NWS Indianapolis, IN

                   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - INDIANAPOLIS

                          INDIANA WEATHER HISTORY
                                 SEPTEMBER

1.  2003  INDIANAPOLIS...GREATEST 24 HOUR MEASURED RAINFALL IN
          THE CITY.  THE AIRPORT RECEIVED 7.20 INCHES OF RAIN 
          IN LESS THAN 20 HOURS.  WIDESPREAD FLOODING 
          THROUGHOUT THE CITY.  THE WHITE RIVER IN DOWNTOWN ROSE
          15 FEET IN 18 HOURS. 

2.  2003  THE HIGHEST FLOOD SINCE MARCH 1913 QUICKLY STRUCK
          THE MARTINSVILLE AREA FOLLOWING THE UNPRECEDENTED RAIN
          IN HENDRICKS AND MARION COUNTIES ON THE 1ST.
    1953  FORT WAYNE...THE HIGH OF 100 DEGREES SETS A RECORD FOR
          THE CITY FOR THE LATEST DATE TO REACH THE CENTURY MARK.

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4.  1895  INDIANAPOLIS...SECOND GREATEST 24 HOUR MEASURED
          RAINFALL IN THE CITY...6.80 INCHES FELL.

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9.  1992  1.5 INCH DIAMETER HAIL SOUTH OF GOSHEN DAMAGED AN
          ESTIMATED 130000 BUSHELS OF APPLES THAT WERE ABOUT READY
          TO BE PICKED.

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14. 1939  EVANSVILLE...THE HIGH OF 100 DEGREES SETS A RECORD FOR
          THE CITY FOR THE LATEST DATE TO REACH THE CENTURY MARK.

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19. 1983  INDIANAPOLIS...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 92 DEGREES.
          THIS MARKED THE 58TH TIME THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 90 DEGREES
          IN 1983...WHICH IS A CITY RECORD FOR MOST TIMES IN A YEAR.

20. 2002  A TORNADO MOVED 112 MILES ACROSS INDIANA BECOMING THE 
          SECOND LONGEST TORNADO TRACK IN INDIANA HISTORY. THE TORNADO
          BEGAN IN ELLETTSVILLE AT 1259 PM EST AND ENDED NEAR HARTFORD
          CITY AT 320 PM EST. PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS 156 MILLION DOLLARS
          AND 130 PEOPLE WERE INJURED.

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22. 1908  INDIANAPOLIS...NO MEASURABLE RAIN FELL IN INDIANAPOLIS
          FOR THE 39TH CONSECUTIVE DAY...WHICH MADE IT THE
          LONGEST DRY STREAK ON RECORD FOR THE CITY.

23. 1974  FORT WAYNE...THE EARLIEST FALL FREEZE ON RECORD FOR THE
          CITY IS SET AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS TO 31 DEGREES.

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25. 1942  SOUTH BEND...THE EARLIEST FALL FREEZE ON RECORD FOR THE
          CITY IS SET AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS TO 30 DEGREES.
          FORT WAYNE...A TRACE OF SNOW FELL...WHICH WAS THE EARLIEST
          SNOWFALL RECORDED FOR THE CITY.

26. 1976  BETWEEN 500 AND 600 PM TWO TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN...
          EACH KILLING ONE PERSON.  THE FIRST TORNADO OCCURRED IN
          SEYMOUR...AND THE SECOND TRACKED FROM DEPUTY TO NORTHEAST
          OF MADISON.
    1986  ELKHART...THUNDERSTORM WINDS UP TO 81 MPH WERE OBSERVED
          AT THE AIRPORT TOWER BEFORE IT WAS ABANDONED.

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28. 1942  EVANSVILLE...THE EARLIEST FALL FREEZE ON RECORD FOR
          THE CITY IS SET AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS TO 31 DEGREES.

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30. 1899  INDIANAPOLIS...THE EARLIEST FALL FREEZE RECORD IS SET
          WITH A LOW OF 30 DEGREES.  THE RECORD IS TIED IN 1993 WHEN
          THE TEMPERATURE DROPS TO 32.
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