Salem, Illinois to Saint Leon, Indiana and south of a line from Hoopeston, Illinois to Richmond, Indiana received 2 to nearly 11 inches of rain. Little rain fell on the 6th and 7th in much of southern Indiana. But river residents and businesses in southern Indiana would be affected greatly by the rain that fell north of them.

The impact of this rain was immediate. Creeks and streams turned into rivers and a tsunami like wave formed in the rivers. Widespread flash flooding brought every day life in much of east central Illinois and central Indiana to a standstill. Many people were simply trapped in their homes by high water. Major roads and interstates flooded.

The areas struck first were in east central Illinois and west central Indiana. The Clinton, Terre Haute, Brazil, Paragon, Spencer, Clay City and Martinsville areas all had extensive flood problems early on the 7th. Interstate 70 at mile marker 29 was flooded. The town of Paragon in Morgan County was cut off from the outside world as water surrounded the entire town. Indiana’s governor declared a state of emergency, mobilized the National Guard and called on the Coast Guard to aid in water rescues as the devastating flash floods continued to unfold.

Later in the morning of the 7th, news reports indicated that much of Martinsville as well as the Emergency Room of the Johnson County Hospital in Franklin flooded. During the early afternoon, a local television helicopter revealed extensive flooding to residential and business districts on Indianapolis’ south side. Soon afterwards the television helicopter was showing water flowing over the top of Princess Lake Dam in south central Johnson County. Later in the afternoon news reports indicated I-65 was closed by flooding from the Big Blue River and extensive flash flooding occurring in the Edinburgh and Columbus areas. By evening, the “tsunamis” forming on the White, East Fork White and Eel Rivers were aiming for Worthington, Spencer and Columbus.

The hardest hit area was Columbus. Historic flooding occurred along Haw Creek and the East Fork White River. Around 7:30 pm the river observers at the Columbus Waste Water Treatment plant fled because of rapidly rising flood waters. Rescuers evacuated patients from the Columbus Regional Hospital as Haw Creek flooded the hospital’s first floor. Soon after sunset, flood waters isolated the entire City of Columbus from the rest of the world. City officials estimated that up to 15% of the Columbus’s structures flooded. The East Fork White River went from lowland to record flooding in about 6 hours!

Other central Indiana communities of Terre Haute, Clinton, Brazil, Franklin, Edinburgh, Martinsville, Spencer and the southern portion of Indianapolis were immobilized for a time on the 7th and 8th. Nearly half the town of Martinsville flooded. Residents in these areas were told to stay home. Other smaller towns such as Stinesville and Lewis Creek also saw serious flooding.

Early on the 8th the towns of Worthington, Spencer, Columbus and Seymour awoke to historic river flooding in their back yards. People down river of these sites were alarmed at the extent of flooding displayed on local and national television. The flash flooding was subsiding, but the “tsunamis” were quickly moving downstream. On the 8th, Indiana’s Department of Homeland Security and the National Guard was making plans to fortify levees along the White and Wabash Rivers as this historic flooding moved into southern Indiana.

The historic flooding from the Columbus area moved quickly downstream on the East Fork White River. This great flood wave arrived at Seymour by late morning on the 8th and moved through the Brownstown and Medora areas later that day. Extensive flooding occurred in Seymour, Cortland and Medora. The flood wave was dissipating as it moved downstream.

The flood wave changed into a March 2008 type flood when it arrived at Sparksville on the 9th. However, after local media coverage of the destruction in the Columbus area and widespread flooding in the Seymour area; many river residents in the Fort Ritner, Rivervale, Bedford, Williams and Shoals area were convinced that a March 1913 flood was coming. Some residents unnecessarily fled and others talked of moving belongings to the second floor. Because little or no rain had fallen south of US highway 50, the lower portions East Fork White River were able to blunt the effect of this upstream historic flood waters. Flooding similar to March 2008 resulted from Rivervale to Shoals.

Early on the 8th the residents of Worthington awoke to find the Eel River flowing around the north side of the town. For a time, Worthington residents believed they were trapped. The heaviest rain had fallen in the lower Eel River Basin and created an historic flood in this rural area. The Eel River flowed over SR 67 south of Worthington and washed out the railroad tracks just south of SR 67 as the river went south into the White River. Worthington had become an island.

Early on the 8th, some residents of Spencer’s south side discovered that there was more than 2 feet of water in their homes. Flood waters covered portions of Riverside Park Cemetery and affected apartment complexes on the east side. The flood crest was about 18 inches lower than March 1913 and nearly 2 feet above January 2005.

As the epic flood on the Eel River converged with the near historic flood on the White River just south of Worthington, the entire transportation network located in Greene County’s flood plain closed. The residents of Bloomfield could not go north or west because all the roads were flooded. The residents of Newberry would face long detours later on the 8th.

The White River is extensively lined with levees south of the Elliston area. This flood challenged and in some cases overtopped these levees. Heroic efforts and sandbagging of the Elnora levee saved this small town in northern Daviess County. A levee just downstream of Elnora blew out and sandbags were scattered more than ½ miles downstream. Next in the flood’s path was the Edwardsport power plant. Once again heroic efforts saved the power plant, but Levee Unit 8 failed in the Smother’s Creek area as the crest approached. The levee failure caused the White River to crest at Edwardsport. More than 20,000 acres of Daviess County flooded, including the revered Capehart farm, as a result of the levee failure.

As the crests on the White River and the East Fork White River met at Petersburg, the flood transitioned into one slightly lower than January 2005. The lack of rain in southwest Indiana and the low flow of the Lost River helped to dissipate these flood waves to some degree.

Early on the 8th flooding was approaching January 2005 levels along the Wabash River from Terre Haute to Riverton. The full impact of the heavy rain of the 6th and 7th arrived quickly because the heaviest rain fell south of I-70. For a time it was difficult to tell flash flooding from the extensive river flooding of the Wabash. In Palestine, Illinois local residents thought the March 1913 flood had returned. Rainfall tampered off significantly upstream of I-70 and flood crests from Terre Haute to Hutsonville were about 1 to 2 feet below January 2005 levels. Some local levees in the Terre Haute area were overtopped. The extensively flooded creeks caused some of this overtopping. The Island Creek levee in Sullivan County held during this flood.

Early on the 8th, record flooding was in progress along the Embarras River in the Ste Marie area and along the North Fork Embarras River in the Oblong area. As the flood waves from these two streams moved quickly into Lawrence county Illinois, the Embarras River levee failed late on the 9th. To add to Lawrence County’s problems, the Wabash River levee failed early on the 10th downstream of Vincennes. More than 25,000 acres of Lawrence County flooded. The ASOS located at the Lawrenceville airport in Westport, Illinois was one of many things that succumbed to flood waters. This was only the fourth time since May 1943 than such great expanses of Lawrence County flooded. The Great Flood of June 2008 ranked behind the May 1943 and January 1950 in Lawrence County, but ahead of February 1959. The Wabash River levee on the north side of Lawrence held. Otherwise flooding in Lawrence County would have been similar to that of May 1943. An estimated 20% of Lawrence County flooded.

As the flood wave on the Wabash River headed towards the Mount Carmel area...local levee watchers in the St.Francisville area reported the Wabash River crested about 1 foot higher than during January 2005. Because the flood waters from the White were about 2 feet lower at Hazleton than in January 2005, the crest at Mt. Carmel and New Harmony was about 7 tenths of a foot lower than January 2005. Once again the lack of rainfall in southern Indiana and Illinois, low flow of local tributaries and a falling Ohio River helped reduced the flood levels in the Mount Carmel and New Harmony areas. The crest of the Great Flood of June 2008 passed into the Ohio River June 16...9 days after the memorable rain.

