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Flash Flood — Floyd, IN

Aug 6, 2022

During the afternoon and evening hours of August 6th, showers and thunderstorms developed across southern Indiana in the presence of sufficient instability. Ample moisture was present across the region, with surface dewpoints in the low-to-mid 70s and precipitable water values approaching 2 inches. The scattered clusters of showers and thunderstorms which developed moved very slowly thanks to weak steering flow and cell propagation was largely driven by cold pool motion and colliding outflow bou

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1046313). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Floyd, IN

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