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Flash Flood — Daviess, IN

Mar 5, 2024

During the late afternoon into early evening hours of March 5th, slow moving to nearly stationary thunderstorms caused periods of heavy rain across south central Indiana with pockets of flash flooding in both Washington, Indiana and southwestern Greene County. Rain gauges reported up to 3.75 inches of rainfall near these areas of flash flooding.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1156561). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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