Extensive backwater flooding occurred in tributaries to the White, East Fork White and Wabash Rivers in southern Indiana and Illinois. The Patoka River at Princeton, Indiana and the Bonpas Creek near Browns, Illinois reached alert level. The Muscatatuck River at Wheeler Hollow approached the January 2005 level. The Lost River affected fields and a few rural roads in the Windom area. One consequence of the low level of the Ohio was an unprecedented blockage of the river in the Hovey Lake area as a result of the sand and flood debris carried by the Wabash River. After the Wabash receded, a local farmer discovered that 1800 acres of farmland were now isolated and a small piece of Indiana’s “toe” was “gone” as the river changed its course during the flood.

The devastation left behind in the flood’s wake was extensive and affected roads, railroads, homes, businesses, hospitals, dams, parks, flood protection works, water and gas utilities. The flood damaged at least 65 Indiana state roads. Two spectacular wash outs included SR 57 north of Newberry and SR 58 west of Elnora. Flood waters formed huge blow holes. Lakes remained where once the road bridges stood. Thousands of residents had basement to first floor flooding. Hospitals flooded in Franklin and Columbus. Water and gas lines were washed out in west central Indiana as a result of the unprecedented flooding. Mudslides and at least one dam failure occurred in Owen, Morgan and Johnson counties. Rail lines were washed out in Jackson, Morgan and Greene Counties. Jasonville, Hope, Lawrenceville and other communities lost drinking water because of broken water lines or flooded well fields. The great flood of June 2008 had plenty of drama and misery.

As the Great Flood of June 2008 quickly played out, severe weather and locally heavy rain would rake the flooded areas. Rivers and streams flooded again in portions of central Indiana, but not nearly to the extent as seen on the 7th and 8th. Cagle Mill Lake set a new record pool while impounding some of June’s flood waters.

Rainfall for the week ending June 8 totaled an amazing 5 to 15 inches for portions of east central Illinois and central Indiana. For the 17 day period ending June 16, an unbelievable 5 to over 22 inches had fallen in this same area. Some unfortunate areas had received over 6 months of rain in 17 days!

Much less rain fell in the extremely wet portions of Indiana during the last half of June. As a result, flood waters quickly dissipated by June 22. The flood waters were gone, but the memories will last a lifetime to those directly affected.

Just prior to the onslaught of rain, nine tornadoes occurred in Central Indiana during the period of May 30 to June 4, 2008. During the period May 30 to June 9, storms also produced damaging straight line winds, hail, and flooding rains. Below is a brief summary of the severe weather that occurred. The Enhanced Fujita Scale value indicated is the maximum intensity of the tornado. Prior to May 30, there had been 3 tornadoes in 2008 in Central Indiana.

Friday, May 30: • Carroll County: EF-0 • Marion County into Hancock County: EF-2 • Hancock County: EF-1 Tuesday, June 3: • Greene County into Lawrence County: EF-1 • Morgan County: EF-0 • Brown County into Johnson County: EF-2 • Shelby County into Rush County: EF-3 • Decatur County: EF-1 Wednesday, June 4: • Greene County: EF-0 Friday, June 6: • Severe storms bring 80mph winds to parts of Central Indiana Monday, June 9: • Severe storms bring golf ball size hail, damaging winds, and more flooding rains.

Additional severe weather occurred on the 15th, 21st and 22nd as the Great June Flood of 2008 was ending.

Monthly rainfall ranged from below normal to more than 5 times the monthly normal. Monthly totals measured from 3 to more than 22 inches. A few isolated areas may have received 2 feet of rain for June. Monthly rainfall excesses in some areas exceeded 17 inches! The driest areas of the HSA were the northern and southern fringes. Rain fell on 13 to 17 days during June. Most areas had 1 or 2 days when an inch or more of rain fell. A few west central areas had 5 days.

Monthly temperatures averaged about to 1 to 1½ degrees above normal for the month. The maximum temperature reached into the low 90s on several days during the month. The temperature reached 90 degrees or higher on 1 to 4 days during June in the Indianapolis HSA. The lowest temperatures during the month occurred on the 19th or 24th. The temperatures dropped into the low 50s on those days.

At the end of June, much of central Indiana remained quite moist. Streams and rivers had above normal flow. Northern and southern portions of the HSA were drier. NWS Form IND U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 7/08/2008 Special Historical Flood Crest Comparison

June 2008 Comparison Crest Stream and Location Crest Crest Date Difference ------East Fork White River..... Columbus IN. 18.61 17.90 Mar 1913 .71 Rockford IN. 20.92 21.00 Mar 1913 -.08

Embarras River..... Ste Marie IL. 28.01# 26.28 May 2002 1.73 Lawrenceville IL. 42.32# 41.34 May 2002 .98

Wabash River..... Montezuma IN. 27.33 30.89 Jan 2005 -3.56 Clinton IN. 28.70 31.00 Jan 2005 -2.30 Terre Haute IN. 25.16 27.38 Jan 2005 -2.22 Hutsonville IL. 28.40 29.45 Jan 2005 -1.05 Riverton IN. 26.56 26.24 Jan 2005 .32 Red Skelton Bridge IN. 29.26# 28.96 Jan 2005 .30 Vincennes IN. 27.50# 27.15 Jan 2005 .35 Mount Carmel IL. 33.24 33.95 Jan 2005 -.71 New Harmony IN. 22.45 23.14 Jan 2005 -.69

White River..... Centerton IN. 612.20 613.50 Mar 1913 -1.30 Spencer IN. 26.93 28.50 Mar 1913 -1.57 Elliston IN. 32.95 31.70 Mar 1913 1.25 Newberry IN. 28.67# 27.50 Mar 1913 1.17 Edwardsport IN. 29.40# 27.65 Jan 2005 1.75 Petersburg IN. 26.96 27.66 Jan 2005 -.70 Hazleton IN. 29.70 31.50 Jan 2005 -1.80

#Levee failure affected crest

June 2008 Estimated Monthly Rainfall Estimated rainfall totals are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

June 2008 Estimated Monthly Rainfall Departure Estimated rainfall departures are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

June 2008 Estimated Monthly Percent of Normal Rainfall Estimated rainfall totals are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

Estimated 7 Day Rainfall ending 12z June 8 This caused historic flooding in June.

Estimated 14 Day Rainfall ending 12Z June 11 This set up and caused historic flooding in June.

Hourly Rainfall June 7 through 18Z at Spencer(18 hour span). Gage is experimental and compared favorably with SRG through 11Z. SRG submerged by flooding the next day and no comparison available. Total rainfall from this site was 10.40 inches.

Below are the hydrographs of Youngs Creek and Sugar Creek near Edinburgh. After 12 hours of heavy rain with totals approaching 11 inches; local streams were turned into rivers. Float of gage at Youngs Creek “flat topped” as float rose to floor. Peak drawn in.

Below is hydrograph for East Fork White River at Columbus. The area already had extensive lowland flooding in progress. Then the “Tsunami” hit and record river flooding followed almost instantly. Data unavailable during the flood because of communications loss, but recovered after flood waters receded.

