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Flood — Clay, IN

Aug 25, 2023

Two rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms moved through portions of central Indiana initially during the evening hours with a second round during the early overnight. The initial round brought isolated wind damage to areas around Knox county. Later into the overnight a second round of storms drifted southeast across the Indianapolis area causing additional damage. At times these thunderstorms moved very slow which caused pockets of flooding with rain amounts in excess of 4 inches in spots.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1115300). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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