Below is the East Fork at Seymour. The area had significant flooding in progress from rains earlier in the week. The Seymour and Jackson County area had seen little or no rain on June 6 or June 7. But during the night of the 7th, the Columbus “Tsunami” struck and near record flooding developed in northeast and central parts of Jackson County on the 8th. While the rise of the river may have been “only” 3½ feet, the river spread over wide expanses of Jackson County that had not flooded in 95 years. The river was more than 2 miles wide. At low flow the river is about 300 feet wide.

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 7/02/2008 Flood Stage Report June 2008 Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Beaver Creek..... Shoals 2.5 E IN. BW 3.20 6/12 0615

Big Blue River..... Carthage IN. 7.0 10.91 6/04 2000 Shelbyville IN. 11.0 6/04 0930 6/06 15.12 6/05 1615

Big Raccoon Creek..... Fincastle IN. 11.0 11.27 5/31 1400 Fincastle IN. 11.0 15.76 6/04 1800 Fincastle IN. 11.0 16.08 6/07 2000 Coxville IN. 14.0 15.45 6/04 2100 Coxville IN. 14.0 16.49 6/07 1445

Big Walnut Creek..... Roachdale IN. 18.67 6/04 1230 Roachdale IN. 17.70 6/07 1800 Reelsville IN. 12.0 16.26 6/05 1000 Reelsville IN. 12.0 16.79 6/07 1200 Reelsville IN. 12.0 15.88 6/10 0900

Bonpas Creek..... Browns IL. BW 12.36B 6/14 1145

Brush Creek..... Nebraska IN. 11.16 6/04 1800

Buck Creek..... Acton IN. 9.0 11.60 6/04 1800

Cicero Creek..... Tipton IN. 10.81 6/08 1200 Arcadia IN. 10.16 6/09 0115

Clifty Creek..... Hartsville IN. 10.0 17.83 6/07 1500 Columbus IN. 12.0 22.16 6/08 0100

Crooked Creek..... Speedway IN. 10.00 6/04 1000

Deer Creek..... Delphi IN. 7.13 6/01 0200

Eagle Creek..... Zionsville IN. 9.0 8.98 6/04 1030 Speedway IN. 9.0 11.46 6/04 1315

East Fork White Lick Creek..... Bridgeport IN. 12.0 9.08 6/04 1315 Bridgeport IN. 12.0 9.23 6/07 1315 Bridgeport IN. 12.0 7.27 6/10 0545 NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 7/02/2008 Flood Stage Report June 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------East Fork White Lick Creek..... Camby 2 NNW IN. 14.0 11.12 6/04 1745 Camby 2 NNW IN. 14.0 13.05 6/07 1430 Camby 2 NNW IN. 14.0 8.57 6/10 0745 Mooresville IN. 11.15 6/04 1000 Mooresville IN. 12.75 6/07 1345 Mooresville IN. 8.98 6/10 1045

East Fork White River..... Columbus IN. 9.0 6/05 1130 6/09 18.61R 6/08 0001 Rockford IN. 12.0 6/05 0400 6/17 20.92 6/08 0945 Sparksville IN. 20.0 ESTI 32.00E 6/09 0740 Rivervale IN. 20.0 6/07 1900 6/15 34.45 6/10 0600 Bedford Boat Club IN. 20.0 6/08 2000 6/14 30.45 6/10 1530 Williams IN. 8.0 6/08 1900 6/15 17.60 6/11 0600 Shoals IN. 20.0 6/10 0345 6/15 28.14 6/12 0900

East Fork Whitewater River..... Abington IN. 12.0 13.02 6/04 1400

Eel River..... Bowling Green IN. 17.0 21.03 6/05 0600 Bowling Green IN. 17.0 23.48 6/07 2100 Bowling Green IN. 17.0 6/04 0945 6/12 19.87 6/10 2000

Eel River (North)..... North Manchester IN. 7.0 9.72 5/31 1530 Adamsboro IN. 10.0 7.29 6/01 1000

Elliott Ditch..... Lafayette IN. 4.16 5/30 1930

Embarras River..... Carmargo IL. 12.0 15.98 6/04 2315 Carmargo IL. 12.0 14.90 6/08 0645 Ste Marie IL. 19.0 28.01RF 6/07 2300 Ste Marie IL. 19.0 26.54 6/08 0415 Lawrenceville IL. 29.0 42.32RF 6/10 0025

Fall Creek..... Fortville IN. 8.0 9.38 6/05 0700 Millersville IN. 9.0 11.81 6/05 2000

Flatrock River..... St. Paul IN. 6.0 12.82 6/07 1445 Columbus IN. 19.83R 6/07 2130

Indian-Kentuck Creek..... Canaan IN. 7.30 6/04 2000

Killbuck Creek..... Anderson IN. 7.0 7.02 6/11 0145 NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 7/02/2008 Flood Stage Report June 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Kokomo Creek..... Kokomo IN. 3.88 6/08 0145

Lick Creek..... Beech Grove IN. 7.0 9.84R 6/07 1145

Little Blue River..... Walkerville IN. 9.09 6/04 1845

Little Buck Creek..... Indianapolis IN. 13.21R 6/07 1615

Little Eagle Creek..... Speedway IN. 9.57 5/31 0230 Speedway IN. 11.15 6/04 0745

Little River..... Huntington IN. 15.0 11.86 5/31 0800

Middle Fork Vermilion River..... Oakwood IL. 11.18 6/04 0515

Mill Creek..... Cataract IN. 15.0 22.62R 6/07 1800 Manhattan IN. 12.0 14.22 6/04 1900 Manhattan IN. 12.0 15.78 6/07 1800 Manhattan IN. 12.0 12.81 6/10 1000

Mississinewa River..... Ridgeville IN. 11.0 13.13 6/04 1500

Muscatatuck River..... Deputy IN. 15.0 19.37 6/05 1100 Vernon 1SW IN. 17.0 6/04 2007 6/05 19.01 6/05 0015 Wheeler Hollow IN. 16.0 BWES 27.00BE 6/09 0600

Nameless Creek..... Stringtown IN. 7.96 6/04 1130

North Fork Embarras River..... Oblong IL. ED&T 26.26R 6/07 1800

North Fork Vermilion River..... Bismarck IL. 13.11 6/08 0915

Patoka River..... Princeton IN. 18.0 BW 14.76B 6/14 0500

Pleasant Run..... Arlington Ave in IND IN. 9.92 6/04 0615 NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 7/02/2008 Flood Stage Report June 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Plum Creek..... Bainbridge IN. 7.15R 6/04 0530 Bainbridge IN. 6.30 6/07 1115

Pogues Run..... Above Dam near I-70 IN. 15.41 6/04 1330 Vermont St in Indy IN. 5.86 6/04 0600

Prairie Creek..... Lebanon IN. 11.16 6/07 1545

Salt Creek..... Harrodsburg IN. 25.0 21.77 6/05 0400 Harrodsburg IN. 25.0 19.37 6/10 0900 Harrodsburg IN. 25.0 18.77 6/11 0100

Salt Fork..... St. Joseph IL. 17.54 6/04 1600

South Fork Wildcat Creek..... Lafayette IN. 7.64 6/08 1200

Stony Creek..... Noblesville 1SE IN. 6.0 5.97 6/10 1615

Sugar Creek..... Crawfordsville IN. 8.0 6/08 0300 6/08 8.30 6/08 1600

Sugar Creek (South)..... Eden IN. 7.59 6/05 0600 SR 234 in Hancock Co IN. 8.23 6/05 0830 New Palestine IN. 8.0 9.25 6/04 1500 Edinburgh IN. 10.0 19.23R 6/07 2300

Tippecanoe River..... Ora IN. 11.0 11.17 6/02 0001 Winamac IN. 10.0 8.40 6/02 1715 Delphi IN. 8.0 7.26 5/31 1400

Vermilion River..... Danville IL. 18.0 21.31 6/05 0047 Danville IL. 18.0 21.56 6/08 0001

Wabash River..... Logansport IN. 17.0 8.15 6/01 0300 Lafayette IN. 11.0 5/31 1700 6/03 13.90 6/01 1500 Covington IN. 16.0 6/01 0500 6/10 19.02 6/08 2300 Montezuma IN. 14.0 5/31 1000 6/16 27.33 6/09 0100 Clinton IN. 18.0 6/03 1300 6/13 28.70 6/08 0700 Terre Haute IN. 14.0 6/01 1600 6/17 25.16 6/08 0200 Hutsonville IL. 16.0 6/02 0500 6/20 28.40 6/10 0300 Riverton IN. 15.0 6/02 2100 6/21 26.56 6/10 1700 US 50 Bridge Pier IL. 16.0 27.75 6/10 1930

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 7/02/2008 Flood Stage Report June 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Wabash River..... Red Skelton Bridge IN. 17.5 6/04 1600 6/21 29.26RT 6/10 2000 Vincennes IN. 16.0 6/06 1500 6/21 27.50B 6/10 0600 Mount Carmel IL. 19.0 6/08 1100 6/22 33.24 6/14 0001 New Harmony IN. 15.0 22.45 6/15 0500

White Lick Creek..... Mooresville IN. 17.0 20.64 6/04 1845 Mooresville IN. 17.0 21.52 6/07 2115

White River..... Muncie IN. 9.0 6/04 2215 6/05 11.38 6/05 0645 Anderson 10th St. IN. 10.0 6/05 0300 6/06 13.29 6/05 2000 Anderson Raible Ave. IN. 10.0 12.52 6/05 2300 Noblesville IN. 14.0 12.77 6/06 1700 146th nr Noblesville IN. 11.58 6/12 0001 Nora IN. 11.0 10.04 6/11 1345 Broad Ripple Dam IN. 6.0 5.55 6/11 1000 Broad Ripple IN. 7.80 6/11 1500 Indpls Museum of Art IN. 10.53 6/11 1645 IUPUI at Michigan St IN. 12.36 6/05 2245 Indpls Raymond St. IN. 16.0 13.03 6/04 1200 Stout Power Plant IN. 10.0 10.08 6/04 1215 Centerton 1S IN. 12.0 6/04 1200 16.23 6/05 0600 Centerton 1S IN. 12.0 6/09 19.87 6/07 1700 Centerton 1S IN. 12.0 6/10 0600 6/12 14.14 6/10 1900 Centerton 1S IN. 12.0 6/13 1800 6/14 12.86 6/14 2200 Centerton IN. 603.0 6/04 1900 6/14 612.20 6/07 1649 Spencer IN. 14.0 6/04 1700 6/16 26.93 6/08 1000 Worthington IN. 18.0 30.37R 6/09 0400 Elliston IN. 18.0 6/04 1100 6/18 32.95R 6/09 0630 Newberry IN. 13.0 6/05 0001 6/18 28.67RF 6/09 0900 Edwardsport IN. 15.0 6/05 1400 6/20 29.40RF 6/10 1450 Petersburg Power Plt IN. 16.0 28.02 6/12 0145 Petersburg IN. 16.0 6/07 1200 6/21 26.96 6/12 0200 Hazleton IN. 16.0 6/08 1300 6/23 29.70 6/12 2100

Whitewater River..... Economy IN. 9.04 6/04 0430 Alpine IN. 14.0 19.71 6/05 0700 Brookville IN. 20.0 13.49 6/05 2000

Wildcat Creek..... Jerome 1 SE IN. 8.28 6/08 1045 Kokomo IN. 10.0 7.25 6/08 2200 Owasco IN. 5.12 5/31 1615 Lafayette IN. 10.0 9.67 6/08 1600

Williams Creek..... Home Place 2 SW IN. 8.61 6/04 0630

Youngs Creek..... Amity IN. 7.0 18.00RE 6/07 2200

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B=Backwater E=Estimated R=Record F=Levee failure affected crest HSA OFFICE: NWS FORM E-5 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Indianapolis (IND), Indiana NOAA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT FOR (MONTH / YEAR): MONTHLY REPORT OF RIVER AND FLOOD CONDITIONS July 2008

TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATE: August 7, 2008 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INFO CENTER, W/OS31 SSMC 2 – Room 13468 SIGNATURE: Albert P. Shipe, Jr. 1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY

SILVER SPRING, MD 20910-3283

When no flooding occurs, include miscellaneous river conditions, such as significant rises, record low stages, ice conditions, snow cover, droughts, and hydrologic products issued (WSOM E-41).

An X inside this box indicates that no flooding occurred within this hydrologic service area.

The above normal precipitation pattern of the previous two months relented during July. Rainfall was not nearly to the extremes as of June, but still much above normal in portions of central Indiana. Lowland river flooding returned briefly to a few areas in western and southern Indiana.

July began on a dry note, but a persistent wet pattern prevailed from the 3rd through the 13th. Rain from the 3rd through the 9th kept ground conditions wetter than normal. Rainfall of 2 to nearly 6 inches on the 12th caused lowland river flooding to quickly return to portions of the Eel, White and Wabash Rivers in western and southern Indiana. Flooding lasted less than 3 days.

The longest dry spell since March began on the 13th and continued through the 19th. This allowed rivers to return to near normal levels and central Indiana to dry out for the first time this year.

Rainfall during the last two weeks of July was considerably less than during the first two weeks of July. Heaviest rains during this time generally went north or south of central Indiana. Rainfall of 1 to more than 3 inches fell on the 30th in previously dry areas of southern Indiana along and south of U.S. Highway 50.

Temperatures in the 70s and 80s during the first two weeks of the month gave way to typical July conditions after the 15th. Typical summer temperatures were firmly in place at the end of July. River levels were near normal. Many of the formerly very wet areas of June actually needed rain.

Monthly rainfall was normal to much above normal for much of the Indianapolis HSA. Monthly rainfall was below normal in areas of northern and southern Indiana outside of the Indianapolis HSA. Monthly totals ranged from slightly over 3 inches to over 13 inches in portions of northern Monroe County. The one location in northern Monroe County that received nearly 2 feet of rain during June, picked up over another foot in July. Nearly 36 inches of rain... almost a year’s total...fell in two months!

Rain occurred on 9 to 13 days during the month. Rain of an inch or more fell on 1 to 3 days in many areas of the HSA.

Monthly temperatures averaged from ½ of a degree above normal to 2½ degrees below normal. The warmest weather occurred on the 19th or 20th as the temperature reached into upper 80s to the lower 90s. The lowest temperatures occurred on the 1st when readings fell into low 50s. Temperatures reached 90 degrees on 1 or 2 days in many areas north of U.S. Highway 50. In southern Indiana near and south of U.S. Highway 50, there were 6 to 12 days with 90 degree readings.

July 2008 Estimated Rainfall

Estimated rainfall totals are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

July 2008 Estimated Rainfall Departure Estimated rainfall departures are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

Estimated 14 Day Rainfall ending 12z July 14 This caused lowland flooding in July.

Estimated Rainfall during the last two weeks of July Beneficial rains fell in dry areas.

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 8/05/2008 Flood Stage Report July 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Big Blue River..... Carthage IN. 7.0 4.05 7/13 0315 Shelbyville IN. 11.0 10.08 7/13 0445

Big Raccoon Creek..... Fincastle IN. 11.0 12.87 7/12 2300 Coxville IN. 14.0 12.89 7/13 1030

Big Walnut Creek..... Roachdale IN. 10.31 7/12 1230 Reelsville IN. 12.0 14.12 7/12 140

Bonpas Creek..... Browns IL. 9.06 7/07 1630

Buck Creek..... Acton IN. 9.0 9.36 7/04 1530

Busseron Creek..... Carlisle IN. 16.0 11.57 7/13 0600

East Fork White Lick Creek..... Bridgeport IN. 12.0 6.31 7/12 0945 Camby 2 NNW IN. 14.0 10.51 7/12 0945 Mooresville IN. 11.11 7/12 1200

East Fork White River..... Columbus IN. 9.0 5.84 7/14 0630 Rockford IN. 12.0 10.38 7/15 2100 Rivervale IN. 20.0 12.69 7/17 0100 Shoals IN. 20.0 8.12 7/08 0815

Eel River..... Bowling Green IN. 17.0 7/12 2054 7/14 19.24 7/13 0700

Elliott Ditch..... Lafayette IN. 6.35 7/07 0700

Embarras River..... Carmargo IL. 12.0 10.35 7/09 2245 Ste Marie IL. 19.0 13.87 7/14 1515 Lawrenceville IL. 29.0 28.62# 7/15 0605

Flatrock River..... St. Paul IN. 6.0 4.06 7/13 0100 Columbus IN. 8.72 7/13 1730

Little Blue River..... Walkerville IN. ESTI 7.45 7/13 0900

Little Buck Creek..... Indianapolis IN. 6.52 7/04 1300 NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 8/05/2008 Flood Stage Report July 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Little Buck Creek.....

Mill Creek..... Cataract IN. 15.0 10.39 7/15 1500 Manhattan IN. 12.0 bw 11.76 7/13 0600

Mississinewa River..... Ridgeville IN. 11.0 11.86 7/13 0100

Nameless Creek..... Stringtown IN. 5.09 7/22 0600

North Fork Embarras River..... Oblong IL. 13.97 7/05 1030

Pleasant Run..... Arlington Ave in IND IN. 7.14 7/08 2200 Arlington Ave in IND IN. 7.33 7/22 0145

Plum Creek..... Bainbridge IN. 4.23 7/12 0745

Pogues Run..... Above Dam near I-70 IN. 6.59 7/03 1730 Vermont St in Indy IN. 5.46 7/12 0145

Salt Fork..... St. Joseph IL. 9.13 7/09 0345

Sugar Creek (South)..... Eden IN. 4.59 7/13 1445 SR 234 in Hancock Co IN. 6.52 7/13 1730 New Palestine IN. 8.0 6.81 7/13 0815 Edinburgh IN. 10.0 11.87 7/13 1545

Wabash River..... Montezuma IN. 14.0 7/12 2246 7/14 16.36 7/13 1500 Terre Haute IN. 14.0 7/13 1253 7/14 14.69 7/13 2300 Hutsonville IL. 16.0 7/13 2200 7/14 16.90 7/14 1500 Riverton IN. 15.0 7/14 1008 7/15 15.42 7/14 2200 Vincennes IN. 16.0 13.56# 7/15 0600 Mount Carmel IL. 19.0 15.01 7/17 0001 New Harmony IN. 15.0 11.90 7/17 0700

White Lick Creek..... Mooresville IN. 17.0 15.67 7/12 1545

White River..... Centerton 1S IN. 12.0 11.83 7/13 0400 Spencer IN. 14.0 7/13 0508 7/14 16.81 7/14 0300 Worthington IN. 18.0 21.95 7/14 0700 Elliston IN. 18.0 7/13 1200 7/16 22.55 7/15 0700 Newberry IN. 13.0 7/14 2255 7/16 16.23# 7/15 1500 NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 8/05/2008 Flood Stage Report July 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------White River continued..... Edwardsport IN. 15.0 7/14 1320 7/17 18.10# 7/16 1600 Petersburg Power Plt IN. 16.0 15.21 7/18 0400 Petersburg IN. 16.0 15.45 7/18 0600

Whitewater River..... Alpine IN. 14.0 10.87 7/13 0100

Wildcat Creek..... Jerome 1 SE IN. 7.08 7/04 0015

Youngs Creek..... Amity IN. 7.0 10.11 7/13 0815

# Flood crests slightly lower because breaches remain in local levees. HSA OFFICE: NWS FORM E-5 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Indianapolis (IND), Indiana NOAA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT FOR (MONTH / YEAR): MONTHLY REPORT OF RIVER AND FLOOD CONDITIONS August 2008

TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATE: September 8, 2008 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INFO CENTER, W/OS31 SSMC 2 – Room 13468 SIGNATURE: Albert P. Shipe, Jr. 1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY

SILVER SPRING, MD 20910-3283

When no flooding occurs, include miscellaneous river conditions, such as significant rises, record low stages, ice conditions, snow cover, droughts, and hydrologic products issued (WSOM E-41).

x An X inside this box indicates that no flooding occurred within this hydrologic service area.

The above normal precipitation pattern of the past eight months came to an abrupt halt after August 5. Desert like conditions prevailed in the Indianapolis HSA during the last 26 days of the month. As a result, river flooding was absent from the HSA for the first time since October 2007.

The only significant rain event to affect much of the HSA occurred on the 5th as a result of a Mesoscale Convective System. Rain of 1 to 6 inches fell in or near the HSA. The greatest rain occurred in northwest and north central Indiana. Rainfall observers reported 2 to slightly more than 6 inches in this area.

The Tippecanoe River in the Monticello area approached bankfull levels as a result of the heavy rain in Pulaski and White Counties. This water from the Tippecanoe River caused a rise along the Wabash River that diminished as it moved downstream.

By the end of the month, the lack of rain took its toll on crops and local vegetation. Lawns turned brown, leaves fell from trees and crop yields diminished; especially in early planted soybeans. Much of central and southern Indiana could not be designated as any type of drought because of the extreme rainfall during June and July. Stream and lake levels remained above normal for the season. Nevertheless as the top soils dried out, the vegetation suffered.

Hot temperatures did not persist long in the HSA during August. The temperature only reached 90 degrees once or twice in central and northern Indiana and less than 10 days in southern Indiana near the Ohio River. The absence of prolonged hot weather helped counteract the lack of rain to some degree.

The warmest temperatures during August reached into the lows 90s and generally occurred on the 23rd. The coolest temperatures of the month fell into the low and middle 50s, which happened mostly on the 11th. Monthly temperatures averaged near normal to 2 ½ degrees below normal.

Rainfall for August was below to much below normal in almost all areas of the Indianapolis HSA. Only portions of northwest and north central Indiana received above normal monthly rain. Monthly totals ranged from around a quarter of an inch in southern portions of the HSA to slightly over 4 inches in the northwest portions. Most areas received only 1 ½ to 2 ½ inches for the month.

Rain fell on only 3 to 5 days during August in the HSA. This meant that many areas were dry for more than 95% of the month. As a result, the weather was desert like for the last three weeks of August.

For the Indianapolis area only 0.26 inches of rain fell from August 6 through August 31. This was the driest ever for this period, edging out the year 1953 by 0.02 inches.

August 2008 Estimated Rainfall

Estimated rainfall totals are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

August 2008 Estimated Rainfall Departure Estimated rainfall departures are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

Estimated 7 Day Rainfall ending 12z August 7 This was only significant rain in August.

Estimated Rainfall during the last 26 days of August Courtesy of Ohio Valley River Forecast Center.

HSA OFFICE: NWS FORM E-5 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Indianapolis (IND), Indiana NOAA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT FOR (MONTH / YEAR): MONTHLY REPORT OF RIVER AND FLOOD CONDITIONS September 2008

TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATE: October 9, 2008 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INFO CENTER, W/OS31 SSMC 2 – Room 13468 SIGNATURE: Albert P. Shipe, Jr. 1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY

SILVER SPRING, MD 20910-3283

When no flooding occurs, include miscellaneous river conditions, such as significant rises, record low stages, ice conditions, snow cover, droughts, and hydrologic products issued (WSOM E-41).

x An X inside this box indicates that no flooding occurred within this hydrologic service area.

Record flooding and widespread power outages affected nearly one quarter of a million Indiana residents during September. Record flooding swamped the Kankakee and Calumet River Basins just northwest on the Indianapolis HSA. Widespread power outages occurred in central and southern Indiana. All of those problems were associated with the remains of tropical systems.

The most significant weather event since June began on the evening of the 11th. The combination of the remnants of Tropical Storm Lowell from the Pacific Ocean and a warm front brought 3 to 5 inches of rain to portions of southern Indiana. Because the area had been dry, flooding was limited to small local streams. River flooding did not occur.

On the 12th, the front moved northward and remained stalled over northern Illinois and northern Indiana through the 14th. Moisture associated with Lowell and additional moisture transported northward by the large, land falling Hurricane Ike rode over this front through the 13th. On the 14th the remains of Ike passed over central Indiana dumping brief, heavy rain in portions of northern and central Indiana and buffeting large portions of Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio with hurricane force winds.

Three day rainfall totals in northwest Indiana were immense, ranging from 8 to more than 12 inches. The largest rainfall totals in the Indianapolis HSA were ironically in southern Indiana. Nearly 5 inches of rain fell late on the 11th and early on the 12th, two days before Ike’s arrival.

Much of southern and eastern Indiana received little or no rain from Ike’s passage. The peak wind speed at the Indianapolis airport was 63 mph, but areas in southeast Indiana experienced gusts approaching 80 mph.

Record flooding in northwest Indiana forced over 5,000 people from their homes and closed interstates and major roads. Extensive wind damage, primarily in southern Indiana, left nearly 250,000 customers without power. Residents had to deal with flooding and power outages for up to two weeks.

Widespread wind damage occurred to corn fields in southern Indiana. Farmers bought special equipment to harvest the blown down corn. The high winds toppled many mature trees in residential neighborhoods.

The mostly dry pattern that began during August continued in much of the HSA through September. The only significant rainfall event of the month occurred from late on the 11th through the early evening of the 14th. After the 14th, the remainder of September was mainly dry.

For the month, rain of less than one inch to over 7 inches occurred in the HSA. Much of the area received between 1 and 3 inches of rain. Rain fell on 9 to 11 days during the month. Some areas had one day when an inch or more of rain fell.

September was a warm month averaging ½ to 3 ½ degrees above normal. The warmest temperatures of the month and the year occurred during first three days of the month as temperatures reached into the low 90s. Daily temperatures averaged above normal for two thirds of the month. Temperatures averaged above normal on most days after the 17th.

During the month the temperature reached 90 degrees or higher on 3 to 7 days. At Indianapolis, September had as many 90 degree days as did the months of June, July and August combined.

At the end of the month, the water flow in the rivers remained above normal. Some smaller watersheds in eastern Indiana had below normal levels as a result of little rain. Vegetation continued to suffer in portions of eastern Indiana.

September 2008 Estimated Rainfall Estimated rainfall totals are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

September 2008 Estimated Rainfall Departure Estimated rainfall departures are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

Estimated 15 Day Rainfall ending 12z September 15 This was only significant rain in September.

Estimated Rainfall during the last 14 days of September

HSA OFFICE: NWS FORM E-5 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Indianapolis (IND), Indiana NOAA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT FOR (MONTH / YEAR): MONTHLY REPORT OF RIVER AND FLOOD CONDITIONS October 2008

TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATE: November 7, 2008 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INFO CENTER, W/OS31 SSMC 2 – Room 13468 SIGNATURE: Albert P. Shipe, Jr. 1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY

SILVER SPRING, MD 20910-3283

When no flooding occurs, include miscellaneous river conditions, such as significant rises, record low stages, ice conditions, snow cover, droughts, and hydrologic products issued (WSOM E-41).

x An X inside this box indicates that no flooding occurred within this hydrologic service area.

October was a very quiet month. There were not any major wind storms or flood events as experienced in September. The dry pattern that began in August in much of central and southern Indiana expanded to include nearly the entire state.

There were only two significant rain events during October. They occurred on the 7th-8th and 23rd-24th. Rain of ½ to nearly 2 inches fell in much of the state during both periods. Without this rain, drought conditions may have developed in large portions of central and southern Indiana.

The first widespread frost and freezes came after the rains on the 24th and 25th. Temperatures fell below freezing in the Indianapolis HSA from the 28th-30th. Temperatures rebounded quickly for Halloween. A classic Indian summer began as temperatures warmed into the upper 60s and lower 70s.

For the month, rain of less than one inch to slightly over 3 1/2 inches occurred in the HSA. Much of the area received between 1 and 2 1/2 inches of rain. Rain fell on 3 to 9 days during the month. A few areas had one day when an inch or more of rain fell.

Temperatures during October ranged from near normal to slightly above normal. Monthly temperatures averaged from ¾ degrees below normal to 1 ½ degrees above normal. Daily temperatures averaged more than 10 degrees above normal from the 11th through the 15th and more than 7 degrees below normal from the 27th through the 29th.

The warmest temperatures of the month occurred on the 11th or 12th as temperatures reached into the middle and upper 80s. The coldest temperatures of the month occurred on the 28th or 30th as temperatures fell into the middle 20s to low 30s. The temperature fell below freezing on 3 to 5 days during the month.

At the end of the month, the stream flow in western Indiana was near normal while that in much of eastern Indiana was below normal. Soils were on the dry side, particularly in eastern and southern Indiana. Some farmers were feeding livestock in portions of southern Indiana because of poor pasture conditions.

October 2008 Estimated Rainfall Estimated rainfall totals are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

October 2008 Estimated Rainfall Departure Estimated rainfall departures are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

HSA OFFICE: NWS FORM E-5 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Indianapolis (IND), Indiana NOAA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT FOR (MONTH / YEAR): MONTHLY REPORT OF RIVER AND FLOOD CONDITIONS October 2008

TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATE: December 4, 2008 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INFO CENTER, W/OS31 SSMC 2 – Room 13468 SIGNATURE: Albert P. Shipe, Jr. 1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY

SILVER SPRING, MD 20910-3283

When no flooding occurs, include miscellaneous river conditions, such as significant rises, record low stages, ice conditions, snow cover, droughts, and hydrologic products issued (WSOM E-41).

x An X inside this box indicates that no flooding occurred within this hydrologic service area.

November continued the quiet weather of October. A glorious Indian summer persisted through the first six days, with the first measurable snowfall of the season at Indianapolis ending the month. The general dry pattern from August continued through November in many areas.

One of the classic Indian Summers played out in Indiana from October 31 through November 6. Virtually no rain fell in central and southern Indiana during this time. Temperatures reached 70 degrees each day at Indianapolis for this period. This was only the second occurrence since March 1871 of a week of 70 degree weather so late in the year. The last time was in 1977 for the exact same dates.

As Indiana transitioned to more November like weather, only light amounts of rain fell on the 6th. The wettest period of the month soon followed as unsettled and wet weather extended from the 11th through 15th. Rain of ½ to slightly over 2 inches fell during this time. Much of the rain fell on the 12th.

A mostly dry and cold period persisted from the 16th through the 29th. The coldest weather of the month occurred on the 21st and 22nd as temperatures fell into the low teens and struggled to reach freezing. The wettest day during this stretch was the 24th. Around ¼ to ¾ inch of rain fell. The heaviest rain was near the Ohio River in southern Indiana.

Temperatures moderated as Thanksgiving (27th) approached. The nearly two week dry spell ended with the first widespread snow of the season. Much of the central and northern portions of the HSA received 1 to nearly 4 inches of snow. Light amounts of snow or rain fell in southern Indiana.

The cold temperatures during the latter part of November more than offset the warm temperatures earlier. As a result the monthly temperatures ranged from 1 to nearly 4 degrees below normal. Temperatures fell below freezing on 15 to 18 days during the month. The temperature remained near or below freezing on 2 days during November. This was the coolest November at Indianapolis since 2002.

Below to near normal melted precipitation fell during November. Liquid amounts ranged from less than one inch to near 5 inches. Most areas received 1½ to 3 inches for the month.

Snowfall during November was below normal in central and southern Indiana. Amounts ranged from a trace to nearly 4 inches. Heavier lake effect snows occurred in northern Indiana with monthly totals approaching 19 inches in a few areas.

At the end of November, stream flow remained below normal in most areas. The extent of below normal stream flow increased because average stream flow increases during November. Little or no snow remained on the ground at the end of the month. Some freezing of the soil occurred during the nights, but soils remained mostly unfrozen as December began.

November 2008 Estimated Rainfall Estimated rainfall totals are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

November 2008 Estimated Rainfall Departure Estimated rainfall departures are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

HSA OFFICE: NWS FORM E-5 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Indianapolis (IND), Indiana NOAA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT FOR (MONTH / YEAR): MONTHLY REPORT OF RIVER AND FLOOD CONDITIONS December 2008

TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATE: January 15, 2009 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INFO CENTER, W/OS31 SSMC 2 – Room 13468 SIGNATURE: Albert P. Shipe, Jr. 1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY

SILVER SPRING, MD 20910-3283

When no flooding occurs, include miscellaneous river conditions, such as significant rises, record low stages, ice conditions, snow cover, droughts, and hydrologic products issued (WSOM E-41).

An X inside this box indicates that no flooding occurred within this hydrologic service area.

December was an active month for winter weather. Precipitation was above normal for the first time in all of central and southern Indiana since July. Towards the end of December, river flooding developed for the first time in more than five months.

The cold weather pattern from November continued through Christmas. During this time there were several episodes of wintry weather that had a great impact on transportation and in one case caused widespread power outages.

The first freezing weather event that impacted central Indiana was on the 16th and 17th. Although rainfall was generally less than one tenth of an inch, the temperature remained below 30 degrees during the entire event. This caused a rather significant ice coating on cars and sidewalks.

Warmer temperatures and rain on the 18th and 19th ended ice problems in central Indiana. Temperatures remained below freezing in northern Indiana. As a result, northern Indiana received significant snow and ice. Widespread power outages occurred in portions of northern Indiana just north of the Indianapolis HSA on the 19th.

Arctic air quickly followed this brief warm period on the 18th and 19th and temperatures dropped to near zero or below in much of Indiana on the 21st and 22nd. This cold air remained entrenched as rainfall returned on the 23rd. The resulting freezing rain of about a tenth of an inch snarled traffic in central Indiana during the afternoon and evening hours of the 23rd.

There were hundreds of accidents and slide offs during this time. Some travelers abandoned their vehicles and sought shelter. Temperatures gradually rose above freezing by early on the 24th.

The final freezing rain event occurred on the 26th and affected areas north of Indianapolis. Much of the northern portion of the

Indianapolis HSA was coated with ice on the morning of the 26th. However, the ice problem was much worse in northern Indiana. The entire toll road in northern Indiana was shut down for a time on the 26th. Much warmer temperatures later on the 26th and 27th ended the ice problems, but contributed to the developing river flooding.

There were four significant rainfall/melting snow events during December. These events were separated by dry and freezing weather of at least two days. This prevented significant flooding in the Indianapolis HSA.

The first rain event occurred on the 9th and 10th. Rain of ½ to 2½ inches fell in central and southern Indiana. Streams and rivers showed only a slight response to this rain because levels were below normal for the season.

The next significant precipitation fell on the 19th. Precipitation was rain in much of central and southern Indiana, but a mixture in northern Indiana. Liquid amounts of ½ to 2½ inches fell in central and northern Indiana with lesser amounts in southern Indiana. Because precipitation was mostly frozen in northern Indiana, only a moderate response occurred in streams and rivers in the HSA.

Rainfall of 1 to 3 inches fell on the 23rd and 24th in much of central and southern Indiana. This caused rivers to rise to bankfull levels in areas south of I-70. Precipitation in northern Indiana was once again a winter mix and did not have a large effect on streams.

A rapid warm up and additional rain occurred on the 26th and 27th. The near record temperatures and ½ to 2 inches of additional rain caused widespread lowland flooding in western and southern Indiana. For the period January 19 through January 31, 2 to 6 inches of liquid precipitation fell in the Wabash River watershed.

The highest flood levels were along the Wabash River from Lafayette to Vincennes. Flood crests ranged from 2 to 9 feet above flood stage. Flood crests along the White and East Fork White ranged from near bankfull to 3 feet above flood stage. Flooding lasted from 2 to 14 days.

The warm temperatures after Christmas nearly offset the cold weather prior to Christmas. Temperatures averaged near normal to 2 degrees below normal for December. The warmest day was the 27th when temperatures reached into the middle 60s to near 70. The coldest days were the 21st and 22nd when the temperature dropped to near zero or slightly below. Temperatures fell below freezing on 28 days during the month and near to below zero on 2 days. The temperature remained below freezing on 9 to 13 days during December.

Record warm temperatures occurred in the Indianapolis area on the 27th as temperatures approached 70 degrees. For the day, the temperature averaged an incredible 34 degrees about normal. The last time this happened was earlier this year on January 7.

The following is a graph illustrating the temperature swings from early on the 21st to early on the 28th for the Indianapolis area:

Precipitation was above normal in most areas for December. Liquid amounts ranged from 3 to 8 inches. Most areas received 5 to 6 inches for the month.

Snowfall during December was below normal in central and southern Indiana. Amounts ranged from a trace to nearly 4 inches. Heavier snows occurred in northern Indiana with monthly totals approaching 23 inches in a few areas.

At the end of December, lowland flooding continued in portions of western and southern Indiana and eastern Illinois. Stream flow was above normal and the ground was at least partially frozen throughout the HSA. No snow remained on the ground at the end of the month.

December 2008 Estimated Rainfall Estimated rainfall totals are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

December 2008 Estimated Rainfall Departure Estimated rainfall departures are affected by atmospheric conditions and topography.

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 1/14/2009 Flood Stage Report December 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Beaver Creek..... Shoals 2.5 E IN. 6.13 12/25 0300

Big Blue River..... Carthage IN. 7.0 5.31 12/24 2100 Shelbyville IN. 11.0 9.97 12/25 0200

Big Raccoon Creek..... Fincastle IN. 11.0 11.51 12/28 1100 Coxville IN. 14.0 13.85 12/28 1515

Big Walnut Creek..... Reelsville IN. 12.0 11.45 12/28 0900

Blue River..... White Cloud IN. 8.95 12/25 0300

Bonpas Creek..... Browns IL. 10.58 12/24 1930

Brush Creek..... Nebraska IN. 5.12 12/24 0500

Buck Creek..... Acton IN. 9.0 6.87 12/24 1930

Busseron Creek..... Carlisle IN. 16.0 9.21 12/24 1630 Carlisle IN. 16.0 9.04 12/26 0300

Cicero Creek..... Tipton IN. 8.49 12/28 1315 Arcadia IN. 8.93 12/28 1215

Clifty Creek..... Hartsville IN. 10.0 5.02 12/24 1500 Columbus IN. 12.0 11.12 12/24 1930

Deer Creek..... Delphi IN. 6.28 12/28 1630

Eagle Creek..... Zionsville IN. 9.0 8.00 12/28 0645

East Fork White Lick Creek..... Bridgeport IN. 12.0 6.04 12/28 0130 Camby 2 NNW IN. 14.0 8.17 12/28 0215 Mooresville IN. 8.30 12/28 1145

East Fork White River..... Columbus IN. 9.0 4.59 12/25 2015 Columbus IN. 9.0 3.92 12/29 0645

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 1/14/2009 Flood Stage Report December 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------East Fork White River..... Rockford IN. 12.0 12/25 2000 12/27 12.60 12/26 2300 Rockford IN. 12.0 12/29 0730 12/30 12.55 12/30 0001 Rivervale IN. 20.0 15.27 12/29 0100 Williams IN. 8.0 5.30 12/29 0800 Shoals IN. 20.0 9.62 12/29 0345

Eel River..... Bowling Green IN. 17.0 14.00 12/28 2000

Eel River (North)..... North Manchester IN. 7.0 9.54 12/28 1415 Adamsboro IN. 10.0 8.04 12/29 0200

Embarras River..... Carmargo IL. 12.0 13.45 12/28 1400 Ste Marie IL. 19.0 18.67 12/30 1515 Lawrenceville IL. 29.0 32.12 1/02 1830

Flatrock River..... Columbus IN. 9.27 12/25 0645

Kokomo Creek..... Kokomo IN. 5.04 12/28 0845

Middle Fork Anderson River..... Bristow IN. 15.0 11.22 12/24 1530

Middle Fork Vermilion River..... Oakwood IL. 10.73 12/28 1700

Mill Creek..... Cataract IN. 15.0 11.76 12/25 0900 Cataract IN. 15.0 11.31 12/28 2100

Mississinewa River..... Ridgeville IN. 11.0 9.03 12/24 1900

Muscatatuck River..... Deputy IN. 15.0 16.50 12/24 2245 Vernon 1SW IN. 17.0 9.15 12/24 1300 Wheeler Hollow IN. 16.0 17.60 12/28 1000

Nameless Creek..... Stringtown IN. 4.23 12/25 0300

North Fork Embarras River..... Oblong IL. 18.54 12/29 0215

North Fork Vermilion River..... Bismarck IL. 14.78 12/28 1815

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 1/14/2009 Flood Stage Report December 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Plum Creek..... Bainbridge IN. 3.44 12/27 2330

Prairie Creek..... Lebanon IN. 10.58 12/28 0115

Salt Creek..... Harrodsburg IN. 25.0 14.29 12/24 1900

Silver Creek..... Sellersburg IN. 20.0 13.48 12/24 2100

South Fork Wildcat Creek..... Lafayette IN. 7.39 12/28 1130

Stony Creek..... Fishersburg IN. 6.59 12/28 1115 Noblesville 1SE IN. 6.0 4.41 12/28 1215

Sugar Creek..... Crawfordsville IN. 8.0 6.35 12/28 1100

Sugar Creek (South)..... Eden IN. 4.81 12/25 1330 SR 234 in Hancock Co IN. 6.78 12/25 1600 New Palestine IN. 8.0 5.46 12/24 1800 Edinburgh IN. 10.0 9.84 12/25 0945

Tippecanoe River..... Ora IN. 11.0 12.28 12/29 2315 Winamac IN. 10.0 9.72 12/31 0400 Norway IN. 13.20 12/28 1015 Monticello IN. 9.0 11.90 12/28 1200 Oakdale Public Acc IN. 13.24 12/27 2200 Oakdale Public Acc IN. 12.99 12/28 1000 Delphi IN. 8.0 8.84 12/28 0001 Delphi IN. 8.0 9.24 12/28 1300

Vermilion River..... Danville IL. 18.0 18.76 12/29 0645

Wabash River..... Wabash IN. 12.0 13.07 12/28 1445 Logansport IN. 17.0 9.47 12/28 1500 Lafayette IN. 11.0 12/29 0030 1/02 17.22 12/29 0700 Covington IN. 16.0 12/27 0730 1/03 21.45 12/30 2100 Montezuma IN. 14.0 12/27 1400 1/05 22.61 12/31 1300 Terre Haute IN. 14.0 12/27 2330 1/05 19.76 1/01 0700 Hutsonville IL. 16.0 12/28 0100 1/08 21.60 1/02 1600 Riverton IN. 15.0 12/28 0630 1/08 19.64 1/04 1600 Red Skelton Bridge IN. 17.5 1/02 0001 1/06 18.78 1/05 1000 Vincennes IN. 16.0 1/01 2100 1/07 17.60 1/05 1040

NWS Form E-3 U.S. Department of Commerce Hydrologic Service Area NOAA, National Weather Service Indianapolis, Indiana 1/14/2009 Flood Stage Report December 2008

Flood Above Flood Stage Crest Crest Stream and Location Stage From Time To Stage Date Time ------Wabash River continued..... Mount Carmel IL. 19.0 18.49 1/03 0900 New Harmony 15.0 14.46 1/04 0900

White River..... Centerton 1S IN. 12.0 10.27 12/28 1700 Spencer IN. 14.0 12/29 1200 12/30 14.21 12/30 0500 Worthington IN. 18.0 19.30 12/30 0800 Elliston IN. 18.0 12/26 0700 12/26 18.27 12/26 0730 Elliston IN. 18.0 12/28 2000 12/31 20.86 12/30 0800 Newberry IN. 13.0 12/29 2000 12/31 13.64 12/30 1800 Edwardsport IN. 15.0 12/29 0700 1/01 16.20 12/31 1700 Petersburg Power Plt IN. 16.0 15.55 12/30 1700 Petersburg IN. 16.0 15.83 12/30 1200

Whitewater River..... Alpine IN. 14.0 12.18 12/25 0100

Wildcat Creek..... Jerome 1 SE IN. 9.04 12/28 1245 Kokomo IN. 10.0 8.08 12/29 0200 Owasco IN. 5.55 12/29 2230 Lafayette IN. 10.0 10.56 12/25 1300 Lafayette IN. 10.0 10.31 12/28 1600

William Lock Ditch..... Durbin (Near) IN. 10.01 12/28 1130

Youngs Creek..... Amity IN. 7.0 7.42 12/25 0100